How to Celebrate Your Unique 2e-Self Every Single Day
March celebrates Women’s History Month and Neurodiversity Week, but every day is a chance to honor your unique 2e journey with kindness and affirmations.
It’s Hard to Make Friends When You’re Twice Exceptional – Except When it Isn’t
Making friends as a twice-exceptional person can be tough—until it isn’t. Sometimes we can find that deep connections happen when we least expect them.
ADHD and DEATH! The Cause and Effect of Rotten Research
Reframing ADHD: Shifting from deficit-focused labels to strength-based approaches unlocks the potential of neurodiverse minds, fostering success and confidence.
Necessary Facts for Understanding and Accepting Your Child with ADHD
Yesterday a client shared that she was having a hard time getting her child’s father on board to understand and address their son’s learning profile. The author echos my oft […]
Overcoming Negative Self-Talk to Make Meaningful Connections
Because ‘meaning’ is so important and so big and inherent to who gifted and 2e people are, the fear of failure affects the ability to initiate actions that might help us connect.
Top 10 Considerations When Parenting or Teaching a 2e Child
So often responses and reactions are based on misinformation, faulty assumptions and a deep-seeded need to fix. 2e folks are complex and knee jerk responses to the way they present in the world only serve to fuel their frustration and yours.
Success for Gifted and 2e Adults
For 2e children or adults, the key to success is recognizing and celebrating their own strengths despite destructive messaging, and using these assets to formulate strategies to support their challenges.
How Incentive Systems Can Backfire with Gifted and 2e Kids
My client’s second grade son came home in tears the other day. Usually a happy child, on this particular day he communicated his feelings in response to a teacher’s strategy […]
The Why Behind the Why – Causes Behind Gifted and 2e Kids’ Challenging Behavior
Parents and teachers often talk to me about behavior. “What can we do about this behavior?” “How can we stop the behavior?” “I can’t deal with this behavior.” In order […]
Leggo My Ego
Leggo my Ego There is no room for ego in parenting or teaching. Remember the breakfast waffle commercial where an Eggo waffle pops out of the toaster and siblings simultaneously […]