Favorite Resources for 2E Families and Educators

The list below are suggested books, podcasts, articles, and websites that members of the SNAC 2E workgroup recommended as helpful to them in understanding and supporting twice-exceptional students. For suggested additions, please contact the workgroup lead at snac2eworkgroup@gmail.com. 

Books

• Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, by Steve Silberman

• Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World, by Deborah Reder

• Comment from workgroup member: “This mom has done an incredible service to the twice-exceptional community by sharing her family’s journey to navigate her son’s education. She also hosts the wonderful Tilt podcast that is a great resource.”

• Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life, by Stuart Shanker

Open Access Articles

• “Strategies for Supporting Students Who Are Twice-Exceptional” in The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 7 (2): https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1185416.pdf

• “Parenting for strengths: Embracing the challenges of raising children identified as twice exceptional”, in the journal Gifted Education International 37 (2): https://doi.org/10.1177/026142942093443 

• “The Paradox of Twice-Exceptionality Packet of Information for Professionals – 2nd Edition (PIP-2)” - https://belinblank.education.uiowa.edu/research/docs/pip2.pdf 

• Comment from workgroup member: “This is a long document but has some case studies and practical recommendations that may be helpful for both parents/guardians and educators.”

Podcasts and More

• Tilt Parenting — a podcast about learning disabilities, parenting differently wired children, and more: https://tiltparenting.com/podcast-about-children-with-learning-disabilities/

• Comment from a workgroup member: “While trying to understand how to support our son’s needs, I binge-listened to this podcast. The interviews and personal stories gave me so many good ideas and so much hope.”

• Bright & Quirky - a website that has an archive of presentations given by experts in many topics relevant to 2e students. There is free content available in the blogs or live summits, but a warning that past “summits” require payment for access: https://brightandquirky.com/

• Understood - for learning and thinking differences: https://www.understood.org/

• Comment from a workgroup member: “I'm hoping people are aware of this resource as it continues to be so helpful to me in explaining terms in bite-size pieces, and offering clarity where differences in medical/education/legal jargon create confusion (e.g., "Dyslexia" vs. "Specific Learning Disorder in Reading" vs. "Learning Disability"). It also includes unofficial "slang" terms (e.g., "stealth dyslexia") that have given me a framework for understanding my kids and helped me communicate about them when speaking across disciplines.”