Personas, profiles and portraitsof giftedness Part 2:

Sprite the Twice Exceptional Jo Freitag

You can listen to the recording of the Part 1 webinar athttps://au-sas.bbcollab.com/p.jnlp?psid=2015-03-16.2202.M.C78B7FB144B7CD5D77D4A5B3228670.vcr&sid=2007026

PERSONA DOLLShttp://www.persona-doll-training.org/ukhome.html

https://extranet.education.unimelb.edu.au/ceiec/DiversityDolls/links.html

https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/persona-dolls/

Neihart and Betts Revised Profiles of the Gifted and Talented.

http://www.ingeniosus.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PROFILES-BEST-REVISED-MATRIX-2010.pdf

https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/could-sprite-be-a-persona-doll-2/

All students deserve anexcellent education

Gifted students needan appropriate education

Appropriate inLevel Pace Depth

Breadth

What does SPRITE THE TWICE EXCEPTIONAL

need?

Sprite needs different educational provisions for both her giftedness and her disability simultaneously.

Sprite is always depicted as having an injured left ankle and needing to wear different shoes on each foot to illustrate the concept that she needs different educational provisions for both her giftedness and her disability.

2E is

Like Roman riding on a cheetah and a tortoise

2E is

One of the myths surrounding giftednesshttp://www.giftedresources.org/gr/columbuscheetah.htm

2E is

A possible cause of underachievementhttp://spritessite.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/gifted-under-achievers/

SPRITE THE TWICE EXCEPTIONAL

Sprite has the most detailed story of my Persona dolls.For the full details of Sprite’s story see https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/could-sprite-be-a-persona-doll-2/

2E is

Sometimes only giftedness recognized and accommodatedSometimes only difficulty recognized and accommodatedSometimes neither giftedness nor difficulty recognized and accommodated

2E is

Needing programs that suit both giftedness and LD at the same time – like needing to wear

different shoes

2E is

Something that can make learning exhausting

2E is

Sometimes needing some extra help

2E is

Possibility of heightened sensitivities, overexcitabilities, anxiety, perfectionism and

depression

What does SPRITE THE TWICE EXCEPTIONAL need?

2E is

Needing sources of information, resources and support

You can listen to the recording of the previous webinar athttps://au-sas.bbcollab.com/p.jnlp?psid=2015-03-16.2202.M.C78B7FB144B7CD5D77D4A5B3228670.vcr&sid=2007026

Diversity dollshttp://www.persona-doll-training.org/ukhome.html

https://extranet.education.unimelb.edu.au/ceiec/DiversityDolls/links.html

https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/persona-dolls

http://www.vic.gov.au/news/cultural-diversity-week-2015.html

http://www.harmony.gov.au/

Sprite’s persona storyhttps://jofreitag.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/could-sprite-be-a-persona-doll-2/

Columbus Cheetah myth buster http://www.giftedresources.org/gr/columbuscheetah.htm

Neihart and Betts Rev. Profiles of the Gifted and Talentedhttp://www.ingeniosus.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PROFILES-BEST-REVISED-MATRIX-2010.pdf

2E StudentsIf Gifted = Asynchronous Development, then Gifted/Special Needs = Asynchrony Squared by Lee Singerhttp://www.hoagiesgifted.org/asynchrony_squared.htmCherry Creek Schools Twice exceptional Distinguishing characteristicshttp://www.cherrycreekschools.org/StudentAchievement/Documents/2EDistinguishingCharacteristics.pdf

Radio National http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/educating-jake-and-cooper/6462638

Gifted Underachievers http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/gifted-under-achievers/

Feetspeak 2E shoes http://www.giftedresources.org/gr/feetspeakforweb01a.htm De Bono’s 6 Action shoes https://johart1.edublogs.org/2012/10/23/webinar-overviews-edublogs-serendipity-de-bono-action-shoes-for-2e-students/ The De Bono’s Six Action Shoes posts can be found hereOrange gumboots http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/orange-gumboots/Pink slippers http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/pink-slippers/Grey sneakers http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/grey-sneakers/Blue formal shoes http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/blue-formal-shoes/Purple riding boots http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/purple-riding-boots/Brown brogues http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/brown-brogues/More shoes http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/more-shoes/Plaster cast http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/casting-sprites-education-in-a-new-form-part-1/

Accommodations https://spritessite.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/pleading-the-pink-slipper/Mentors https://spritessite.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/purple-riding-boots/

Modifications for 2E studentshttps://spritessite.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/new-shoes/

http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/StudentAchievement/Pages/TwiceExceptional.aspx

http://www.callscotland.org.uk/Common-Assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/iPad-Apps-for-Learners-with-Dyslexia.pdf

http://www.cast.org/

Talking Special Needs Radiohttp://talkingspecialneeds.com/radio

Social / Emotional issueshttps://spritessite.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/doggy-classroom-dynamics/

Resourceshttp://www.2enewsletter.com/

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/2e_exceptional.htm

http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/resources/twice-exceptional/

@jofreijo@giftedresources.org

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