Twice ExceptionalityKelsey Terry Legal Studies Academy

Twice Exceptionality

“The only thing that interferes with my learning, is my education” –Albert Einstein

Goals

• Personal Interest

• Investigation

Thesis• Students who are identified as twice exceptional lack

adequate services that address both exceptionalities through Virginia Public Education which prevents them from reaching their full potential.

Driving Questions• What laws are there that protect special education students?

• What laws protect gifted student?

• Do these laws overlap at any point?

• Are there other states providing services that protect these students better than the state of Virginia?

• What can Virginia improve on in order to help these students?

Answer: Special Education

Answer: Gifted

Answer: Overlap

Special Education

Gifted Education

Answer: States

What’s Next for Virginia?

Question and Answering Session

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