Course Description

Twice exceptional (2E) means being gifted, or having high intellectual potential, and one or more anomalies that make accessing that potential challenging.

This course will explore twice exceptionalities; being gifted plus another diagnoses or learning difficulty. The course will look at what being twice exceptional really means and how it impacts students and teachers in educational settings.

Audience

For anyone interested in learning more about giftedness and/or twice exceptionalities including early childhood teachers, primary teachers and secondary teachers.

Teaching Standards

1.1.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students:  Use teaching strategies based on knowledge of students’ physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics to improve student learning.

4.1.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Support student participation:   Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.