https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/homeschooling-twice-exceptional-children/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/homeschooling-twice-exceptional-children/#comment-4106 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:00:50 +0000 http://www.davidsongifted.org/?p=2782#comment-4106 I homeschooled my twice exceptional daughter for 11 years, and finally, with this article, I feel validated! After being identified as gifted at the Robinson Center at the University of Washington in 1991, she was denied entry into the local public school gifted programs because she tested poorly on public school achievement tests. They would not accept her test scores from the Robinson Center because they were unfamiliar with them.One teacher suggested she could
be accommodated only in a special ed class to address her deficiencies . At home, she thrived, and went on to complete her BA at the University of Washington with a 3.5 average. Where were these programs when we needed them?! We didn’t even have a computer until she was 10! I had to invent a gifted curriculum, circumventing her weaknesses and following her passions. Thankfully, she was a motivated, self- directed learner. Your article is absolutely correct. Homeschooling is made for 2e kids!

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