Education Theory, Gifted Students, Special Education, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities 

This up-to-date, concise, and well-documented monograph informs parents, policy makers, teachers, and the general public about the traits of gifted students with disabilities, often referred to as twice-exceptional. It discusses in detail high-potential pupils with learning, emotional, physical, visual, hearing, mental, and multiple disabilities. This book helps in the identification of both strengths and weaknesses in these students—a recognition that can ultimately help these pupils realize their potential. This book demonstrates the overall opinion that gifted/learning-disabled students are "on the fence"—they may or may not make it. In reality, they are clearly shown to be a sizable population that has the potential to make it, given well-crafted identification policies meant to recognize strengths. In graphically describing for the American public the complicated lives of gifted pupils with disabilities, the public may begin to see the gifted/learning-disabled as a group that actually emerges victorious only after a protracted push-and-pull between specific strengths and weaknesses. Friedrichs' book is the first in more than two decades to cover at length the spectrum of twice-exceptional populations. It references case studies, expert opinions, clinical judgments, correlative research, and experimental inquiries. Educational Resource - from Amzon