Raising Twice-Exceptional Children

Raising Twice-Exceptional Children provides you with a roadmap to understand the complex makeup of your "gifted-plus," or twice-exceptional, child or teen. The book helps you understand your child's diagnosis, meet their social-emotional needs, build self-regulation skills and goal setting, and teach self-advocacy.

Emily Kircher-Morris, LPC, is a mental health counselor for gifted and twice-exceptional people and host of The Neurodiversity Podcast. Growing up as a twice-exceptional kid led her to pursue supporting neurodivergent kids for her career. She has two identified twice-exceptional kids, and her youngest is still to be determined.

Introduction Part I: Understanding Neurodiversity, Giftedness, and Twice-Exceptionality Chapter 1: What Is Neurodiversity? Chapter 2: Gifted and... Chapter 3: Identifying and Understanding Twice-Exceptionality Chapter 4: Talking About Twice-Exceptionality Part II: Parent Toolkit Chapter 5: Communicating for Connection Chapter 6: Effective Coparenting Part III: The Five Skills All Twice-Exceptional Kids Need Chapter 7: Skill #1- Self-Advocacy Chapter 8: Skill #2- Emotional Regulation Chapter 9: Skill #3- Executive Functioning Chapter 10: Skill #4- Effective Communication Chapter 11: Skill #5- Self-Directed Motivation Part IV: Finding the Right Academic Fit Chapter 12: Assessing Educational Options Chapter 13: Collaborating Effectively with School Final Thoughts