THE RESOURCE GROUP FOR GIFTED AND LEARNING
DISABLED
September-October 1996 Volume 1 Bulletin 1
"We are a group of parents and educators striving to raise the
awareness of the general population to this special group of individuals. We will continue to share whatever knowledge we discover and advocate for the Gifted and Learning Disabled in a non-adversarial manner."
A message from the editor:
This is the start of our small organization's third year, but with a
change in format. We will be coming to you consistently in the form of a bi-monthly newsletter with meetings on an as-requested basis.
Being a gifted/LD individual is a complex situation, as is living
with a gifted/LD person. There are so many different areas in which a
person can have challenges and other areas in which they can excel. In
future newsletters we hope to address one aspect in each issue.
To our current knowledge, there does not exist any one self-help guide or guides on being both gifted and learning disabled. We hope that these newsletters can begin to fill this void.
Aspects of the Gifted/LD person we hope to address in the coming
months include:
- Identification process
- Types of testing and where to find it
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Hyperactivity (extreme frustration can be misidentified as
hyperactivity)
- Varying types of learning disabilities
- Varying types of giftedness
- Practical strategies for both parents and children
- Stress management and counseling
- Appropriate tutoring
- Learning styles (i.e. visual-spatial, kinesthetic)
In addition, each newsletter will contain a book or article review,
meeting dates and times of organizations that have information useful to this group, and a continuing list of resources and/or short reading
lists.
During the last two years the topics covered by the Resource Group's
meetings included the following:
- Demystifying the Testing Process
- Coping Skills for the Parents of Gifted/LD
- Motivation and the Gifted Learner(with a special look at
under achievement)This was at a Guiding the Gifted Child
meeting.
- I.E.P. - A Teacher's View
- Talking to Children about Strengths and Weaknesses
- "They Said She Would Never Read or Write, But She's So
Bright." Video from The Twice-Exceptional Child Project
University of New Mexico.
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