Does anyone know organizations whose focus is children who are gifted (hi IQ’s; school identified) and who are also learning disabled (or maybe it’s the other way around)? Perhaps some that are also invovled in lobbying ath the local, state, and/or national level and impacting school district decisions. I live in southern CA.
Nancy, I located some information that I hope will be of some assistance to you. One resource guide for your child and his rights to special education services is the Federal Register guide from the Department of Education. The website from which you can order a copy is
www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html. The sections of 330.540 - 300.543 are information concerning children with a learning disability.
The website http://www.redlt.com/users/rggld/linklmnu.htm is a website that contains articles and other information for students who have learning disabilities and are gifted.
The Resource Guide for Gifted/LD children is a support group of parents, teachers, and friends striving to arouse awareness of this population to this special group of individuals.
A book that could be of some beneficial information for you is entitled “Uniquely Gifted: Identifying & Meeting the Needs of the Twice Exceptional Students.” This book is a compendium of 40 articles by many of the finest minds in education. Here, parents, teachers, researchers, administrators, and studnets consider the best educational possibilities for gifted students who also have a disability. This book provides new pathways to understanding and creating solutions to how to reach and teach students with Gifted/LD specialities. More info about this book can be obtained from the website www.twicegifted.com.
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest professional organization in pursuit of improving educational outcomes for indivduals with exceptionalities, students with learning disabilites and/or gifted. Advocations for appropriate governmental policies, professional standards, contined professional development, and to help obtain materials necessary for effective professional practice. The website to obtain more information about this organization is www.cec.sped.org.