LD Online
Ld Online: Giftedness and Learning Disabilities
"How does one identify the learning disabled gifted?" "What are the major classroom problems and how can they be solved?" Find the answers to these questions and also find tips for parents and resources for parents and children.
LD Online
Ld Online: Adhd and Children Who Are Gifted
This website provides a description of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and compares the prevalence of ADHD in students who are identified as gifted, or vice versa. Also included is a discussion on the current research findings...
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: Gifted but Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
This detailed article helps teachers identify students who are both learning disabled and gifted, provides suggestions for modifying lesson plans and individual activities to make them interesting and useful for these children, and...
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: College Planning for Students With Learning Disabilities
This article will help teachers who are guiding LD students in looking for and applying to college programs. Find a list of questions teachers and students should consider as they explore schools and their options for students with...
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: Underachieving Gifted Students
Find a definition of "underachievement," "strategies to reverse patterns of underachievement," and ways family members can support underachieving gifted students. Includes a list of references for further reading.
Other
Hoagies' Gifted: Gifted but Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
Learn how to identify students who are both learning disabled and gifted and help keep them interested in class activities, prevent them from falling behind, and encourage them to explore and demonstrate their academic and creative...
LD Online
Ld Online: Gifted and Learning Disabled? It Is Possible!
Is it possible for a student to be gifted and learning disabled? The author of this article speaks from personal experience with such students. She provides general suggetions for teachers wanting to identify gifted students with LD and...
Family Education
Family Education: Is Retention Beneficial for a Gifted Ld/add Child?
Learn about the option of holding back a gifted student with a learning disability and why it is not beneficial.