If You're Curious About These Questions...
You should listen to this audiobook
- Have you ever wondered why children with extraordinary intellectual talents often struggle the most with everyday social and emotional challenges?
- What if you could unlock your child’s full potential by shifting your focus from 'fixing' their weaknesses to leveraging their unique strengths?
- Are you curious about the hidden link between giftedness and distractibility, and how understanding it could completely change your approach to parenting?
Listen to Gifted and Distractible — Free Audiobook
Loading player...
Key Takeaways from Gifted and Distractible
- Understand the unique complexities of "twice exceptional" (2e) children, whose remarkable giftedness can often mask underlying learning differences like ADHD or sensory issues.
- Discover the three core experiences of 2e kids—asynchronous development, perfectionism, and overexcitability—and learn to reframe their intense behaviors as signs of potential rather than deficits.
- Master effective educational advocacy by utilizing comprehensive testing to uncover your child's dual needs, enabling you to confidently collaborate with teachers on creative accommodations.
- Apply the three-step "know-show-control" approach to deeply understand your child's triggers, teach empathy without shame, and build their autonomy through shared problem-solving.
- Learn how to prevent parental burnout by extending patience to yourself and finding vital support, validation, and mentorship within dedicated 2e communities.
Gifted and Distractible — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Understanding the twice-exceptional child
Chapter 3: Strategies for raising your twice-exceptional child
Chapter 4: Serving as your child’s advocate in class
Gifted and Distractible Summary & Overview
Gifted and Distractible (2023) offers research-based strategies to support children who exhibit both giftedness and learning differences. The guide helps parents and teachers move beyond misconceptions that intellectual talent guarantees social and emotional success, and provides strength-based tools to nurture these remarkable yet often misunderstood kids.
Who Should Listen to Gifted and Distractible?
- Parents who want to see their gifted children thrive
- Educators looking to support the gifted children in their care
- Clinicians or other experts who work with 2e children
Books Similar to Gifted and Distractible
Readers who enjoyed this also liked these titles.
The Explosive Child
★ 4.4 / 5 • 108 ratingsA New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Thrivers
★ 4.4 / 5 • 223 ratingsThe Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine
Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined
★ 4.3 / 5 • 109 ratingsThe Truth About Talent, Practice, Creativity and the Many Paths to Greatness
What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew
★ 4.6 / 5 • 86 ratingsWorking Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life