Ep 130: 2E Kids & Adults: When Easy is Hard and Hard is Easy

Is your child highly intelligent and passionate, but struggles with daily tasks and doing well in school? Executive function deficits play a large role. How do you meet your child where they are and help them to thrive, when you know they are capable of so much?

Julie Skolnick is the Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm where she guides parents of twice exceptional children, mentors 2e adults, and trains teachers on how to bring out the best and raise self confidence in twice exceptional people. Julie hosts empowerment groups for parents and for 2e adults and is the author of Gifted and Distractible: Understanding, Supporting, and Advocating for Your Twice Exceptional Child. She has three exceptional kids of her own.

Listen to this inspiring Parenting With Impact episode with Julie Skolnick about what giftedness and 2E really is and how to shift from focusing on deficits and focusing on strengths.

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Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• Looking at giftedness as a 3-layer cake: intelligence, asynchronous learning, excitability.
• Gifted vs High Achieving- what is the difference? Are “gifted programs” for 2E kids?
• Why gifted individuals can struggle with school and have behavioral issues.

Related Links:

• Three Steps to Take When Your Kid Says, “I Don’t Know” 
• What Makes a Child Twice Exceptional (2E)?
• Video: Where’s Your Curiosity?

Connect with Julie:

• With Understanding Comes Calm Website
• Gifted and Distractible book
• Facebook
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• LinkedIn
• X (fka Twitter)
• YouTube

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