This article, from the ERIC Database, is divided into four parts.
- Difficulties Identifying Children with Dual Exceptionalities (Children who are gifted and also have a disability)
- Characteristics of Gifted Children Who Have an Additional Exceptionalities (Visual impairment, physical disabilities, hearing impairments, or learning disabilities.
- Lists of Characteristics Similar in Giftedness and ADHD (Includes a list of questions to ask that help distinguish between the two.)
- List of References
ERIC EC Digest #E574
Author: Colleen Willard-Holt
May 1999
Part IV
References
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Baum, S.M., Owen, S.V., & Dixon, J. (1991). To be gifted & learning disabled.Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press.
Cline, S., & Schwartz, D. (1999). Diverse populations of gifted children. NJ: Merrill.
Silverman, L.K. (1989). Invisible gifts, invisible handicaps. Roeper Review, 12(1), 37-42.
Thurlow, M.L., Elliott, J.L. & Ysseldyke, J.E. (1998). Testing students with disabilities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Webb, J.T. & Maker, C.J. (1993). ADHD and children who are gifted. ERIC EC Digest E522.
Whitmore, J.R., & Maker, C.J. (1985). Intellectual giftedness in disabled persons. Rockville, MD: Aspen.
Willard-Holt, C. (1994). Recognizing talent: Cross-case study of two high potential students with cerebral palsy. Storrs, CT: National Research Center on the Gifted/Talented.
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