Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential is an engaging must-read for any parent, educator, or counselor of smart kids who face learning difficulties. The authors, who have more than 20 years experience working with and advocating for gifted and learning-disabled children, provide useful, practical advice for helping smart kids with learning challenges succeed in school.

The purpose of Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties is to guide parents and educators toward identifying and planning for smart kids with learning challenges so that they will reach their true potential. This book deals with research and experience the authors have gained from working directly with students who are smart, but struggle in school. The authors present learning and teaching methods that have been applied successfully to both the gifted and talented and the learning-disabled populations. These methods can, and should, be used with all bright kids with learning difficulties, whether or not they have official labels.

Topics covered in the book include identifying and recognizing gifted/learning-disabled students, what the law says about this population, planning and developing accommodations that empower these students, what works and doesn't work in the classroom, tools and checklists to build supportive learning environments, and the roles and responsibilities of parents, students, and school personnel.

For additional information on gifted students with learning difficulties, see Distinguishing Characteristics of Gifted Students With Disabilities, Teaching Gifted Students With Disabilities, and Successful Strategies for Twice-Exceptional Students.

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Read an Interview With the Smart Kids Authors

The Smart Kids authors, Rich Weinfeld, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jeweler, and Betty Roffman Shevitz, talk candidly about their experiences working with and teaching smart kids with learning difficulties. This interview offers a personal, insightful look into the lives and experiences of these leading experts from America's cutting-edge schools. To read a transcript of their interview, click here.

Check Out a Sample Chapter from Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties

"Who Are Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties?" is an engaging, interesting excerpt from the recently released book, Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties. This chapter looks at the gifted and learning-disabled population and offers definitions and characteristics of these students. To read the sample chapter, click here

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