SENGinar: The 2e Journey – Research Reflecting the Parent Experience

Parents play a critical role in the academic success of their twice-exceptional (2e) children through their ability to provide time, financial support, and advocacy. Parents have traditionally been the most accurate first identifiers of a 2e child in terms of behavioral characteristics, recognizing intellectual capabilities and signs of a disability. Parents receive conflicting messages from the media, family, school personnel that can be confusing. In addition, research uncovered a cycle of grieving parents experience upon receiving the diagnosis of giftedness or a learning difference that directly impacts their ability to nurture, protect, and advocate for their child. Parents can get stuck in any phase of the cycle of grief, preventing them from caring for their child’s social and emotional needs. This SENGinar will address each stage of the cycle and how parents can transition out of this perpetual cycle of grief, frustration, and anger to acceptance and a positive perspective…