Gifted students with learning disabilities: implications and strategies for school counselors.

From: Professional School Counseling | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Bornot, Javier; McEachern, Adriana G. | Copyright information

In the past, many educators saw learning disabilities and giftedness as mutually exclusive, although today it is generally accepted that an individual can exhibit characteristics of both (Brody & Mills, 1997). However, students who are gifted and have learning disabilities still are often not identified and frequently are under served in school systems (Dix & Schafer, 1996; Hishinuma & Tadaki, 1996; Rosner & Seymour, 1983). For these reasons, such students have been referred to as ...

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