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Twice-Exceptional Newsletter July/August, 2016 for Parents, Teachers, and Professionals TM Twice-Exceptional Newsletter July/August, 2016 For parents, teachers, and professionals. Issue 77 Helping twice-exceptional children reach their potential. 2e Our focus for this issue — Authentic learning for 2e students Improvisational Play: Social/ Most importantly, improvisational play provides 2e Page perfectionists with a nurturing and safe learning envi- 3 Emotional Learning for 2e Students ronment for taking risks, experiencing missteps, and By Pat Sciortino, M.S. developing recovery skills vital to moving beyond any Quote challenges they may encounter. If I could do only one thing to help twice- exceptional students The Talent Development “They need a place where they can be themselves Page and be accepted. Here they have the opportunity to on their journeys, it 7 Cooperative indulge in creative thinking and admire each other for would be to identify it.” — Melissa Sornik and develop their tal- By Linda C. Neumann ents. It is their talents that will provide them a pathway to success in life. It is through 2e-Friendly School: Conservatory Conservatory Prep opened in Davie, Florida, in 2006 Page and graduated its first class in 2009. “In the beginning the rigors of talent 9 Prep years,” says founder Wendy Weiner, “it was really an development that By J. Mark Bade arts integration school. We felt we were going to use they will become self- the arts as the basis or part of the methodology for regulated and goal- learning, and we still do.” directed. It is through talent that they will Also Inside develop positive iden- From the Publishers .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 tities and like-minded Introduction to Social Thinking ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 friends. !— Susan Baum Using the Arts to Reach Twice-exceptional Learners ...........................................................................................................................................12 Dr. Sylvia Rimm: Complex Tantrums Need Anger Management ..........................................................................................................................13 Bob Seney on Books: Horse Boy — a Memoir of Healing ......................................................................................................................................14 News ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Events .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 2e From the Publishers Welcome! Welcome to this mid-summer (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) issue of 2e Newsletter. 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter is a publication about twice-exception- al children, children who are gifted and who have learning difficulties that Pat Sciortino, author of our lead article on improvisational play, gave us the theme for this issue — authentic go by many names, including learning disabilities, learning disorders, learning — when she wrote: and just plain learning differences. Our goal is to promote a holistic view When is learning is authentic? When it encourages students to draw from their own of the 2e child — not just the high IQ, or the quirkiness, or the disabilities, experiences and knowledge base, while working within real contexts and performing but the child as a whole person. Comments and suggestions are always welcome by phone, fax, or e-mail. tasks that might possibly lead to perspectives and ideas different from their own. Two 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter is published bi-monthly in January, essential and dynamic elements of any authentic learning are unplanned collaboration March, May, July, September, and November. The cost for a one-year and incremental problem solving. electronic subscription is $35. Contact us for group and institutional rates. In both her article and an article about a talent development program in New York, we see examples of Send changes of address to [email protected] or by mail to Glen how 2e kids learn social skills through activities and projects that draw on their interests and talents and that Ellyn Media, PO Box 11, Winfield, IL 60190. challenge them to work together to solve problems. We see the same in the articles about Conservatory Prep, a Linda C. Neumann, Editor; J. Mark Bade, Business Manager. Phone: 630.984.5507; Fax: 630.344.1332. Web: www.2eNewsletter.com. E-mail: Florida school for twice-exceptional learners that offers its students a curriculum built around projects, the arts, [email protected]. and community service. Editorial Advisory Board: Susan Assouline, Ed.S., Ph.D.; Susan Baum, Elsewhere in this issue you’ll find our usual news items and book and advice columns. (You’ll notice that one Ph.D.; Kim Busi, M.D.; Paul Beljan, Psy.D.; Dan Peters, Ph.D.; Linda Kre- of our columns, from the 2e Center for Research and Professional Development, is on break for the summer.) ger Silverman, Ph.D. Members Emerita: Kathi Kearney, M.A. Ed; Deirdre Don’t forget that all past articles are free to subscribers in the subscribers-only area of our website Lovecky, Ph.D.; Joan Franklin Smutny, M.A.; Marlo Payne Thurman, M.S.; Meredith Warshaw, M.S.S., M.A. — that’s nearly 13 years’ worth of articles! You can find a listing of topics we’ve covered in the past here: The contents of 2e Newsletter are not intended to constitute medical or www.2enewsletter.com/ topic_articles_by_topic. html. Back issues are available for purchase here: clinical advice, which should be obtained from a licensed practitioner. www.2enewsletter.com/topic_store_newsletterBackIssues.html, and many past articles are available for free to The use of information from 2e Newsletter for commercial purposes is the public here: www.2enewsletter.com/ topic_articles_recent.html. prohibited without consent in writing from Glen El- We hope you enjoy this issue, and thank you for subscribing! lyn Media. Copyright © 2016 by Glen Ellyn Media, unless otherwise noted. The yellow and red 2e logo — Linda C. Neumann and J. Mark Bade on blue is a trademark of Glen Ellyn Media. July, 2016 2e Newsletter • July/August 2016 2 www.2eNewsletter.com 2e Featured Topic Improvisational Play Social/Emotional Learning for Twice-exceptional Students By Pat Sciortino, M.S. games, as in all creative structures and tasks, is social later, as an educator of twice-exceptional learners ex- thinking — a set of skills related to how we understand periencing firsthand their social/emotional challenges As children growing up in sunny Florida, with the and interpret the social behaviors of others. Improvisa- within my classroom and beyond, that I realized how outdoors providing a grand stage, my best friend and tional players have specific behaviors to demonstrate. perfect the union was between improvisational play’s I used improvisation as our main means of play. Yes, Their overriding objective is to develop the “disposi- game form and the social/emotional development of there were trees to climb, swings, slides, swimming tion” of an artist, which in addition to showing creativ- these bright, asynchronous learners. pools — all the usual childhood accoutrements — but ity, requires them to be collaborative, flexible, and gen- Improvisational play is adaptable to diverse learn- we never found anything quite as stimulating as creat- erous. To be productive players, they must also make ers, learning styles, and student dynamics. It provides ing our own imaginary objects in our own imaginary eye contact, engage in the give and take of focus and 2e players with the opportunity to use their own ideas world. dialogue, and demonstrate spatial awareness — all key and knowledge base, and it employs their unique sens- We spent hours and hours creating stories in social skills. es of humor. Most importantly, improvisational play which we saw ourselves in the roles of imaginary peo- provides 2e perfectionists with a nurturing and safe ple that we would probably never be: pirates, doctors, Theater Games learning environment for taking risks, experiencing cowgirls, astronauts, castaways, and, of course, movie I was first introduced to Viola Spolin’s theater missteps, and developing recovery skills vital to moving stars. All walks of life welcomed! There were no scripts, games as a professional actress. It wasn’t until years beyond any challenges they may encounter. just our individual creativity, our own ideas, and the Each theater game has its own short- commitment to building a story together. term objective. For example, the objective Unbeknownst to us, through our many might be: Find the context in which to use hours of childhood improvisational play, we three random words given to you by the au- were practicing and developing skills that dience. Making sense out of random words were the bedrock of being well-rounded, based on fellow players’ tone and body social, emotional human beings. The phi- language keeps everyone in the scene en- losophy of play as a vehicle for skills devel- gaged. Peer laughter, the most wonderful opment
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