When my kids were younger, I often spent many, many hours creating costumes. I didn’t always create every costume (spiderman costumes are always easier to buy!), but I love dressing up, and I love Halloween and fall festivals and trick or treating. However, having 3 neurodivergent kids with heightened sensitivities means that we navigate the world differently than our neurotypical friends. Here are a few tips and tricks I picked up through the years.

From starting college while still in high school, to taking space and time or joining the workforce directly, there are a wide variety of ways that learners transition from one stage to the next. We have a few tips for our parents of college-level learners.

Twice-exceptional students are often denied access to accelerated learning paths because of their learning differences, especially in traditional school environments. If this sounds like your learner, don’t fret: There are many paths to help your accelerated learner access appropriately leveled materials outside of the traditional path. We’ve gathered a few ideas to help your 2e learner access accelerated materials.

Burnout is work-related stress that looks like mental exhaustion and a general lack of motivation. While there is a ton of research around burnout for adults, I can’t help but draw parallels to so many of our 2e kiddos.

How many children (especially 2e kids) start this path to burnout before they even enter high school or college?

Is our education model, full of perfection and tedium, actually training kids to grow up into adults that are primed for burnout? And most importantly…