TPP 055: Dr. Devon MacEachron on Assessing and Supporting Twice-Exceptional Children
In this week\u2019s episode, I\u2019m talking with Dr. Devon MacEachron, a clinician, researcher, author, and speaker who specializes in assessing and supporting twice-exceptional, or 2e, learners. As she\u2019ll explain in our conversation, Devon actually went back to school to get her PhD as part of her own journey in supporting her own differently wired, 2e children. Since then, she\u2019s founded a private psychology practice in New York City where she meets the psychoeducational, assessment, and education planning needs of the families of bright learners. Her mission is to help position these awesome students to achieve their goals and dreams, and to help parents feel confident their doing their best for their children. And that\u2019s what we get into in this episode.\nAs a specialist in twice-exceptional and gifted learners, dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger\u2019s, and academic motivation with a positive psychology focus on strengths and interests, Dr. Devon is an expert diagnostician who provides an actionable game-plan to families enabling students to achieve their highest potential.\n\xa0\nThings you\u2019ll learn from this episode\n\nHow 2e or \u201ctwice exceptional\u201d is defined\n\nHow parents can recognize when something is \u201coff\u201d with their child or they suspect they may be 2e\n\nWhy it\u2019s important to look at a child\u2019s behavior and their environment when doing a neurological assessment\n\nWhat the optimal age is for an assessment to determine if a child is twice exceptional\n\nWhy there usually isn\u2019t a good school option for kids who are 2e\n\nHow parents can best support their twice-exceptional children, even if they are in a traditional school setting\n\n\xa0\nResources mentioned for supporting 2e learners\n\nDr. Devon MacEachron\u2019s website\n\nCattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Intelligence\n\n\nBright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks\n\n\nThe Mislabeled Child: Looking Beyond Behavior to Find the True Source and Solutions for Children\u2019s Learning Challenges by Brock Eide\n\n\nDifferent Minds: Gifted Children with ADHD, Asperger\u2019s Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits by Deirdre V. Lovecky\n\nSupport the show\nConnect with Tilt Parenting\n\n\nVisit Tilt Parenting\n\nTake the free 7-Day Challenge\n\n\n\nRead a chapter of Differently Wired\n\n\nFollow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices