At a glance of twice-exceptional children on psychological perspective

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 121 - 129, 15.12.2020

Mahsa Amiri

Abstract

Description of twice-exceptionality is a relatively new term in education, counselling, and psychology. Twice-exceptional ‎learners are students who, despite having high abilities in some areas, show disabilities in many aspects of learning, which often causes the disabilities of these individuals to hide their high abilities. A defect in cognitive processing often causes a deficiency in auditory and visual processing and reduces their slow processing of information and has a negative impact on their academic achievement. It is very difficult for them to prioritize and plan. They are easily distracted and experience problems when concentrating and maintaining attention. It is difficult for them to think in the form of a linear model and they may not even be able to follow their desired path. Some of the other cognitive and interpersonal characteristics of the twice-exceptional student from a psychologically perspective are: High level of energy reasoning and problem-solving, High energy level, high advance in divergent thinking and extremely creative, High level of reasoning and problem-solving abilities, Superior verbal .on the other hand, Difficulty relating with peers, weak social skills, avoided from peers and does not attend in school activities, Highly sensitive to criticism, negative Perfectionist, which means who is scared to risk making a mistake, suffering from High levels of anxiety, Easily frustrated, be exhausted. Eventually more prevalence of Anxiety and depression in them. Thus, the present study aims to define the term twice-exceptionality and introduce a Glance of Twice-Exceptional Children on Psychological Perspective.

Keywords

Gifted education, Psychology, Twice-exceptionality

Thanks

I'm appreciative of Assoc, Professor, Hassan Said Tortop, for his support in publishing the article and the guidance he gave me during this time.

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