Exceptional by Design: Navigating Twice- and Thrice-Exceptionality
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 08/06/2026 at 5:00 PM (EDT)
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- Non-member - $129
- Member - $99
- Student - $99
Exceptional by Design: Navigating Twice- and Thrice-Exceptionality is a four-part, 6-hour course that helps educators, families, and advocates recognize and support twice- and thrice-exceptional (2e/3e) learners through an equity-centered, strengths-based lens. Sessions translate research into actionable identification practices, classroom and SEL supports, and authentic family–school partnership tools, with a focus on disrupting barriers that disproportionately impact Black and multilingual learners. Sessions are presented both synchronously and asynchronously August 6-13, with opportunities for application and to gauge participants' understanding.
Session Descriptions:
- Session 1, August 6, 5 p.m. ET: Foundations of 2e/3e (and Why Race Matters): Define twice- and thrice-exceptionality, unpack common misconceptions, and explore how systemic inequities shape identification and services—especially for Black students and other historically marginalized learners. (Live webinar)
- Session 2, On-Demand: Equitable Identification in Practice: Learn strength-based, culturally responsive identification approaches using multiple measures, family/community input as core data, and learner profiles that reveal how giftedness and disability can mask one another. (Recorded/on-demand session to watch between Session 1 and Session 3)
- Session 3, August 11, 5 p.m. ET: Instruction, SEL, and Executive Function Supports: Apply practical classroom and schoolwide strategies (including differentiation, scaffolds, acceleration/compacting, executive function supports, and self-advocacy routines) while addressing stressors like perfectionism, masking, and overwhelm. (Live webinar)
- Session 4, August 13, 5 p.m. ET: Family Partnership and Thriving as 3e: Strengthen family–school collaboration through culturally responsive communication and co-constructed plans, then shift from deficit framing to asset-based supports that promote identity affirmation, resilience, and long-term success for 2e/3e learners.
Danielle T. Moore
Danielle T. Moore, Ph.D., is an educational psychologist whose work advances equity in gifted and talented education. Drawing from her experiences across public education as a student, educator, parent, and researcher, she focuses on expanding access and rethinking how giftedness is recognized and supported. Her research examines gifted program access across U.S. school districts, with an emphasis on the structural factors that shape opportunity. Danielle is especially interested in students whose strengths are often overlooked, including those with complex and intersecting learning profiles, such as twice- and thrice-exceptional learners. Through her work, she supports educators and school systems in implementing more proactive, equitable practices that reduce bias and expand access to gifted programming. Her scholarship is guided in part by mentorship from Donna Y. Ford.
Akanksha Srivastava
Akanksha Srivastava is a second-year Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Gifted and Talented Education at the University of North Texas. She also serves as a Teaching Assistant at UNT, where she supports undergraduate learning while continuing to develop her own interests in creativity, curriculum, giftedness, and the relationship between brain and behavior.