32. The 1st Ever 2e Adults' Conference! Meet Julie Skolnick

Sep 27

Julie Skolnick is the Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC, through which she passionately guides parents of gifted and distractible children, mentors 2e adults, trains teachers on how to understand and address 2e strengths and struggles.

Julie serves as Secretary to the Maryland Superintendent’s Gifted and Talented Advisory Council and is an advisor for “The G Word” full feature film. Julie is the SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Maryland liaison, a SENG Model Parent Group (SMPG) trained facilitator and on the Simultaneous Supports committee for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is trained in the suite of tools “Putting the Person into Personalized Learning” through the 2e Center for Professional Development at Bridges Academy. Julie is also an invited member of the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Professional Membership Committee.

A frequent speaker and prolific writer, Julie is also the mother of three twice exceptional children who keep her on her toes and uproariously laughing. Julie is organizing the first ever 2e adults’ conference which launches November 1st, 2021.

Listen to the first episode with Julie here

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

Is important to create awareness and resources for 2e people, especially so that the 2e adults know about this topic and who they are!
It is important for 2e adults to know who they are, what makes them tick and what ticks them off, because they need to be able to advocate for themselves.
It’s important to know what your needs are as they are strengths and weaknesses.
Until now, very few research has been done on this population of twice-exceptional adults.
Twice-exceptional (2e) stands for gifted + a learning difference or learning disability such as Autism, ADHD, dyslexia, etc.
Gifted and 2e adults mostly resist the possibility of fitting into this population. They usually resist because they do not want to “officially” be different from the majority of the population. Although they already do feel different but they do try hard to fit in.
Giftedness can be described as heightened awareness. Deeper and more profound awareness of what is going all around you.
Let’s Talk 2e adults’ conference is the first of it’s kind and completely free for the first 24 hours on November 1st, 2021 - you can purchase access forever, use my affiliate link
Talking about twice-exceptionality is all about positive re-framing!
If you are a gifted or 2e adult, it is important to work with someone who understands giftedness in addition to anything else you might be experience (anxiety, trauma, depression, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, etc.)
Imposter Syndrome stems from self doubt and in gifted people is tied to perfectionism and gifted underachievement.
To overcome gifted perfectionism it is important to understand that you care about the outcome and that you can give yourself a break and the permission to make mistakes. It is through making mistakes how we learn and grow.
It’s important to overcome your imposter syndrome so that you can live your life without regrets!