Students with both gifts and learning disabilities : identification, assessment, and outcomes

Introduction Susan Baum. 1. Learning Disabilities, Giftedness, and Gifted/LD Robert J. Sternberg and Elena Grigorenko. 2. The Identification of Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities: Challenges, Controversies, and Promising Practices. D. Betsy McCoach, Thomas J. Kehle, Melissa A. Bray, and Del Siegle. 3. Unraveling the Mysteries of GLD: Toward the Application of Cognitive Theory to Assessment Judy L. Lupart. 4. Linking Assessment and Diagnosis to Intervention for Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities Linda E. Brody and Carol J. Mills. 5. Dyslexia and Visual Spatial Talents: Are They Connected? Catya von Karolyi and Ellen Winner. 6. To Read but Not to Read: Identifying and Understanding the Nature of Poor Reading Comprehension in Children Kate Nation. 7. Gifted Adults with Learning Disabilities in Postsecondary Settings. Mary K. Tallent-Runnels and Carol A. Layton. 8. Compensation Strategies Used by High Ability Students with Learning Disabilities Sally M. Reis and Lila M. Ruban. 9. Summoning Up the Spirits from the Vast Deep: LD and Giftedness in Historic Persons P.G. Aaron, R. Malatesha Joshi, and Emily S. Ocker. 10. Interventions Work, but We Need More! Tina M. Newman. Index.