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Educational Psychology Colloquium

Co-sponsored by the UNL Department of Educational Psychology and CYFS

Featuring Jon Goodwin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara

The UNL Department of Educational Psychology and the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools invite you to a colloquium exploring twice-exceptionality — students who demonstrate advanced intellectual or academic ability while also being affected by one or more educationally-relevant disabilities, such as a neurodevelopmental or mental health disorder.

On Oct. 1, John Goodwin, associate professor of teaching in the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will lead a colloquium, "Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners: What Educators and Caregivers of Bright Students with Disabilities Should Know."

Goodwin will provide a practical overview of how school personnel and parents can support twice-exceptional learners, and will include a case example to illustrate the critical role of assessment in effective educational planning.

He will also discuss how identification of twice-exceptional students is complicated by the phenomenon of masking, which can delay the delivery of appropriate interventions.

The presentation is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

"Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners: What Educators and Caregivers

of Bright Students with Disabilities Should Know"

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026

Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall 227

1-2 p.m. CDT



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 This colloquium is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

As a school psychologist, Goodwin’s scholarly interests include the assessment of learning differences, psycho-educational services for students with advanced intellectual ability, twice-exceptionality and academic acceleration. He teaches courses on identification of high-ability students for advanced programming, psychoeducational assessment and the advanced psychotherapeutic techniques.

For questions about the event, please contact CYFS research affiliate:

Sungeun Kang, Ph.D.

Assistant professor, School Psychology

skang18@unl.edu

 Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools

cyfs.unl.edu

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools

College of Education and Human Sciences

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