Who We Are

At Beautiful Minds Educational Services, we specialize in the Twice-Exceptional (2e) Student: those individuals who are both gifted and have a learning, emotional, behavioral, or social issue. They are considered twice-exceptional because they fall into the exceptional range statistically for their cognitive, academic, or creative abilities and potential, and also fall in the lower end of exceptional in their deficit area. This asynchrony, or uneven development, can cause extreme frustration, stress, and socio-emotional behavioral reactions. Some examples of difficulties that 2e children may experience include:  a gifted child who cannot read well due to dyslexia feels stupid, experiences low self-esteem, and stops trying in school. A gifted child with ADHD continues to get in trouble for “not paying attention” and blurting out all the answers.  A gifted child with ASD has tremendous difficulty in social situations and therefore becomes overwhelmed and anxious in social and learning environments, limiting his involvement in enrichment programs.  Thus, identifying a child as 2e and focusing on her strengths becomes a primary target for interventions at home and in school.
Beautiful Minds Educational Services offer a personalized and nurturing approach to support all types of learners; listening to the whole child in order to develop a program.  Their needs, strengths, challenges, and preferred learning styles are all taken into consideration. By reframing "disabilities" as “learning styles”, we are able to embrace the wholeness of the child whose unique talents and skills are often overlooked in traditional educational settings.