Twice-exceptionality support
Vetted shadow teachers, special educators and tutors for children with twice-exceptionality: high ability alongside a learning disability, ADHD or autism, at school and at home, working to the plans your child's clinicians set.
Educational support and BCBA-supervised ABA, working alongside your child's clinicians.
What usually helps
4 things the adults around the child can do
Who we place
Shadow teachers, special educators and remedial tutors
Where
Present in 55 cities, online tutoring anywhere in India
Chapter 1
What a child with twice-exceptionality usually needs
Real challenge in the child's areas of strength, not only support in the weak ones
Proper teaching for the learning disability, ADHD or autism that sits alongside the ability
Adults who understand why a very able child can struggle with basic tasks
Help with the frustration, boredom and perfectionism that often come with it
Chapter 2
How a shadow teacher or special educator helps
A special educator or remedial tutor for a twice-exceptional child works on two fronts at once. They teach around the learning disability, ADHD or autism with structured methods and practical strategies, and they keep the child stretched in the subjects where they are ahead, so that support does not turn into boredom. They help the family and the school see the whole child: very able, and genuinely struggling. A shadow teacher, where needed, helps with organisation and the social side of the day.
Chapter 3 · Where our role ends
Twice-exceptional is a description, not a diagnosis. The learning disability, ADHD or autism is identified by a clinical psychologist, developmental paediatrician or psychiatrist, often in the same assessment that shows the high ability. Our professionals work to that report; they never assess ability or diagnose.
Chapter 4
Your child's team, working as one
With your consent, we build the child-support profile with the school and with any therapist, psychologist or paediatrician already involved, so the professional arrives knowing the plan rather than guessing at it. Monthly reports go to you, and to them if you wish.
Family
Sets the priorities, knows the child best
School
Class teacher, inclusion coordinator, IEP
Clinicians
Assess, diagnose and set therapy plans
Our professional
Carries the plan into every hour of the day
Your child
One plan, one record, everyone reading it
Chapter 5
Questions families ask
Can a shadow teacher or special educator help a child with twice-exceptionality?+
A special educator or remedial tutor for a twice-exceptional child works on two fronts at once. They teach around the learning disability, ADHD or autism with structured methods and practical strategies, and they keep the child stretched in the subjects where they are ahead, so that support does not turn into boredom. They help the family and the school see the whole child: very able, and genuinely struggling. A shadow teacher, where needed, helps with organisation and the social side of the day.
Is this therapy?+
No. Twice-exceptional is a description, not a diagnosis. The learning disability, ADHD or autism is identified by a clinical psychologist, developmental paediatrician or psychiatrist, often in the same assessment that shows the high ability. Our professionals work to that report; they never assess ability or diagnose.
Do you have Hindi-speaking professionals experienced with twice-exceptionality: high ability alongside a learning disability, ADHD or autism?+
Where the candidate pool allows, yes. English is always guaranteed; Hindi and regional-language placements are arranged on the brief.
Where in India?+
We are present in 55 cities across India, including Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and remedial tutoring also runs online anywhere in India. Choose your city below for local schools, neighbourhoods and languages.
By city
Twice-exceptionality support in your city
We are present in 55 cities across India. Choose yours for the local schools, neighbourhoods and languages.
- Agra
- Ahmedabad
- Amritsar
- Bengaluru
- Bhopal
- Bhubaneswar
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
- Coimbatore
- Dehradun
- Delhi NCR
- Dhanbad
- Ghaziabad
- Guwahati
- Gwalior
- Hubballi-Dharwad
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jabalpur
- Jaipur
- Jamshedpur
- Jodhpur
- Kanpur
- Kochi
- Kolkata
- Kota
- Kozhikode
- Lucknow
- Ludhiana
- Madurai
- Mangaluru
- Meerut
- Mumbai
- Mysuru
- Nagpur
- Nashik
- Noida
- Patna
- Pimpri-Chinchwad
- Prayagraj
- Pune
- Raipur
- Rajkot
- Ranchi
- Solapur
- Srinagar
- Surat
- Thane
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Tiruchirappalli
- Vadodara
- Varanasi
- Vijayawada
- Visakhapatnam
Further reading
Reading on twice-exceptionality
Second-language learner or dyslexia? When a child in an English-medium school can't readLearning disabilities · 10 min read
Class 3 and still not reading fluently: when practice is not enough, and what to do nextLearning disabilities · 12 min read
Study tips for students with dyslexia: how to revise for board examsLearning disabilities · 11 min read
Assistive technology for dyslexia and learning disabilities: text-to-speech, typing and moreLearning disabilities · 9 min read
Exam stress in children who learn differently: a calm plan for the board yearLearning disabilities · 10 min read- Learning disability and board exam accommodations: how to prepare from class nineLearning disabilities · 4 min read
Talk to a specialist
Not sure what your child needs yet?
Many families come to us before there is a diagnosis. Tell us what the school has said, and we will say plainly whether we can help, or whether a clinician should come first.