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January 2026
Misdiagnosis & Misunderstanding: 2e/HSPs by Dr. Sandra Clifton, Ed.D., BCET, PCC, SLDI
January 14, 2026, 12 p.m. ET
Highly sensitive students are in every classroom, but they are rarely accurately identified and thus either misdiagnosed and/or often misunderstood. These children often struggle in silence as twice-exceptional individuals who have both unique gifts but also particular challenges.
Both educators and parents, often unaware of this naturally occurring trait, can increase stress by “coaching” these children to toughen up and develop thicker skin. As a result, some of our brightest children turn to self-medication to numb their emotions or opt out of education entirely. 2e/HSPs can harbor secret, subtle struggles and “hide in plain sight” in order to survive an intense environment of competitive achievement that is consistently critical of their insight, intuition, empathy, and artistic expression—often at extreme cost.
The goal of this presentation, based on qualitative research in my recent dissertation, is to help highlight how our homes and educational system can recognize being an 2e/HSP as a strength to celebrate and not a weakness to remediate.
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