Abstract
The article highlights the importance of ‘twice exceptionality’ studies and the significance of L.S. Vygotsky and A.R. Luria’s ideas for this research. Twice exceptional children combine the signs of giftedness with one or several mental disabilities, specific learning difficulties, etc. In our research, we analyzed the developmentof writing skills in three groups of school children with different variants of mental functions development, distinguished on the basis of neuropsychological characteristics. The use of the original method of recording movements while writing, combined with a neuropsychological assessment of children allowed revealing the dependence of writing parameters and their dynamics on the strength and weakness of the components involved in the functional system of writing. According to the results obtained, each group has its own pattern of the following parameters: time, writing quality and errors, explained by the primary weakness in the child’sfunctional system of writing and compensatory restructuring. A comparative analysis of analytical and holistic strategies use in reading was also conducted.
 Keywords: ‘twice-exceptional children’, mental functions development desynchrony, neuropsychological analysis, difficulties and specific errors in writing.
Highlights
The term ”twice exceptional children” has been increasingly used in foreign and Russian psycho-pedagogical literature. [1, 2] It implies a combination of giftedness signs with various mental disabilities, severe learning difficulties, etc. ”Exceptionality” is understood as the presence of significant
The obtained data confirmed the hypothesis that each group distinguished on the basis of neuropsychological characteristics has its specific pattern of time, writing quality and errors
The features of these patterns are explained by the primary weakness in the functional writing system
Summary
According to L.S. Vygotsky, typical and atypical in mental development, should be studied in a single scientific paradigm, which leads to the ”dialectical doctrine of plus and minus-giftedness”. Analysis of various deviations will deepen the understanding of developmental processes. In recent years, the term ”twice exceptional children” has been increasingly used in foreign and Russian psycho-pedagogical literature. [1, 2] It implies a combination of giftedness signs with various mental disabilities, severe learning difficulties, etc. ”Exceptionality” is understood as the presence of significantHow to cite this article: Yulia Babaeva, Aleksey Korneev, and Anatoly Krichevets, (2018), “The Importance of L.S. Vygotsky’s and A.R. Luria’s
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