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Susan Baum

Chancellor
Bridges Graduate School
Palm Desert, California, United States

Susan Baum, Ph.D., is the Chancellor of the Bridges Graduate School for Cognitive Diversity in Education and the Director of the 2e Center for Research and Professional Development at Bridges Academy, a school for twice-exceptional students. Susan is a popular international speaker whose message is celebrating neurodiversity. She has received many awards for her work in twice exceptional education, including Weinfield Group’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Connecticut Association for the Gifted's “Friend of the Gifted Award; and Distinguished Professional Alumni Award from the Neag School of Education. Her seminal book, now in its third edition, To be gifted and learning disabled: Strength-based strategies for helping twice exceptional students with LD, ADHD, ASD, and more (Baum, Schader, & Owen) was awarded the NAGC Book of the Year award in 2018. Susan has traveled worldwide teaching about creativity, education of the gifted and talented, and twice-exceptionality. Currently, Susan is a regular guest on Bright and Quirky—an online summit for supporting twice-exceptionality.

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