Beyond the Straight Line: The Spiral Model of Development and Strength-Based Strategies for Twice-Exceptional Learners invites educators to see, hear, and serve gifted students whose brilliance often hides behind struggle. Twice-exceptional learners—those who are gifted and also experience dyslexia, ADHD, autism, or anxiety—grow in nonlinear, deeply individual ways. This session introduces the Spiral Model of Development, a fresh framework that rewrites the story of asynchrony as adaptive resilience rather than deficit. Participants will explore real classroom examples where moments of withdrawal, intensity, or uneven performance reveal self-protective growth patterns. Through interactive discussion and strength-based strategies, educators will learn how to honor difference, interpret behaviors through a developmental lens, and create conditions where gifted learners are not just identified but genuinely understood and supported. By embracing the spiral instead of the straight line, teachers become advocates—rewriting what gifted education can be for all learners.