Understanding Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: A Common-Sense Guide for Parents and Professionals

by Maggie Mamen

Overview

This easy-to-read guide offers a complete overview of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLDs) and the wide variety of symptoms that different types of NLD present.

Maggie Mamen enables readers to select the most relevant strategies for coping with and managing their particular symptoms. She provides a wealth of practical advice on key skills such as developing written and verbal communication, understanding social clues, managing behaviour, self-regulation and improving organization. She also covers relevant teaching methods for the classroom.

This practical and accessible introduction is an essential guide for those families and professionals working with children and adults with NLDs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843105930
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	10/15/2007
Series:	JKP Essentials
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 9.57(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Maggie Mamen is a clinical psychologist working in a multi-disciplinary private practice in Ontario, Canada, and has studied learning difficulties for over 25 years. She has presented to professional and parent groups internationally, and has been acknowledged by the Ontario Psychological Association for her outstanding contribution to mental health in education. She is author of The Pampered Child Syndrome: How to Recognize it, How to Manage it and How to Avoid it. A Guide for Parents and Professionals, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Table of Contents

Overview. 1. Introduction to Learning Disabilities. 2. What the eye doesn't see…Recognizing NLD. 3. Assessment and diagnosis of NLD. 4. Pattern recognition and NLD. 5. Introduction to Subtypes. 6. Perceptual NLD. 7. Social NLD. 8. Written Expressive NLD. 9. Attentional NLD.10. General Approaches to Managing NLD. 11. Strategies for Organizational skills. 12. Strategies for Communication Skills and Social Language. 13. Strategies for Processing Social Clues. 14. Strategies for Written Expression. 15. Strategies for Mathematics. 16. Strategies for Self-regulation. 17. Strategies for Behavior Management. 18. A Final Few Words. References. Resources. About the Author. Subject Index. Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

Clearly, Maggie Mamen has in-depth knowledge and understanding of the particular strengths and weaknesses of individuals with NLDS. Maggie Mamen's attitude to her subject is both positive and optimistic, based upon current research yet with a practical and common-sense approach for parents and teachers to follow. Her book can be recommended to all those involved with NLD children as a useful addition to current publications.--The Patoss Bulletin

I will certainly re-read this intersting and practical book which I recommend to EP and clinical colleagues and other professionals such as speech therapists.'--Debate, Pat Bennett, Educational Psychologist, Lancashore CIS

It is relevant to education staff, and the importance of speech and language therapy input is also highlighted. The book covers assessment and further devides nonverbal learning disabilities into subgroups; perceptual, social, written expressive and attentional. It contains easy to read chapters on management strategies and useful websites.--Speech & Language Therapy in Practice

From the Publisher

Clearly, Maggie Mamen has in-depth knowledge and understanding of the particular strengths and weaknesses of individuals with NLDS. Maggie Mamen's attitude to her subject is both positive and optimistic, based upon current research yet with a practical and common-sense approach for parents and teachers to follow. Her book can be recommended to all those involved with NLD children as a useful addition to current publications.

The Patoss Bulletin

I will certainly re-read this intersting and practical book which I recommend to EP and clinical colleagues and other professionals such as speech therapists.‘

Pat Bennett Debate

It is relevant to education staff, and the importance of speech and language therapy input is also highlighted. The book covers assessment and further devides nonverbal learning disabilities into subgroups; perceptual, social, written expressive and attentional. It contains easy to read chapters on management strategies and useful websites.

Speech & Language Therapy in Practice

NLD. P-NLD. S-NLD. A-NLD. WE-NLD.Even just figuring out what these acronyms mean can seem overwhelming to the parent of a newly diagnosed child. They refer to nonverbal learning disabilities (NLDs) and their various subtypes: perceptual, social, attentional, and written expressive. Mamen (The Pampered Child Syndrome: How To Recognize It, How To Manage It, and How To Avoid It), a Canadian clinical psychologist who has written several other parenting guides, carefully describes these various subtypes of nonverbal learning disabilities as they are currently diagnosed and distinguishes them from conditions that can result in similar behaviors, e.g., Asperger's syndrome. The result is a useful tool for those trying to wade through the maze of related but varied disabilities. Through case studies, she offers a clearer picture of how these diagnoses impact children in real life; she also equips parents and teachers with practical strategies. Part of the "JKP Essentials" series, this useful guide to the complex and evolving treatment of nonverbal learning disabilities is recommended for academic libraries and for public libraries with specialized collections.
—Elizabeth Safford

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