Understanding Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

A Common-Sense Guide for Parents and Professionals

Maggie Mamen

Part of the JKP Essentials series

Paperback: £13.99 / $21.95

2007, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-593-0, BIC 2: JM JMC VFJD

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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.

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Author information

• Maggie Mamen

Subject areas

• Education
• Parenting
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• ADD,
• ADHD,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• children,
• high functioning autism,
• inclusive classroom,
• nonverbal learning disabilities,
• occupational therapy,
• parenting,
• special education,
• speech and language therapy

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