Understanding nonverbal learning disabilities a common-sense guide for parents and professionals

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mamen, Maggie, 1946- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007.
Edición:1st American pbk. ed
Colección:JKP essentials.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798399806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to learning disabilities
  • What the eye doesn't see ... recognizing NLD
  • Assessment and diagnosis of NLD
  • Pattern recognition and NLD
  • Introduction to subtypes
  • Perceptual NLD
  • Social NLD
  • Written expressive NLD
  • Attentional NLD
  • General approaches to managing NLD
  • Strategies for organizational skills
  • Strategies for communications skills and social language
  • Strategies for processing social cues
  • Strategies for written expression
  • Strategies for mathematics
  • Strategies for self-regulation
  • Strategies for behavior management
  • A final few words.
  • 14. Strategies for Written Expression15. 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;