This unique volume explores issues related to working with children
who have nonverbal learning disability (NVLD). It examines how a
child's psychology - thoughts, feelings, beliefs - affects his or
her functioning and learning. In addition, the book addresses how a
child's experiences are processed through individual personality,
psychology, culture, environment and economic circumstances, and
family dynamics. Using these psychological organizing principles,
the book describes how to work most effectively with young patients
with NVLD. It offers a new model and definition for understanding
NVLD, emphasizing its core deficit of visual-spatial processing. In
addition, this book addresses efforts to rename NVLD to
developmental visual-spatial disorder (DVSD). It describes the 11
possible subtypes as including a primary deficit in visual-spatial
processes and impairment in several additional functional domains,
including executive functioning, social/emotional deficits,
academic achievement, and motor coordination. The book highlights
the need for psychologically minded treatment and provides specific
intervention guidelines. It details how to conduct the intake
process and create a treatment plan and team and offers practical
suggestions for working with a patient's family members. In
addition, the book addresses the importance of working with a
consistent psychological theory, such as control mastery theory
(CMT). It describes the Brooklyn Learning Center Model for treating
NVLD and offers guidelines for interventions to support patients
academically. The book provides a comprehensive approach to the
neuropsychological assessment of NVLD as well as examples of
visual-spatial, sensory perception, executive functioning,
academics, social/emotional deficits and motor coordination
interventions, and all forms used to gather information from
patients. Key areas of coverage include: Definition of nonverbal
learning disability (NVLD). Efforts toward inclusion in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and for renaming it to a
developmental visual-spatial disorder (DVSD) Guide to general
diagnostic testing and assessment. Developing a treatment plan and
team for NVLD patients. NVLD therapy and tutoring priorities. NVLD
and Developmental Visual-Spatial Disorder in Children is an
essential reference for clinicians, therapists, and other
professionals as well as researchers, professors, and graduate
students in school and clinical child psychology, special
education, speech-language therapy, developmental psychology,
pediatrics, social work as well as all interrelated disciplines.
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