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Nonverbal Learning Disorders Resources

by Lynn Wegner MD, FAAP

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Sensory Integration

  • Ayres, Jean. Sensory Integration and the Child
  • Kranowitz, Carol. The Out of Sync Child:  Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. 
  • The Importance of Early Identification and Early Intervention with NLD:  Strategies the Work. Audiotape of presentation at 1997 NDL Symposium, Rondalyn V. Whitney, MOT, OTR.

Social Skills

  • Frankel, Fred. Good Friends Are Hard to Find:  Help Your Child Find, Make and Keep Friends. 
  • Nowicki, Steve, and Duke Marshall. Helping the Child Who Doesn’t Fit In.  (Brilliant book to support children with NLD – the guidebook for understanding and treating nonverbal learning disorders.)
  • Nowicki, Steve, and Duke. Marshall. Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success.
  •  Shure, Myrna. Raising a Thinking Child Workbook by Myrna Shure (social skills treatment in a book)

Guides

  • Allen, Kathy. Star Shaped Pegs, Square Holes:  Nonverbal Learning Disorders and the Growing Up Years. 
  • Bireley, M.  Crossover Children:  A Sourcebook for Helping Children Who Are Gifted and Learning Disabled.
  • Goleman, E. Emotional Intelligence:  Why It Can Matter More than IQ.
  • Greenspan, Stanley. Playground Politics:  Understanding the Emotional Life of the School Age Child. 
  • Pert, Candace. Molecules of Emotion:  Why You Feel the Way You Feel
  • Rourke, Byron. Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities:  Neurodevelopmental Manifestations. 
  • Sapolsky, R. Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers:  A Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping. 
  • Smith, Sally. No Easy Answers:  The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School. 
  • Smith, Sally. Succeeding Against the Odds:  How the Learning Disabled Can Realize their Promise.
  • Springer, Sally. Left Brain, Right Brain:  Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience. 
  • Thompson, Sue. The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
  • Whitney, Rondalyn Varney. Bridging the Gap: Raising a Child with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
  • Whitney, Rondalyn Varney. The Nonverbal Learning Disorder Guide for Teacher, Parents, Employers, and Therapists.

Math Help

  • Burns, Marilyn. Math for Smarty Pants. 
  • Kaye, Peggy. Games for Math.
  • Kenda, M. , and Williams, P. Math Wizardry for Kids. 
  • Makros, Janice. Beyond Facts and Flashcards:  Exploring Math with Your Kids.
  • Parker, Ruth. Mathematical Power:  Lessons from a Classroom.

Treatment Strategies

  • Dornbush, M.P., and Pruitt, S.K. Teaching the Tiger:  A Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit disorder,  Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Kaye, Peggy.  Games for Reading
  • Kaye, Peggy.  Games for Learning. 
  • Kaye, Peggy.  Games for Writing. 
  • Winner, Marcia Garcia.  Inside Out:  What Makes A Person with Social Cognitive Deficits Tick?  A Manual and Workbook

Parenting

  • Saunders, J.  Bringing Out the Best:  A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children
  • Seligman, Martin. The Optimistic Child:  A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience. 
  • Severe. Sal.  Helping the Child Who Doesn’t Fit In.
  • Shure, Myrna. Raising a Thinking Preteen. 
  • Youngs, Betty. Stress and Your Child:  Helping Kids cope with the Strains and Pressures of Life.

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Publication date: Sep 29, 2005
Revise date: Sep 29, 2005
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