Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: The Syndrome and the Model

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NONVERBAL LEARNING DISABILITIES systematically identifies, describes, and explains the elements and dynamics of the nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) syndrome--including its neuropsychological, academic, and socioemotional/adaptational aspects. In addition, this groundbreaking work explores the ramifications of the NLD syndrome for both the theoretical and applied aspects of the neuropsychology of learning disabilities in particular and for the field of child-clinical neuropsychology in general.

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Somewhat informative... - Tara Marshall - Phoenix, AZ United States
If you're willing to work to slog through it. However, Rourke is guilty of ignoring data that don't fit his view of NVLD/NLD. For example, he states repeatedly that the line between HFA (high-functioning autism) and Asperger's Syndrome is so blurred that the two should not be characterized as different conditions. On the same sort of muddy evidence, however, he claims that NLD is a separate condition for Asperger's Syndrome: despite the near identical "required symptoms" for the two conditions, despite the shared common comorbidities (such as dyscalculia, dysgraphia, depression, problems with visuo-spatial orientation, sensory integration disorder, etc., etc.), and despite extensive research including a study by Klin and Volkmar (much admired researchers in the field of autism and Asperger's) that showed that some 80% of their Asperger's clients at the Yale Child Study Center diagnostically "overlapped" with the NLD criteria proposed by Rourke.

Rourke has proposed guidelines for diagnosing NLD for the next revision of the ICD-10. This, of course, assumes that NLD continues to be classified separately from Asperger's Syndrome, and not as a "milder version".

I, by the way, have two professional diagnoses of Asperger's Syndrome, and another professional diagnosis of NLD with Asperger's Characteristics.

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FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 Teacher Certification Test Prep Study Guide (XAM FTCE)

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Please, spend time editing!!! - Graciela Hernandez - Miami, FL
I bought this study guide for the FTCE ESE Subject area exam. I tried to study for two weeks and was very confused by the MANY editing errors. I passed the exam, hence the three stars, but I doubt it was because of this book. I knew everything in the test from the ESE classes I have taken for two years! If you are in a program already, don't waste your money. Just go through your textbooks about the legislature and about autism and forget about buying a study guide, especially this one!

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Helping Children Learn: Intervention Handouts for Use in School and at Home, Second Edition

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Now with 27 new handouts and the Spanish translations users have been asking for, the revised edition of this popular book offers a fresh, practical approach to teaching struggling students in elementary through high school. Applying their expert knowledge of how children learn, the authors developed more than 75 highly effective intervention handouts - ideal for teachers to use in the classroom and share with parents for use at home. This second edition is set up like the first: there is a short questionnaire that helps school psychologists pinpoint students' strengths and needs, and teachers use the handouts to address the areas that need work. Photocopiable and easy to print from the convenient new CD-ROM, the handouts in this edition: fit perfectly with RTI - give teachers a clear and easy way to help struggling students and take next steps if more intervention is needed; help students with a wide range of learning challenges, including learning disabilities, sensory issues, and emotional or behavioral problems; and, enhance the home - school connection - both teachers and parents can use the handouts to help children make progress in areas of concern. Each intervention handout is ready to use: it clearly describes the skill involved, indicates which children should use the intervention, and suggests easy-to-implement strategies. And because the handouts were developed around the four cognitive areas in Dr. Naglieri's well-respected PASS theory - Planning, Attention, Simultaneous processing, and Successive processing - users can be sure they're getting proven, reliable approaches to solving students' academic challenges.

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Helping Children Learn Review - Alison J. Sutherland - NZ
I was seeking a resource that could support my work in guiding teachers to work with children with cognitive processing difficulties. This book has practical handouts which are useful, easy to read, and can be adapted for specific children. I particularly like the Index of handouts which allows me to target the area of difficulty.
Dr Alison Sutherland (Ph.D.)

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Single-Subject Research: Application in Educational and Clinical Settings

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This practical, user-friendly textbook provides background knowledge, basic concepts, and understanding of relevant issues related to applied behavior analysis and specifically to single subject research designs.

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Exceptional Lives: Special Education In Today's Schools - Fourth Edition

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For introductory courses in Special Education. The authors of this introductory text have a vision for special education-to equip general and special education teachers with the principles, values and teaching practices that support the education of the majority of students with disabilities in general education programs. Beginning with a thorough review of the principles that undergird IDEA and the process of nondiscriminatory evaluation, the authors explore the teaching and collaborative processes necessary for implementing best practices and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. Using a categorical approach, the authors highlight real students with real disabilities and use their stories as a vehicle for describing the characteristics, causes, and challenges that people with exceptionalities face and that both general and special education teachers must consider when making decisions about how, where, and what to teach.

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Good - Charmaine Tilly - Castro Valley, CA
I bought this a long time ago for a class I was taking to complete my credential as I recall and it was a decent read.

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Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology (Book with CD-ROM)

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Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. Updated text provides clear and concise definitions of more than 3,500 disorders, theories, medications, interventions, diagnoses, organizations, assessments, and public laws in the field of developmental disabilities. Includes halftone illustrations, synonyms and cross references. Includes hyperlinked CD-ROM.

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Child Development and Education with Observing Children & Adolescents CD PKG. (3rd Edition)

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For Child Development and Child/Adolescent Development courses taught in education departments. Child Development and Education, Third Edition is the only comprehensive child development text written specifically for educators. Written by a developmentalist and an educational psychologist, it provides the coverage and research found in the best child development texts but also then helps readers understand how to use this information as educators. Another unique aspect of the text is how it illustrates concepts using children's and adolescents' school work, case studies, and a three volume video CD that comes packaged with the book. These features of the text help readers actually see development, not simply read about it. Unique features include authentic student artifacts; observation guidelines with educational applications; development and practice features with concrete strategies for facilitating student development and learning; a chapter on development in reading, writing, math, and science; and extensive coverage of diversity and how as an educator to help all students thrive.

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AWFUL SERVICE - singinmom -
Seller NEVER responded to Amazon or my repeated e-mails (at least three) when inquiries were made as to the whereabouts of my book. I finally canceled the order and, a week later, I get an e-mail saying it shipped. WTH?????

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