num_pages: 223
description: This unique volume explores issues related to working with children who have nonverbal learning disability (NVLD). It examines how a childs psychology  thoughts feelings beliefs  affects his or her functioning and learning. In addition the book addresses how a childs 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 patients 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 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.
language: English
title: NVLD and Developmental Visual-Spatial Disorder in Children: Clinical Guide to Assessment and Treatment
publisher: Springer