Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

by Marilyn Martin

When you continuously cannot find the bathroom in your best friend's house, or you cannot print the letter 't' when all your friends are writing volumes, you notice and you ask questions. So it was for Marilyn Martin's daughter, Sara, who was diagnosed with Nonverbal Learning Disability (NLD). This book skilfully combines a comprehensive guide to NLD with the inspiring story of how Sara transformed herself from that young girl whose existence seemed darkened by learning difficulties into the capable young woman she is today. In Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish, Marilyn Martin presents a comprehensive developmental profile of children with NLD. She explores the controversies surrounding the disorder so parents and professionals can identify learners with NLD and insure they receive early intervention. Offering practical advice on NLD at home and at school, she describes step-by-step interventions for improving a range of skills from penmanship to social acumen. This book is essential reading for parents and professionals working with children with NLD.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Corinne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice primer on NVLD or NLD with a story of one mother and daughter woven throughout. Parents going through the US educational system will find lots to commiserate with and many ideas on how to increase their own children's chance at success and independence. The only drawback is some of the concrete programs and tools suggested are outdated (I ran to buy a typing tool suggested only to find out it is 20+ years old, no longer manufactured and only available off ebay.) Otherwise a very well thought out testimonial that often had me tearing up at the similarities between my experience and the author's.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two of my three daughters have been afflicted with NLD. I often feel famished for information to help them. It was nice to read another mother's story and to learn of her child's success.