Nonverbal learning disabilities /
"Subject Areas/Keywords: adolescents, assessments, children, developmental disabilities, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, interventions, learning difficulties, learning disorders, mathematics disabilities, neuropsychological evaluations, neuropsychology, NLD, nonverbal learning disa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
The Guilford Press,
[2016]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover ; Half Title Page ; Title Page; Copyright; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1. Past and Present Research; The Nonverbal Learning Disability Profile; The Origins of Research on LD; Doris J. Johnson and Helmer R. Myklebust; Byron P. Rourke; The NLD Profile Associated with Other Disorders; Right-Hemisphere LD; Visuospatial LD; Different Profiles within NLD; Critical Issues Related to the Concept of NLD; 2. Cognitive and Academic Weaknesses of Children with NLD; Cognitive Characteristics of Children with NLD; Academic Performance of Children with NLD; Conclusions
- 3. Emotional and Social Difficulties of Children with NLDA Brief Historical Perspective; Social Cue Encoding and Interpretation; Attention and Social Functioning; Memory and Social Functioning; Psychological Adjustment; Conclusions; 4. Neurological and Anatomical Evidence; Early Work on the Biological Bases of NLD; Neuroimaging Research; Conclusions; 5. The Diagnostic Criteria: Looking for a Consensus; Typical Criteria Used by Clinicians for Making a Diagnosis of NLD; Recent Reviews of the Literature; Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for NLD
- Diagnostic Features of the First Three Proposed CriteriaConclusions; 6. Differential Diagnosis and Assessment of Children with NLD; Background Interview; Differential Diagnosis; Assessment Instruments; Conclusion; Appendix 6.1. SVS Questionnaire; Appendix 6.2. Order of Blocks and Indicative Normative Values for the Forward and Backward Corsi Block-Tapping Task; 7. Intervention Guidelines and Strategies; Empirical Evidence for NLD Interventions; General Guidelines for Clinical Interventions; Health Issues and Medical Interventions; Interventions at School; Interventions with the Family
- Conclusion8. Case Studies; Case 1: Marco; Case 2: Sofia; Case 3: Daniel; Epilogue; Suggestions for the Present and Moving Forward; References; Index