Books on Non Verbal Learning Disorder?

[raksmama]

 Please, can any of you recommend any of you know of any good books on Non Verbal Learning Disorder?

Ds(13) has just been diagnosed with it and I don't really understand it. He was diagnosed with SPD when he was 7 but not any LD.

He does not fit the usual descriptions I’ve read on the internet. He is getting As and Bs at school and has always been able to distinguish facial expressions very well, so I am confused and need to read up on it.

Also if any of you mamas have experience with this I’d love reading about it too.

Thanks in advance!

Edited by raksmama - 7/4/11 at 7:32am

[raksmama]

Well.... I am assuming no one knows of any books,so I have done some research on my own. Since I have not read them yet, I can't say if they are any good. Out of many books I've ordered:

Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD give you the tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution by Jonathan Mooney

because it got good reviews from an adult who has NLD. The reviewer said many of the books about NLD were depressing and gave one the feeling that people with NLD would never get far in life. The reviewer is a university student herself and the author of this book graduated from an Ivy League university and also has NLD.

 I've also ordered Raising NLD Superstars: What Families with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Need to Know about Nurturing Confident, Competent Kids by Marcia Brown Rubinstein for a similar reason, that the tone is more positive and optimistic. It is written by a mom whose child has it.

I hope this is of help to anyone whose child has just been diagnosed with Non Verbal Learning Disorder.

For me it was a big shock and most of the literature out there is downright depressing.

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Edited by raksmama - 7/6/11 at 2:05pm

[FarmerBeth]

You might want to look at some of the websites done by and for people with nonverbal learning disabilities, they are way less depressing than websites about them.  I can't think of the names of them now, but you will find them if you google.  I've had a much clearer view of learning disabilities from the source, the people who actually experience them.  There is a fine line between SPD, Asperger's and Non Verbal Learning Disability, and they all have very different manifestations depending on the person, so info you had on the SPD may still apply.  Also, my son, who is being investigated for Asperger's, which is supposed to involve more of a social component than non verbal learning disability, scores at over 90% accuracy at identifying facial expressions, and was in the above average range at inferencing (guessing at how a social situation will unfold or how someone will feel), and he's good at math, and we still heard that he had a probable non verbal learning disability and now Asperger's at age 11.  I guess what i'm saying is that these diagnoses can e considered even if they don't 100% fit.

I want to try reading that book by Jonathon Mooney.  My Dad has NLD and is a very successful professional purchaser for the federal government.  I've always thought people need to here the full range of stories about the prognoses of people with LD's.

[raksmama]

Thanks for your reply!  It means a lot to get one from someone in a similar situation. I  understand what you mean about there not being "fit". That is also the case for SPD. 

One thing is clear is that there are a lot of intelligent people out there with LDs!

Yes, the websites about Non Verbal, Learning Disabilities are so depressing! I found this from the autor of Learning Outside The Lines http://www.jonathanmooney.com/

The documentory to be interesting. But I'll keep posting what I find.
 

Originally Posted by FarmerBeth 

You might want to look at some of the websites done by and for people with nonverbal learning disabilities, they are way less depressing than websites about them.  I can't think of the names of them now, but you will find them if you google.  I've had a much clearer view of learning disabilities from the source, the people who actually experience them.  There is a fine line between SPD, Asperger's and Non Verbal Learning Disability, and they all have very different manifestations depending on the person, so info you had on the SPD may still apply.  Also, my son, who is being investigated for Asperger's, which is supposed to involve more of a social component than non verbal learning disability, scores at over 90% accuracy at identifying facial expressions, and was in the above average range at inferencing (guessing at how a social situation will unfold or how someone will feel), and he's good at math, and we still heard that he had a probable non verbal learning disability and now Asperger's at age 11.  I guess what i'm saying is that these diagnoses can e considered even if they don't 100% fit.

I want to try reading that book by Jonathon Mooney.  My Dad has NLD and is a very successful professional purchaser for the federal government.  I've always thought people need to here the full range of stories about the prognoses of people with LD's.

[petriescz]

http://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Gap-Nonverbal-Learning-Disorder/dp/0399527559/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1310692097&sr=8-16 

I really liked Bridging the Gap: Raising a child with non verbal learning disorder by Whitney.