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Non-Verbal
Learning
Disorder
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
Q: I keep hearing about non-verbal -
learning disability. What does this
mean? -
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A: Children with non-verbal learning dis-
ability (NVLD) wrestle with issues similar misinterpreted or ignored.
to children with Aspergers Syndrome
- with NVLD think very concretely and
trum. In reality, those with AS and those have trouble with ideas that are concep-
tual or intangible.
however, NVLD is a much milder disor-
der. the inability to read non-verbal cues and
to think abstractly, many children with
NVLD struggle with making and keeping
friends.
they get to the upper grades in school.
When they are younger, the biggest sign with NVLD fail to adapt quickly to new
of the disability is their struggle with so- places or circumstances and therefore
cial skills. So, how can you recognize a
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utes of those with NVLD: Advantages:
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Disadvantages: pression. A huge asset of children with
the big picture. Children with NVLD are -
great at picking up the minor elements
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lose the overall idea. -
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ble comprehending reading. The actual
words are not a problem for those with
