In Their Own Words

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 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.

Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish presents a comprehensive developmental profile of children with NLD. It 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, the author describes step-by-step interventions for improving a range of skills from penmanship to social acumen.

"What I prize most highly about this book is the sense of optimism that is apparent throughout... The message conveyed is that intelligently designed interventions that are thoughtfully and consistently applied can alter the course of this learning disorder and that children with NLD can become, like Sara, successful adults leading meaningful lives." --from the foreward by Michele Berg, founder, Center for Learning Disabilities at the Menninger Clinic.