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Section: Conditions
Condition:
PDD
Article:
Strategies
to Help Youth with
NVLD
Source: Leslie E. Packer,
PhD, 2004
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Article
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STRATEGIES TO HELP YOUTH
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In another
article on
this site, Jean Foss provides some strategies for
teachers. In a second article of hers published on
the NLDline
web site, she has also suggested the following
strategies:
- provide verbal
mediation for nonverbal experiences, and in
conjunction with their interactions with
others, whenever appropriate
- teach them to
use their own verbal analytic strengths to
mediate their own experiences
- anticipate
situations in which they might have
difficulty, and act as a buffer and support
to facilitate the most positive outcomes
possible - help them to anticipate the kinds
of situations in which they might have
difficulty, and to plan in advance some
alternative responses they might have to
those situations
- teach them to
interpret facial expressions, gestures and
other nonverbal aspects of
communication
- teach them to
watch for and interpret indications from
others that they are talking too much, or
that the communication is ineffective in some
other way
- monitor their
understanding when communicating, and teach
them to self-monitor their understanding and
ask clarifying questions
- be
particularly careful to ensure their
understanding when spatial language is
involved
- take care to
make cause-effect relationships explicit,
whenever possible
- help this
learner to anticipate cause and effect
relationships in order to avoid difficulties
in many areas of life
- teach and
practice organizational skills
- control as
much as possible the demands for performance
to be sure they are manageable and not
seemingly overwhelming
- relying on
verbal strengths, help this individual
practice and internalize the process of
making decisions, setting goals, making plans
and taking action to achieve those goals, and
reflecting and evaluating the results. The
outcome of the process must be to credit
oneself for one's own efforts and
accomplishments
- be confident
and hopeful; interventions like those above
can effect a positive difference
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OTHER POSITIVE INTERVENTIONS
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Other positive
interventions, suggested by the NLDA, include:
- Clearly Stated
Expectations
- Computer
Use
- Consistent
Scheduling
- Facilitated
Group Activity
- Foreign
Language Waivers
- Good Role
Models
- Language based
therapy
- Logical
Explanations for Change
- Mentoring
- Methods for
Coping with Anxiety
- Methods for
Coping with Sensory Defensiveness
- Modified Art
and Physical Education
- Modified
Grading
- Modified
Homework Assignments
- Modified
Testing (Time, Content)
- Occupational
and Physical Therapy
- Organizational
Skills Coaching
- Prompted
Writing Assignments
- Psychotherapy,
Cognitive Therapy
- Second Set of
Textbooks at home
- Social Skills
Training
- Speech and
Language Therapy which addresses social
cognition rather than
articulation
- Time
Management Coaching
- Trained
Advocates
- Verbal
Brainstorming
- Verbal
Explanation of Visual Material
and
especially:
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Information
Section: Conditions
Condition:
PDD
Article:
Strategies
to Help Youth with
NVLD
Source: Leslie E. Packer,
PhD, 2004
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Article
Page 1
of 1
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