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Cohen, Mary Riggs – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
All adults need strong social skills to find and keep a job, establish relationships, and participate fully in adult life--but building these skills can be a special challenge for people with autism, Asperger syndrome, nonverbal learning disorder, social anxiety, and other disorders affecting social learning. Give them the essential support they…
Descriptors: Socialization, Seminars, Autism, Asperger Syndrome
Giler, Janet Z. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
"Socially ADDept" helps educators and parents teach the hidden rules of social behavior to children with limited social skills, notably those with special needs like ADHD, learning disabilities, Asperger's and high-functioning autism, Tourette Syndrome, and nonverbal learning disabilities. The author provides all the information parents and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nonverbal Communication, Social Behavior, Autism
Meltzer, Lynn, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This uniquely integrative book brings together leading researchers and practitioners from education, neuroscience, and psychology. It presents a theoretical framework for understanding executive function difficulties together with a range of effective approaches to assessment and instruction. Coverage includes executive function processes in…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Teaching Methods, Nonverbal Learning, Learning Disabilities
Rosenfeld, Lawrence B.; Civikly, Jean M. – 1976
This book examines recent theory and research concerning nonverbal experience and behavior and provides examples of the nonverbal experience in contemporary social expression (music, cartoons, fashion, etc.). Chapters include discussions of senses, biorhythms, body image, nonverbal messages from others, environmental factors in nonverbal…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interaction, Nonverbal Ability
Hennings, Dorothy Grant – 1974
In exploring nonverbal language, this book suggests activities in which children can express and interpret meanings with more than words, provides a starting point for teachers in helping children develop nonverbal communication skills, and recommends that teachers build language arts programs which emphasize more than just words. Contents consist…
Descriptors: Body Language, Children, Communication Skills, Dramatic Play
Wolf, Lorraine E., Ed.; Schreiber, Hope E., Ed.; Wasserstein, Jeanette, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults. The authors in this volume not only discuss such advances as they apply to adults with learning disorders, but also address their translation into clinical practice. One cluster of chapters addresses developmental…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Nonverbal Learning
West, Thomas G. – 1997
This book presents research on how some innovations in computer visualization are making work and education more favorable to visual thinking. The book exposes many popular myths about conventional intelligence through an examination of the role of visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of 11 gifted individuals, including…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computers, Creativity, Dyslexia
Du Terroil, Anna M. – 1975
This analysis of aesthetic appreciation provides a theoretical model to help teachers recognize the aesthetic level at which students are operating. The purpose of the study is to explain to art educators how to expand a student's capacity to appreciate works of art. The study is presented in two parts. Part I describes and evaluates theories of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Analytical Criticism, Art, Art Appreciation