By: Kathryn Stewart
The book offers readers ways to evaluate their child’s strengths and weaknesses in areas such as visual and spatial functioning, writing problems, information processing and organizational skills, social and emotional capabilities, language skills, and interactive abilities. It offers specific strategies for intervening and helping the child to cope with these obstacles, such as teaching the child how to socialize with humor and empathy, alternatives for learning to write, tips for organizing daily activities, multi-tasking, and more.
About the Author:
Kathryn Stewart, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in child, adolescent, and family therapy, and a leading expert in treating neurocognitve disorders in children. She is the founder and executive director of the Orion Academy, in Moraga, CA, the first college-preparatory high school for students with NLD and Asperger’s disorder. She is a leading expert and frequent speaker on the topic of NLD and Asberger’s for various psychological associations, such as the LDA.
