Symposium 2006 NotesThe following are notes from presentations at our March 2006 Symposium:
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“NLD Materials -
Results of NLD Intervention and Classroom Application”
Presented by: Annemaaike Serlier-van den Bergh, PhD
This paper presents the effect of a comprehensive interactive intervention for children with NLD working with specific ‘’NLD materials”. A control group and a group of children with NLD received the same interventions: tactile perception, motor speed, deficits in visual closure tasks (gestalt problem), and visual-spatial-constructive impairment. Three materials proved to be basic and essential for improving the deficits of sensory perceptual organization in children with NLD
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship
Presented by: Dr. Natalie Madorsky Elman, PhD Natalie Madorsky Elman, PhD, is co-author of The Unwritten Rules of Friendship. Dr. Elman has
more than twenty years of experience as director of the Summit Center for Learning in New
Jersey. She is a certified learning consultant and speech pathologist who leads social skills
training groups for Children. She also consults for many private and public schools and has
been a consultant to the New Jersey Department of Education. Her co-author and
colleague, Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore is a psychologist working with children, adults, and
families in Westfield, New Jersey.
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