14 Ways to Help a Child with NLD Succeed
Tapping into the many strengths that children with NLD have can help them to compensate for their weaknesses. This webpage offers guidelines designed to assist parents, educators, and others responsible for creating optimal learning conditions for children with NLD.
Author: Marcia Rubinstien
Publisher: Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities
Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Does My Student Have NVLD?
This article defines Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD), lists and explains characteristics that often occur in children with NVLD, and includes indications for NVLD and struggles for elementary students with NVLD.
Publisher: The NVLD Project
Encircle Families
Collaboration between families and professionals results in the best possible outcomes for children with disabilities. Encircle Families is an Arizona nonprofit organization that provides free training and information to parents to help them understand their rights, roles, and responsibilities in their child’s health care and education. Training for pre-service and in-service professionals in education is available to improve collaboration between families and providers and achieve better results for children.
Publication Date: 2025
Publisher: Encircle Families
High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities
This revised and updated guide is relevant for general education and special education teachers. It includes four domains of evidence-based practices: Collaboration, Data-Driven Planning, Instruction in Behavior and Academics, and Intensify and Intervene As Needed. Each domain includes elementary and secondary examples of practice, research updates, and relevant resources for more information.
Publication Date: March 2024
Publishers: Council for Exceptional Children and CEEDAR Center
High-Leverage Practices Videos
These videos accompany High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities and provide revised and updated information supporting the four domains with High-Leverage Practices within each domain and concrete examples to anchor and reinforce both knowledge development and application.
Publisher: CEEDAR Center
My NVLD Story (Count Me In)
People with NVLD struggle with a range of conditions but specifically have difficulty with social skills and spatial concepts. This animated video of a 12-year-old's experience about living with NVLD describes how the learning disability affects her in social situations.
Publisher: The NVLD Project
Non-Verbal Learning Disability for the Classroom
The NVLD Project and Winston Preparatory School worked together to create a presentation to help both parents and educators better understand Non-Verbal Learning Disability and how it can manifest in the classroom. The discussion includes common NVLD myths, strengths and weaknesses of those with NVLD, and instructional approaches and sample interventions in five different categories: visual spatial, higher order comprehension, social communication, math concepts and executive functions.
Publication Date: November 2019
Publishers: NVLD Project and Winston Preparatory School
Supporting Students with NVLD
This video introduces a Kentucky teen and promising artist learning as a homeschooler how to navigate nonverbal learning disorder. An expert panel helps demystify this diagnosis and provides a roadmap for NVLD kids to excel.
Publication Date: April 2024
Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Understanding a Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
In this video, clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Judy Ho explains what a non-verbal learning disorder is and how it differs from more familiar conditions like ADHD and dyslexia.
Publication Date: August 2024
Publisher: NBC News
What Is Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NVLD)?
This webpage explains non-verbal learning disorder, patterns, and the five of visual and spatial awareness; high-order comprehension; social communication; math concepts; and executive functions.
Author: Caroline Miller
Publication Date: Updated June 2025
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
What is NVLD?
In this podcast, two experts explain the challenges individuals with a nonverbal learning disability face, helpful strategies and accommodations, and how they’re part of a team working to get NVLD into the DSM.
Author: Lauren Clouser
Publication Date: April 2023
Publisher: Learning Disabilities Association of America