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The use of a neuropsychological approach for understanding a child’s cognitive strengths and weaknesses allows researchers to recognize how that child processes information and learns. This is especially important when examining at children with low-incidence disabilities, such as children with nonverbal learning disabilities. The purpose of this single-case study was to determine the efficacy of a mindfulness curriculum, MindUP, in decreasing problem behaviors and increasing social skills and academic competence of a 9-year-old boy with a nonverbal learning disability. The results indicated that the use of MindUP significantly increased the participant’s social skills and academic competence, while simultaneously decreasing his problem behaviors in the school setting.
| Advisor: | D'Amato, Rik |
| Commitee: | Eusebio, Eleazar, Fletcher-Janzen, Elaine |
| School: | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology |
| Department: | School Psychology |
| School Location: | United States -- Illinois |
| Source: | DAI-B 79/02(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
| Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
| Subjects: | Psychology |
| Keywords: | Disabilities, Driven, Learning, Mindfulness, Neuropsychologically, Nonverbal, Single-subject, Subject |
| Publication Number: | 10623598 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-355-24572-1 |
