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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 |