TPP 151: Laura Lemle Talks About the NVLD Project
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
31 min
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8 chapters
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What is NVLD and how does it differ from other learning disorders?
We get the same question a lot. Now what? How do you treat it? What do we do? Our kid is struggling. And that's been the main problem. It is being diagnosed, but parents are finding difficulty with their kids. Adults are finding difficulty often with employment. People need help. And that's one of the reasons that I started this.
Welcome to Till Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. My name is Debbie Reber, and I'm the host of this show. And today we are talking for the first time on this podcast about nonverbal learning disorder, or NVLD. a disorder which is usually characterized by a significant discrepancy between higher verbal skills and weaker motor, visual, spatial, and social skills. Where most learning disorders involve language or decoding language and learning to read, NVLD has the non-verbal terminology in it because it's referring to challenges that are not related to verbal and language decoding. Instead, according to the Child Mind Institute, NVLD typically includes challenges in the areas of visual and spatial awareness, higher order comprehension, social communication, math concepts,
or executive functions. My guest for today's conversation is Laura Lemley, the mother of a now grown daughter with NVLD and the founder of the NVLD Project, an organization that funds research, educational workshops, and community outreach to build support and raise awareness about nonverbal learning disability. In our conversation, Laura shares her personal journey of raising her daughter, trying to find the right educational solution, and what she hopes her organization contributes to the movement to have NVLD recognized as a formal diagnosis among medical professionals. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Before I get to that, if you would like to stay more connected to the Tilt community, get insights into what's happening in my world, hear about upcoming events that should be on your radar, and get links to five must-read recent news articles for parents raising differently wired kids,
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Thank you so much for considering. And if you want to learn more or sign up, just go to patreon.com slash tiltparenting or look for a link on any of the show notes pages on the Tilt Parenting website. Thanks so much. And now here is my conversation with Laura. Hi, Laura, welcome to the podcast. Glad to be here. I'm happy to bring you on. I feel like it's a long overdue conversation to talk about nonverbal learning disorder and just kind of hear your story from a parent's perspective, because I know this is very personal for you. So I would really like to just start there. So can you tell us about yourself, who you are in the world and the work that you do? I know you have a very full life and many pieces to your work, but maybe start by telling us about your personal story with your daughter.
So my daughter was always seemed a little different to me when she was really little. She walked within normal limits, but she was a little passive. And then she went to school and she seemed a little different than the other kids. And so I, When she was around four, I got her evaluated.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is NVLD and how does it differ from other learning disorders?
0:00–4:31
2
How did Laura first discover her daughter's non‑verbal learning disorder?
4:31–8:28
3
What steps did the family take after receiving the NVLD diagnosis?
8:28–12:52
4
Why was finding the right school so challenging for a child with NVLD?
12:52–17:09
5
How is NVLD currently recognized (or not) within the U.S. education and diagnostic systems?
17:09–21:22
6
What is the NVLD Project’s strategy for getting NVLD recognized as a formal diagnosis?
21:22–26:12
7
What therapies and supports helped Laura’s daughter thrive socially and academically?
26:12–29:53
8
Where can parents find resources and community support for NVLD?
29:53–30:58
Speakers
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