books about: nature-deficit

books about: nature-deficit

books:

Nature-deficit

Russell A. Barkley

The Guilford Press, 1997

Excellent study presenting a new theory of ADHD
My main reason for writing is to point out that the earlier reviewer who criticized Barkley for the passage about the 3 Little Pigs completely misunderstood the point Barkley was trying to make. Barkley was not saying that he thought that ADHD people deserved what ...

Nature's Ritalin for the Marathon Mind: Nurturing Your ADHD Child With Exercise

Stephen C. Putnam

Upper Access, 2001

A convincing argument and a workable program
The first thing Putnam does in this calm, well-balanced and very accessible book is make the very reasonable suggestion that instead of labeling a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) we might better say that the child has a "Marathon Mind." ...

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Louv Richard

Algonquin Books, 2005

I like to play indoors better cause thats where all the electrical outlets are, reports a fourth grader. But its not only computers, television, and video games that are keeping kids inside. Its also their parents fears of traffic, strangers, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus; their schools emphasis on more and more homework; their structured ...

No More Ritalin: Treating Adhd Without Drugs

Mary Ann Ann Block

Kensington, 1996

Ritalin is not the only answer to ADD
I was so happy to find a book that supported the idea that ADD might be managed by other methods than medication. In fact as a biofeedback therapist treating ADD I know that other methods might work better than Ritalin, I also know first hand that there are problems in ...

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv

Algonquin Books, 2008

Microwave generation
I teach high school, and I can tell you we have raised what we call a microwave generation: they want to push a button and it happens. They call their cell phone their "baby." When I attempted to tell them about a recent trip to Africa where I did volunteer work for ...

Experiencing nature may quell ADHD in kids.(Behavioral Pediatrics): An article from: Pediatric News
Kevin Foley

International Medical News Group, 2004

This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 518 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

Crop Field Response to Deficit Irrigation: Reports of an FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Program by Using ...

Springer, 1998

With limited water resources to divert for agriculture, innovations aimed at increasing efficient use of irrigation water must be developed. Among the means to survive the consequences of water scarcity and yet to sustain high crop production under irrigated agriculture with decreasing share of water, deficient irrigation programs are highly ...

AUTHOR WARNS OF NATURE DEFICIT.(Environment): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Gale Reference Team

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on September 29, 2006. The length of the article is 903 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

The nature of lexico-semantic processing deficits in mild cognitive [An article from: Neuropsychologia]
A. Duong, V. Whitehead, ...

Elsevier, 2006

This digital document is a journal article from Neuropsychologia, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Lexico-semantic impairments in Alzheimer disease (AD) have been attributed to ...

Experiencing nature may help to quell ADHD.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Attention deficit hyperactivity ...
Kevin Foley

International Medical News Group, 2005

This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 521 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after ...

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.(BOOKSHELF)(Book Review): An ...
Sharman Apt Russell

Thomson Gale, 2005

This digital document is an article from OnEarth, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 764 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web ...

The fragile nature of the speech-perception deficit in dyslexia: Natural vs. synthetic speech [An article ...
L. Blomert, H. Mitterer

Elsevier, 2004

This digital document is a journal article from Brain and Language, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: A number of studies reported that developmental dyslexics are impaired in ...