books about: neuro-developmental
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Neuro-developmental
Steps to Follow: The Comprehensive Treatment of Patients with Hemiplegia
Patricia M. Davies
Springer
, 2004
A must for any therapist working with adult CVA!
Patricia Davies Gives very descriptive, practical approaches that work. Even if you have not had specific NDT training, you can, as a therapist, learn from, and follow her approach. There are plenty of pictures to help guide. If you are a physical or occupational ...
Developmental Neuropsychology
Otfried Spreen
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Anthony H. Risser
, ...
Oxford University Press, USA
, 1995
A thorough revision of Human Developmental Neuropsychology, this book is the most detailed and complete overview of child neuropsychology available today. It begins with a brief introduction to the nervous system, including an up-to-date review of theories of lateralization and sex differences. The second part presents a discussion of newborn and ...
Visual Thinking
Rudolf Arnheim
University of California Press
, 2004
Indispensable.
Arnheim always sheds some new light on his subjects, and this book might be his most enlightening. Whether you care about art, education, perception, or simply living a full human life, this book will make you think about the subject in a new way. Grounded in ...
An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing, 5th Edition
Brian Moore
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
, 2003
Must-read for those interested in auditory perception
This is the standard text for those interested in psychoacoustics. In addition to being authoritative, it is an excellent read. One of the few technical books I've actually read cover-to-cover more than once, and an invaluable reference.
Motor Control And Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis, Fourth Edition
Richard Schmidt
,
Tim Lee
Human Kinetics Publishers
, 2005
Schmidt and Lee Have Provided A Tribute to Motor Learning
Franklin Henry is acknowledged as the father of motor behavior research. His work on reaction time, the motor program, and development of the Specificity Hypothesis have spurred an unparalleled amount of research in the field. Building off the work of Henry, Schmidt, ...
Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs (3rd Edition)
Libby G Cohen
,
Loraine J. Spenciner
Allyn & Bacon
, 2006
Assessment for Children and Youth with Special Needs
This is a very great descriptive book about assessment. It guides and models some awesome assessments to use within the classroom.
Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self/Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self (two-volume set)
Allan N. Schore
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2003
Provides solid ground for psychotherapists
Allan Schore's books provide evidence of the most concrete kind for the benefits of long-term psychotherapy. With the advent of managed care and the hyperactive sales and advertising of psychotropic medication, not only ordinary consumers but psychotherapists ...
Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse
Jennifer J. Freyd
Harvard University Press
, 1998
Uncommon Objectivity
Because of her parents attacks on Dr. Freyd, I'd expected to find some of her justifible anger in the pages of this book. I did not. Dr. Freyd is logical, objective, and professional in her handling of this sensitive subject. She adds a somewhat new perspective to the ...
Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex
Peter R. Breggin
Springer Publishing Company
, 2007
Stretch your mind: read this book
Counterintuitive in an age when the "chemical imbalance" mythology of emotional problems is commonly accepted as fact, this updated work by Breggin demonstrates that psychiatrists have sold the public a bill of goods. People taking or sanctioning the taking of ...
Behavior Disorders of Childhood (6th Edition)
Rita Wicks-Nelson
,
Allen C. Israel
Prentice Hall
, 2005
Foundation of Field
Behavior Disorders of Childhood is an absolute must read for students in the field of child clinical psychology, school psychology, and child psychiatry. The content in this book will provide a foundation on which future learnings can be placed. It is very well ...
Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self
Allan N. Schore
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2003
Brilliant, but sloppy ...
Schore's integrative affect-regulation theory is based on the notion that the right-brain-to-right-brain synchronization of affect-based mother-infant communication ("attachment") is the foundation and model of all later affect regulation, both as the body-based origin ...
Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice
Martin L. Hoffman
Cambridge University Press
, 2001
Contemporary theories have generally focused on either the behavioral, cognitive or emotional dimensions of prosocial moral development. This volume provides the first comprehensive account of prosocial moral development in children. The book's focus is empathy's contribution to altruism and compassion for others in physical, psychological, or ...
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music
Oxford University Press, USA
, 2003
Very interesting overview of current research in the subject
The collection of articles in this book gives a fascinating overview of human musical cognition and how it is modeled computationally. It also addresses the effect of brain lesions or abnormalities on musical competence and abilities, and thus gives the reader a taste ...
Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self
Allan N. Schore
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2003
Fascinating
An important part of the current literature on attachment and neurobiology - seems to have spurred on a great deal of research, writing and dialogue. It'd probably be helpful to brush up on at least the basics of brain physiology and neurobiology before jumping into ...
Color & Human Response: Aspects of Light and Color Bearing on the Reactions of Living Things and the Welfare ...
Faber Birren
Wiley
, 1984
A Well Rounded Resource for Students
This book is an excellent tool for gaining an understanding the broad implications of color's effects on humans. It deals with everything from the scientific to the mystic. It is well organized and easy to understand.
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