Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury(1st Edition) New Frontiers in Clinical and Translational Research by VickiAnderson, Keith Owen Yeates Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-521-76332-5, ISBN: 0-521-76332-0
"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents around the world and represents a global public health issue. Major improvements in the medical treatment of the initial injury have increased survival rates resulting in the focus shifting to consider the subsequent and longer-term cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences for the recovering child or adolescent. These disabilities ..."
"This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first to do so within a specifically developmental framework. This area of cognitive function has received increasing attention over the past decade, and it is now established that the frontal lobes, and associated executive functions, are critical for efficien ..."
Gravity Pulls You in Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum (Mom's Choice Award Recipient) by Kyra Anderson, Vicki Forman Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2010 by Woodbine House ISBN-13: 978-1-60613-002-5, ISBN: 1-60613-002-1
"(Finalist in the Anthologies/Non-Fiction category of the 2010 International Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News) View the universe of autism--its marvels, chaos, and life-changing impacts--through the eyes of the contributors to Gravity Pulls You In. In 33 essays and poems, mothers and fathers raising children on the autism spectrum explore their lives in the context of autism's own special gravity, discovering what's important and ..."
"Frequently identified as sensational literature filled with violent characters, intricately woven plots, changing identities and confusion between issues of right and wrong, many considered the Dime Novel guilty of sending serious and improper messages to the day's impressionable youth. Though read by many from the middle of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, these short, pocket-sized publications were severely criti ..."
"Your students will gain confidence thanks to the short, simple explanations and plenty of practice exercises. be motivated by the variety of interesting and stimulating exercise types. be able to find their way around easily thanks to clear signpos"
"Your students…will gain confidence thanks to the short, simple explanations and plenty of practice exercises. be motivated by the variety of interesting and stimulating exercise types. be able to find their way around easily thanks to clear signposting, plus a detailed contents page and grammar index. learn more than just grammar with the new vocabulary sections, including word building. be able to assess their progress regularly with t ..."
"Your students…will gain confidence thanks to the short, simple explanations and plenty of practice exercises. be motivated by the variety of interesting and stimulating exercise types. be able to find their way around easily thanks to clear signposting, plus a detailed contents page and grammar index. learn more than just grammar with the new vocabulary sections, including word building. be able to assess their progress regularly with t ..."
"Although Seth is a captive, he helps the trio overcome his Indian captors, freeing
himself and Ina. In his confrontation with the bloodthirsty Mohawks, Seth clearly
demonstrates his superior cunning and bravery. Because he cannot fairly defeat
the hero or honorable man, the villain must turn to dirty tricks. The villain sets
traps for the honorable man, and the traps always reveal the villain's treachery
and deceit. sets traps V——— ..."
"A Lifespan Perspective Vicki Anderson, Rani Jacobs, Peter John Anderson ... lobes in ToM reasoning dependent upon the nature of the task (Adolphs, 2001; Baron-Cohen et al., 1994; Fletcher et al.; Gallagher et al., 2000; Goel et al., 1995) ."
"Pretense and representation: The origins of ''theory of mind''. Psychological
Review, 51,412–426. Leslie, A. M., Friedman, O., & German, T. P. (2004). Core
mechanisms in ''theory of mind''. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(12), 528–533.
Levesque, J., Joanette, Y., Mensour, B., Beaudoin, G., Leroux, J. M., Bourgouin, P
., et al. (2004). Neural basis of emotional selfregulation in childhood.
Neuroscience, 129, 361–369. Levin, H. S., Cu ..."
"Huppi, P. S., Murphy, B., Maier, S. E., Zientara, G. P., Inder, T. E., Barnes, P. D., et
al. (2001). Microstructural brain development after perinatal cerebral white matter
injury assessed by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatrics, 107(
3), 455–460. Inder, T. E., Huppi, P. S., Warfield, S., Kikinis, R., Zientara, G. P.,
Barnes, P. D., et al. (1999). Periventricular white matter injury in the premature
infant is foll ..."