Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite writers. Each of his books has taught me to see the world in a slightly different way. Four years after my first reading […]
Crawling: Normal, But Not Necessary
Most babies begin to crawl between the ages of 6 to 10 months. If a child has an early neurologic problem such as cerebral palsy or brachial plexus injury, both […]
The Invisible Gorilla
The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons – New York: Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, 2009 Where is the invisible […]
The Boy Who Could Run Better Than He Could Walk
All baby brains have the potential to recover to some extent and some may be cured completely. (Baby Brains Can Recover – Pediatric Neuroplasticity) What about the child who does […]
The Concise Book of Muscles by Chris Jarmey and The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson
The Concise Book of Muscles by Chris Jarmey – Chichester: Lotus Publishing and Berkley: North Atlantic Books, 2003 The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson – […]
Baby Brains Can Recover – Pediatric Neuroplasticity
The ability of the human brain to grow new cells, to repair damaged cells, and to re- organize the function of different parts of the brain are all characteristics of […]
Deep Water Jogging for Gait Training
Children with an early neurological problem learn their first movements with a damaged nervous system. Baby brains do recover, but it takes time. It is difficult to study the process […]
The Checklist Manifesto – How To Get Things Right by Atul Gawande – New York: Picador, 2011
How could a book about checklists be all that interesting? Trust me on this one. You will be riveted. I read this book, the first time, straight through without stopping. […]