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References regarding vision and learning
| Title: |
Save Your Baby - Throw out your equipment |
| Author: |
Laura Sobell |
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1994, Whole Family Press, Santa Barbara, CA |
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Information on infant development and the possible negative
effects of using or misusing certain baby equipment |
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| Title: |
Sensory Integration and The Child |
| Author: |
Jean Ayres, Ph.D |
| Published: |
1979, Western Psychological Services |
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Description of the role sensory integration plays in child
development. |
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Suddenly Successful: How Behavioral Optometry Helps You Overcome
Learning, Health, and Behavior Problems |
| Author: |
Hazel Richmond Dawkins, Dr. E. Edelman, Dr. C. Forkiotis |
| Published: |
1991; Optometric Extension Program, Inc. |
| Contents: |
Background on visual problems that affect the performance of
children and adults. |
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Teach Your Baby: A program of simple daily activities for infants
and small children, designed to develop sensory motor skills and learning abilities to
their full potential. |
| Author: |
Genevieve Painters |
| Published: |
Simon & Schuster - New York ISBN 67120860-8 |
| Contents: |
Simple everyday activities you can play with your baby to enhance
development |
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The Hidden Disability: Undetected Vision Problems |
| Author: |
Parents Active for Vision Education (PAVE) |
| Published: |
.PAVE 1-800-PAVE-988 |
| Contents: |
Pamphlet with checklist of symptoms which may indicate
vision problem, oriented toward children's
learning problems. |
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| Title: |
Thinking Goes to School |
| Author: |
Hans Furth & Harry Wachs |
| Published: |
Oxford University Press |
| Contents: |
"Piaget's theory in practice". |
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| Title: |
The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and coping with sensory
integration dysfunction |
| Author: |
Carol Kranowitz, M.A. |
| Published: |
Berkley Books |
| Contents: |
Accessible, clearly-written guide and drug-free approach |
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| Title: |
When Your Child Struggles - The Myths of 20/20 Vision |
| Author: |
:David I . Cook, OD |
| Published: |
1992; Invision Press, Atlanta. OEP |
| Contents: |
Excellent overview of vision and various learning-related problems |
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| Title: |
Your Child's Vision: A parent's guide to seeing, growing and
developing |
| Author: |
Richard S. Kavner, OD |
| Published: |
1985; Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
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Details the stages of visual development from birth to age five
and examines the role of vision at home, play, school and in learning. |
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| Title: |
Developing Your Child for Success |
| Author: |
Ken Lanes OD |
| Published: |
Learning Potentials Publishers, Inc. |
| Contents: |
Designed for parents and teachers to
work with children to develop perceptual abilities needed for academics and to improve
motor skills for coordination. |
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| Title: |
Endangered Minds: Why Our Children Don't Think and
What We Can Do About It |
| Author: |
Jane Healy Ph.D |
| Published: |
1990, Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
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Discusses the development of life-long learning
abilities. |
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| Title: |
Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our
Children's Minds - For Better or Worse |
| Author: |
Jane Healy, Ph.D |
| Published: |
1998; Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
| Contents: |
Excellent discussion of the growing use of
computers for children and for ever-younger children. |
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| Title: |
Hassle-Free Homework |
| Author: |
Faith Clark, Ph.D and Cecil Clark, Ph.D |
| Published: |
1989, Doubleday (out of print- find at library) |
| Contents: |
Excellent strategies to help children learn how to
learn. A guide to developing learning skills, including organization, motivation, memory,
and concentration |
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| Title: |
Helping Your Child to Learn |
| Author: |
Rapides Parsh School |
| Published: |
1988; OEP Inc. |
| Contents: |
Activities to foster and enhance development, ages
infant to 5yrs |
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| Title: |
If Only We'd Known: Early Childhood - and its
importance to academic learning |
| Author: |
Margaret Sasse |
| Published: |
Available from OEP |
| Contents: |
Looks at early motor development and its crucial
link to later learning. |
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| Title: |
Perfectionism |
| Author: |
Miriam Adderholdt-Elliott |
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Bookman |
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| Title: |
Playful Parenting: Games to help your infants and
toddlers grow physically, mentally and emotionally |
| Author: |
R N. Grasselli & P A Hegner |
| Published: |
Putman Publishing Group ISBN 0-399-50725-6 |
| Contents: |
Suggested activities and materials easily made at
home to enhance child development. |
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