Attention, Balance and Coordination: The A.B.C. of Learning Success - Softcover

Blythe, Sally Goddard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470516232 ISBN 13: 9780470516232

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

Attention, Balance and Coordination is the most up-to-date handbook for professionals involved in education and child development, providing a new understanding of the source of specific behavioural problems.

• Written by a respected author of acclaimed titles in this field
• Explains why early reflexes are important, their functions in development and their effects on learning, behaviour and beyond - also covers adult neurological dysfunctions anxiety and agoraphobia
• Builds on an ABC of Attention, Balance and Coordination to create a unique look across specific learning difficulties, linked by common motor skills challenges resulting from neuro-developmental deficiencies
• Includes the INPP Developmental Screening Questionnaire together with guidance on how to use and interpret it

About this title

From the Back Cover

In Attention, Balance and Coordination, Sally Goddard Blythe explores the physical basis for learning. She explains the importance of early reflexes, their functions in early development, and their effects on learning and behaviour if retained. Goddard Blythe also investigates the possible effects that these early reflexes haveon other aspects of development such as posture, balance, motor skills and susceptibility to stress and anxiety in later life.

Attention, Balance and Coordination also includes:

• a review of relevant literature in the field
• a review of the origins of The Vestibular-Cerebellar Theory
• The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) Developmental Screening Questionnaire, together with an explanation on how its use and interpretation
• a chapter by Dr Peter Blythe looking at the development of the INPP Method

Attention, Balance and Coordination is the most up-to-date handbook for professionals involved in education and child development, providing a new understanding of the source of specific behavioural problems.

About the Author

Sally Goddard Blythe is Director for the Institute of Neuro-Physiological Psychology in Chester, which specialises in the assessment and supervision of remediation programmes for children and adults with specific learning difficulties, agoraphobia and panic disorder. She is the author of a number of widely acclaimed books, including Reflexes, Learning and Behaviour (2002), The Well-Balanced Child (2005) and What Babies and Children Really Need (2008).

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470516232
• ISBN 13: 9780470516232
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 442