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Item Nr: B 96689 Title: Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism
Grade Lvl: T Author: Bridges, Holly
Length: 103 Prod/Pub: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Copyright: 2015 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 0 Loan Period: 14 days
 
  Outlining an optimistic way to understand autism, this concise book offers practical ideas to help children on the spectrum grow. The Polyvagal Theory suggests autism may not be a neurological disorder, but is a learned response by the body - a result of the child being in a prolonged state of 'fight or flight' while their nervous system is still developing. Explains the theory in simple terms and incorporates recent developments in brain plasticity research (the capacity of the brain to change throughout life) to give parents and professionals the tools to strengthen the child's brain-body connection and lessen the social and emotional impact of autism. Neuroplasticity.

  Subjects:
  1332 - AUTISM/ASD
  226 - BRAIN
  233 - BRAIN-BASED LEARNING/RESEARCH
  1317 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT
  1820 - FEP/PEC
  1406 - INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
  1738 - NERVOUS SYSTEM
  895 - PSYCHIATRY
  896 - PSYCHOLOGY
  1613 - REQUEST--AEA
  1024 - SPECIAL EDUCATION
  1465 - SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS/PERSONS