The following list includes online links and references to web sites, books and articles that we have found helpful. Clicking on the topic will link you to that section.

Attention Difficulties
Auditory Processing Disorder
Autistic Spectrum
Dyslexia
Learning Difficulties
Medical: Brain-related, cerebellum/automaticity, vestibular function
Music and the Brain
Sensory Processing Disorder

Attention Difficulties

www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/ - a good site covering ADHD symptoms, research and resources for parents and teachers

“Misunderstood Minds” - an excellent documentary about ADHD covering the most up-to-date views of ADHD diagnosis and treatment

Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Functional MRI (fMRI): Links and Information.

“Inside the Teenage Brain.” Frontline. PBS Online and WGBH/Frontline, 2002.

“Medicating Kids.” Frontline. PBS Online and WGBH/Frontline, 2001.

“Out of Control.” 48 Hours. MMI, CBS Worldwide, Inc. November 9, 2001.

“Pediatrics — Neurology.” Department of Pediatrics Sections & Centers. Yale University School of Medicine.

Auditory Processing Disorder

Auditory Processing Disorders, by Dr. Deborah Swain
Published by Plural Publishing, 2007

LD Online web site article reviewing CAPD (2004)

An exhaustive list of links to Audiology and Speech/Language web sites covering various aspects of CAPD

Kid’s Health site explaining basics for parents whose children may have CAPD

Autistic Spectrum

NIH web site with definitions and descriptions

The DANA Foundation web site is a very good source of news articles and brain-related information

National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS) is a good comprehensive site categorized by condition.

Autism and Aspergers information

The Autistic Spectrum: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Helping Your Child, by Lorna Wing

Home Educating Our Autistic Spectrum Children, by Terry Dowty

Finding You Finding Me, by Phoebe Caldwell

Dyslexia

The relationship between motor control and phonology in dyslexic children; role of the cerebellum and automaticity

International Dyslexia Association

National Center for Learning Disorders

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Learning Difficulties

Learning Disabilities: types, causes, symptoms and diagnoses

LDA - the basics for parents and teachers

Schwabb Learning site - good source of articles and information

Medical: Brain-related, Cerebellum/Automaticity, vestibular function

Cerebellar Damage Impairs Automaticity of a Recently Practiced Movement,
Journal of Physiology, Lang/Bastian

Cerebellar Impairment/Dyslexia - UK government article about the theory that cerebellum is directly involved in language acquisition

The relationship between motor control and phonology in dyslexic children; role of the cerebellum and automaticity

Developmental dyslexia, learning and the cerebellum
Fawcett and Nicolson, University of Sheffield, UK

The Role of the Cerebellum in Subsecond Time Perception
MIT Press article

Music and the Brain

Study Shows Music Improves Stroke Patients’ Recovery article in Science Daily, Feb 1, 2008

Music Training ‘Tunes’ Human Auditory System” article in Science Daily, March 13, 2007, on Dr. Nina Kraus’ research at Northwestern U. on the effect of musical training on neurological development;
“The findings also are consistent with studies by Kraus and her research team that have revealed anomalies in brainstem sound encoding in some children with learning disabilities which can be improved by auditory training.”

Music Training linked to Enhanced Verbal Skills” Science Daily 2007
“Our study indicates that the high-level cognitive processing of music affects automatic processing that occurs early in the processing stream and fundamentally shapes sensory circuitry.” Dr. Nina Kraus

“Music Thought to Enhance Intelligence, Mental Health and Immune System”
Science Daily article reports on volume 1060, The Neurosciences and Music II, of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science Daily, 2006
Musicophelia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks
Very readable stories of the effect of music on brain function by the renowned neurologist and author.

Music and the Brain, by Laurence O’Donnell
Interesting article about music’s effect on the brain, with fun historical references

Music on the brain: Researchers explore the biology of music on the brain, article by William J. Cromie, Harvard Gazette, 2001

How Your Brain Listens to Music, by William J. Cromie, Harvard Gazette, 1997

Music and the Brain, Scientific American, 2004

The “Mozart Effect” - an exhaustive list of research on the topic
“Music Moves Brain to Pay Attention, Study Finds”, Science Daily 2005

Dr. Gordon Shaw, founder of the Mozart Effect, on music and the brain

Slideshow: Music Makes Your Brain Happy, Wired magazine 2006

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

Kid Foundation: great source of information for professionals and parents

Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Those with Sensory Processing Disorder, by Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR
The definitive book on the subject of SPD, very readable and engaging.