Stronger After Stroke: Your Roadmap to Recovery
Author: Peter Levin
Written for stroke survivors, their caregivers, and loved ones, Stronger After Stroke presents a new and more effective treatment philosophy that is startling in its simplicity: stroke survivors recover by using the same learning techniques that anyone uses to master anything. Basic concepts are covered, including: Repetition of task-specific movements, Proper scheduling of practice, Challenges at each stage of recovery, Setting goals and recognizing when they have been achieved. Stronger After Stroke puts the power of recovery in your hands by providing simple to follow instructions for reaching the highest possible level of healing.
Table of Contents:
Stroke recovery essentials 1
Recovery hints and tricks 21
Safeguarding the recovery investment 47
Cool treatment options 67
Elements of exercise essential to recovery 99
Recovery strategies 113
Spasticity control and elimination 137
Motivation : the recovery fuel 151
Recovery machines 169
Resources 183
Glossary 187
Index 205
Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits
Author: Deirdre V Lovecky
Deirdre V. Lovecky, MA, PhD, is a clinical child psychologist at the Gifted Resource Center of New England, specializing in the needs of gifted children, adolescents and their families. She is a qualified psychotherapist and consultant, speaks at conferences and presents workshops for parents and teachers. She has had many articles published in academic journals and regularly writes on the topic of giftedness.
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