Le difficoltà legate alle funzioni esecutive e alla flessibilità possono rappresentare, per alcuni studenti, un grande ostacolo al successo a scuola e nella vita. Con questo programma, giunto alla seconda edizione in lingua inglese e tradotto per la prima volta in italiano, si offre tutto il necessario per insegnare in modo esplicito le abilità legate alle funzioni esecutive nell'ambito educativo, indispensabili per assumere un comportamento orientato agli obiettivi. Le 21 lezioni testate sul campo contenute nel volume forniscono ai professionisti un intervento efficace per rivolgersi a studenti di età compresa tra 8 e 11 anni. Ideale per la gestione di autismo, ADHD e altre disturbi del neurosviluppo che influiscono sulle funzioni esecutive, questo programma include un manuale completo e un pacchetto di componenti digitali scaricabili facili da stampare e da utilizzare sia in presenza sia in ambienti virtuali.

"An extension of Brookes's 2011 school curriculum Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition. Helps children with autism spectrum disorder understand and improve flexibility by hearing the same vocabulary and encountering the same expectations at home and school"--

William James, the psychologist. Henry James, the writer. Alice James, the sister? Alice James spends most of her short life in bed. Henry labels it her solution to the 'practical problem of life', and William is too busy with his work, and too far away, to pay much attention.

"We are pleased to bring a second edition of the Neurology volume to the 5-Minute Consult series. This book is intended to present current clinical information to several groups: - Busy clinical practitioners in neurology general practice, emergency rooms, and non-neurologic specialties who need a reference source where they can quickly refresh their knowledge about the basics of a neurologic condition - Residents and students seeking rapid access to basic data about diagnosis and treatment for various neurologic conditions - Patients and families who want quick information about their diagnoses and referrals to patient information sources and support organizations Neurology is an area of medicine that incites anxiety and discomfort for many students, nurses, and physicians who have not trained in the specialty. Effective therapeutic interventions continue to expand and flourish; every practitioner must understand the diagnosis and treatment of basic neurologic conditions. Information is provided in a structured format that allows easy access and rapid assimilation. We have attempted to offer relevant and current references. We hope that this rapid information source will help all to approach patients suffering from neurologic disorders with more confidence. "--Provided by publisher.

Cannon, Alexander, Werner (all The Ivymount School, Rockville, Maryland), Kenworth and Anthony's (both Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC) classroom-based, comprehensive curriculum provides special educators and classroom teachers with strategies for helping students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) develop flexibility and goal-setting skills for everyday home, school, and community situations. The text will also benefit other professional staff--psychologists, social workers, therapists, teaching assistants--and parents. Created for use in a weekly, school-based group, the ready-to-use materials for 27 lessons are organized into ten topics teaching students what flexibility is, its importance in everyday life, how to be flexible, what goals are and how to achieve them, and learning how to want to be flexible and goal directed. Each lesson includes a materials list, activity description, generalization activities, suggestions for modifications, and handouts. Full-size color versions of the handouts are included on the CD-ROM, along with additional classroom handouts and "home generalization" handouts for parents. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Alexander Tcherepnin's (1899-1977) Bagatelles are among his finest and most popular keyboard works. The 10 miniatures each span only two to four pages, yet are filled with a variety of mildly contemporary techniques. The more brilliant pieces help to develop a rapid finger technique, while the lyrical works are studies in the balance of melody and accompaniment figures. Lynn Freeman Olson's edition is carefully researched and includes helpful study notes. Nos. 1 and 10 were selected for the Federation Festivals 2011-2013. Included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.

Anonymous photography has a magic all its own. The intriguing images assembled here by collector and curator Robert Flynn Johnson are all mysterious, but their appeal is various. By turns poignant, humorous, erotic, and disturbing, their subject is the human condition. In ten stunning chapters every aspect of human experience--both public and private--is explored. Richly reproduced and with subtle tonalities marking their age, over 220 photographs showcase the work of photographers whose identities have been lost in time. The images are never anything less than mesmerizing and include previously unseen portraits of such stars as Cary Grant, Richard Burton, and Marlene Dietrich. Introduced by Alexander McCall Smith, this follow-up to Johnson's widely acclaimed Anonymous touches on birth, marriage, death, disease, hope, glory, and despair and a plethora of additional emotions, events, and human states, and will capture the imagination of any reader.
Copub: Thames and Hudson

Episodic memory is the name of the kind of memory that records personal experiences instead of the mere remembering of impersonal facts and rules. This type of memory is extremely sensitive to ageing and disease so an understanding of the mechanisms of episodic memory might lead to the development of therapies suited to improve memory in some patient populations. Episodic memory is unique in that it includes an aspect of self-awareness and helps us to remember who we are in terms of what we did and what we have been passed through and what we should do in the future.

This book brings together a renowned team of contributors from the fields of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and behavioural and molecular neuroscience. It provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of recent developments in understanding human episodic memory and animal episodic-like memory in terms of concepts, methods, mechanisms, neurobiology and pathology. The work presented within this book will have a profound effect on the direction that future research in this topic will take.

- The first and most current comprehensive handbook on what we know about episodic memory, the memory of events, time, place, and emotion, and a key feature of awareness and consciousness
- Articles summarize our understanding of the mechanisms of episodic memory as well as surveying the neurobiology of epsidodic memory in patients, animal studies and functional imaging work
- Includes 34 heavily illustrated chapters in two sections by the leading scientists in the field

Nineteen contributions from international scholars and social justice leaders consider issues of race and racism as they affect people of African descent in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States. A sampling of topics includes whites experiencing loss of privilege in South Africa, race and the women's movement in the U.S., nonracialism in Brazil, and racial discrimination as a violation of international law. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This 1856 novel, one of the most beloved of the Victorian period, follows the life, from childhood to death, of an orphaned boy who grows to become a wealthy and powerful leader in his community. The young John Halifax is taken in by Abel Fletcher, a Quaker tanner, and forms a close friendship with Fletcher's son, Phineas. Through hard work and integrity, John overcomes obstacles to find domestic happiness and material success. His achievements symbolize those of England in the early nineteenth century, and this novel captures the ambition and ebullient optimism of the growing Victorian middle class.This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and full annotation; the idea of the "gentleman" in Victorian culture, labour unrest in the early nineteenth century, and women’s roles in Victorian England are explored in the broad selection of contextual documents.