New at the Library

The following two books were recently added to the collection at the Peter White Public Library.  If you don't live in Marquette, you can request these titles through interlibrary loan-- just ask at your local library.  If they're checked-out, you can place a hold and get a call or e-mail when they're available. 

The Autism Revolution:  Whole-body strategies for making life all it can be by Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, Harvard Health Publications, 2013.
From the back cover:  "After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, Harvard Medical School researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it.  Autism, she concludes,is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child's genes and destined to remain fixed forever.  Instead, it is the result of a cascade of event, many seemingly minor.  And while other doctors may dismiss your child's physical symptoms--the anxiety, sensory overload, sleeplessness, frequent illnesses or seizures-- as coincidental or irrelevant, Dr. Herbert sees them as vital clues to what the underlying problems are, and how to help.  Drawing from the newest research, technologies, and insights, as well as inspiring case studies of both children and adults, Dr. Herbert guides you toward restoring health and resiliency in your loved one with autism."

Currently I'm about half-way through a recorded copy I downloaded from Audible.com.  One thing I've take from it so far is ebsom salt baths-- cheap and easy to implement, might help, might not.  Won't hurt to try.  Other things like diet changes would be much harder for us to put in place, but I appreciate the careful look at the research that supports different approaches.

Self-Regulation Interventions and Strategies:  Keeping the body, mind & emotions on task in children with autism, ADHD or sensory disorders by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR, PESI Publising & Media, 2014.
 From the back cover:  "Keeping children's bodies, minds and emotions on task just got easier with this book from self-regulation expert Teresa Garland.  It features 200 practical and proven interventions, strategies and adaptations for helping children gain more control over their lives.  Each chapter provides rich background and theoretical material to better understand the challenges children face."