Washoe County Library System

Despite all our highly publicized efforts to improve our schools, the United States is still falling behind. We recently ranked 15th in the world in reading, math, and science. Clearly, more needs to be done. In The Learning Brain, Torkel Klingberg urges us to use the insights of neuroscience to improve the education of our children.

"Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed," and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated....

Drawing on extraordinary research to help parents and teachers guide the next generation to become perceptive and insightful thinkers, the author offers a scientifically based approach that will encourage children’s intellectual growth and set them on the path of inquiry, invention and ideas. "Susan Engel has spent her career observing and interacting with children as they learn. Drawing on a wealth of research-her own and others'-Engel shows parents...

"Bestselling author and neuroscientist offers simple, scientifically proven steps to help parents show their children how to overcome the unhealthy thinking habits that contribute to anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts, so they can replace them with positive thinking that leads to health, happiness, and success"-- "Every Parent's Guide to Supporting Their Child's Mental Health Increasingly, children ages 3-10 are struggling with anxiety,...