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No Child Left Behind Goals (and more)
are Obtainable with the Neurocognitive Approach

Volume 1

Kirtley E. Thornton, PhD

Now Available in Paperback at Amazon

A reviewer of the book at Amazon says this is a truly important work that will convince readers we can do much better with our educational interventions by adopting a new paradigm.   The reviewer, Gary Ames, Psychologist from Bala Cynwyd, PA, also lists some helpful information about government projects to further study and evaluate the methods described by Dr. Thornton.

Chapter

Title

Page

1 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) – Politics, Economics and Efficacy Results 1
2 What is the Scope of the Problem? 24
3 Efficacy Research on Educational Intervention Programs for the LD/ADHD/TBI Student 28
4 Causes of Non-Optimal Brain Development/Functioning 47
5 Neuroscience of Reading / Learning Disability / ADD / ADHD / TBI 51
6 Behavioral Manifestations of Brain Functioning Problems Which Relate to Reading Problems 72
7 Comorbidity Relationships in the ADHD Condition 76
8 Cost Issues 85
9 Drugs and the Quality of Life 97
10 What is the EEG? 110
11 The quantitative EEG (qEEG) 116
12 The Development of the Activation Database Guided Neurocognitive Interventions 133
13 The Activation qEEG Evaluation 141
14 Evaluation Examples 146
15 Treatment Examples 150
16 The Questions 164
17 Implications for Society 176
18 Education – Potential Effect 184
19 Prisons, Drugs and Special Education 190
20 Other Clinical Applications: Alcoholism, Autism, Asperger’s, etc 199
21 The Future of the Technology – The Final Frontier 212
22 The Problem of Change The Politics of Change and the Failure to Respond 214
23 Client Reports 224

 

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