Recommended Reading
Another Vision - $12.00
Samuel Berne, Printed: 64 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink This is a book about the environment and what we can do to reverse this crisis.
Creating Your Personal Vision - $15.95
This mind-body guide for better eyesight supports
people in self-healing to improve their vision through exercises and nutrition and in reducing the need for
eye glasses.
- Reduce dependency on glasses and contacts
- Improve natural vision through exercises and nutrition
- Enhance learning
- Reduce eyestrain
- Maximize energy and overall wellness
Dr. Berne believes the eyeglasses or contacts we wear represent our attitudes, belief systems and visual habits that may not be a true measure of our present seeing. As we change our inner vision, we also need to change the vision we bring into the world. Use this book to help match inner vision with outer seeing.
The book presents a multi-disciplinary approach to vision therapies and vision enhancement, and includes illustrations that can be enlarged and used in daily practice. The vision and learning connection is also explored.
Creating Your Personal Vision is an excellent reference for occupational therapists, special education teachers, parents who have children with learning disabilities, and anyone interested in self-improvement.
Envisioning A Bright Future - $35.00
Interventions that Work for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Edited by Patricia S. Lemer CONTRIBUTORS Sidney Baker, Samuel Berne, Barbara Brewitt, Judy Chiswell, Dorinne Davis, Kelly Dorfman, Stephen M. Edelson, Barbara Loe Fisher, Melvin Kaplan, Dietrich Klinghardt, Carol Marusich, Brendan O’Hara, Siegfried Othmer Jon Pangborn Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman Mary Rentschler Bernard Rimland Randy Schulman Elizabeth Hesse Sheehan Nancy G. Torgerson, Robert Ullman, Anju Usman, Susan Varsammes.
Editor Patricia S. Lemer is Co-founder and Executive Director of Developmental Delay Resources (DDR). She is a nationally certified counselor and has worked as an advocate for children with autism and related disorders for 40 years.
Without Ritalin Nutrition Book - $20.00
Today, three to five percent of all school-age children--or at least one student in every classroom in the United States is diagnosed with a hyperactivity disorder. On the other end of the spectrum, autism is also undergoing an almost epidemic increase. It used to be called a "rare condition" that affected only 4 out of every 10,000 children, in recent times the rate has been estimated at approaching 1 in 100 children or even higher. Parents are given very limited choices that involve only treating symptoms. "Control the child at all costs" is the phrase I hear from school psychologists and neurologists. The drug industry is cashing in on all the pharmaceuticals being pushed today to treat the symptoms of learningrelated behavioral problems. In some places, as many as 8-10% of elementary public school children take prescription drugs for ADHD and other developmental disability symptoms.
It is possible to use a holistic approach, including biochemistry and nutrition, to balance the child's system without drugs. In the Without Ritalin Nutrition Book, Dr. Berne explores the link between developmental disabilities with gastrointestinal abnormalities and dietary. habits that could interact with various environmental and genetic influences to playa role in these disorders. In this book you will discover: What lab tests can be used to assess your child's biochemistry? What can be done to heal the gastrointestinal tract? What are the healthy nutritional building blocks in developing your child's learning? What vitamins, herbs and minerals help a child's visual system, learning, and development? What can be done to reduce both the inner and outer toxic environment?
Without Ritalin A Natural Approach to ADD - $15.95
In Without Ritalin, Dr. Samuel Berne, O.D., explains the approach with which he has successfully treated more than 3,000 ADD/ADHD-diagnosed patients. It examines the unique route from vision anomalies in children to a diagnosis of ADHD and the subsequent overuse of Ritalin for all manner of learning and behavioral problems.
Parents in the U.S. spent $373 million on Ritalin and its generic counterparts in 1996; today, some 4 million children are taking the drug daily. The drug therapies for ADHD are stamping out the "different kids" who as adults often add a wonderful diversity to our society. Is it any wonder that parents are searching for safe, nontoxic, drug-free alternatives and that our society can benefit from a new solution?
In this book you will discover:
- information on detoxification, nutrition, and developmental learning programs and activities that make a difference without drugs
- the latest research regarding ADHD, including common physical performance and attention cues
- the relationship between vision disorders - such as convergence insufficiency (a physical inability to keep both eyes pointed and focused at a near target) - and ADHD
- analysis of the most commonly prescribed behavior modification drugs including psychostimulants
- the stages of normal behavioral development
- the relationship between nutrition and hyperactivity
- the links between environmental toxins allergies and behavior
- activities and games to enhance learning skills
- a compendium of complementary treatments that work