Additional Resources

Readers interested in additional material by Dr. Perry can visit the Child Trauma Academy at:

www.childtrauma.org or

www.childtraumaacademy.com [with free on-line courses]

Lecture Handouts

Dr. Perry provided four handouts at his lecture:

The Fear Response: The Effects of Trauma on Children (2004)

Violence and Childhood (2004)

How Experiences in Early Childhood Create a Healthy Society (and Order Form)

Six Core Strengths for Healthy Child Development (2002)

Books

Marian Diamond & Janet Hopson (1999).
Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence. Plume Books.

Robin Fancourt (2001).
Brainy Babies: Build and Develop Your Baby's Intelligence. Penguin.

Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia Kuhl (2000).
The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains and How Children Learn. Perennial.

Ronald Kotulak (1997).
Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works. Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Web Sites

Attachment Parenting International

Society for Neuroscience

National Association to Protect Children

California Attorney General's Safe from the Start Initiative: Reducing Children's Exposure to Violence