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Epilepsy Foundation of America, Landover, MD. – 1987
Intended for young children suffering from seizure disorders, the booklet explains what a seizure disorder is, encourages the asking of questions, provides a simple explanation of how seizures happen and what effects they have, describes various kinds of seizures, and stresses the importance of taking prescribed medication regularly. Also stressed…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Epilepsy, Neurology, Safety Education
Lavich, Margot; And Others – 1977
Text, illustrations, and exercises are utilized in these four learning modules to teach respiratory therapy students a variety of job-related skills. The first module, "Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Controls of Respiration" by Margot Lavich, describes the functions of the five centers of the brain that control respiration and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Biomedical Equipment, Equipment Utilization, Neurology
Simango, Sam – 1983
The Zimbabwe Secondary School Science Project (ZIM-SCI) developed student study guides, corresponding teaching guides, and science kits for a low-cost science course which could be taught during the first 2 years of secondary school without the aid of qualified teachers and conventional laboratories. This ZIM-SCI study guide presents activities…
Descriptors: Ears, Eyes, General Science, Light
Dombrower, Jule; And Others – 1982
The first volume of a program to increase the academic growth of preschool and primary grade children through the utilization of brain hemisphere research, this manual outlines brain dominance theory and provides two instruments for assessing students' preferred style of learning. Material is provided in eight sections. Section 1 introduces the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking
Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project, Berkeley, CA. – 1976
This unit consists of four sequences. The first considers the brain, the nervous system, and disorders of the brain. The second sequence deals with applications of the computer in diagnosis of brain disorders along with mathematical and statistical principles used in health applications. The third sequence is concerned with drugs and their effects…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, Brain, Computer Programs
Evers, Anne; Yancey, Robyn – 1992
This book of student activities is intended to be used with a text, "Keeping a Head in School," written for preadolescents and adolescents with learning disorders. It includes a variety of work sheets, puzzles, games, and checklists, to accompany the text's chapters. The first chapter has activities concerning basic concepts related to learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Attention Control