{"product_id":"the-woman-who-changed-her-brain-how-i-left-my-learning-disability-behind-and-other-stories-of-cognitive-transformation-9781451607949","title":"The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: How I Left My Learning Disability Behind and Other Stories of Cognitive Transformation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bestseller in Canada and Australia, this is the incredible story of a woman who struggled with severe learning disabilities, built herself a better brain, and started a program that has helped thousands of others do the same.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to comprehend language, and was continually getting lost. But by relying on her formidable memory, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to \"fix\" her own brain. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Changed Her Brain\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves her personal tale with riveting case histories from more than thirty years of her work with both children and adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople with learning disorders have long been told that such difficulties are a lifelong condition. In clear and lucid writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Changed Her Brain\u003c\/i\u003e refutes that message, demonstrating with fascinating anecdotes that anyone with a learning disability can be radically trans-formed: Arrowsmith-Young is a living example. She founded the Arrowsmith School in Toronto in 1980 and then the Arrowsmith Program to train teachers to implement this effective methodology in schools all over North America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis remarkable book by a brilliant pioneer deepens our understanding of how the brain works. Our brain shapes us, and this book offers clear and hopeful evidence of the corollary: that we can shape our brains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrowsmith-Young, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBarbara Arrowsmith-Young \u003c\/b\u003eis the director of the Arrowsmith School and Arrowsmith Program. She holds a BA Sc. in child studies from the University of Guelph and a master's degree in school psychology from the University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725411750162,"sku":"9781451607949","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d75ba429-b823-49af-befd-9834fb13d9d8.jpg?v=1734829494","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-woman-who-changed-her-brain-how-i-left-my-learning-disability-behind-and-other-stories-of-cognitive-transformation-9781451607949","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}