Entries in Brain Development (2)

Wednesday
Jan182012

The unknown struggles of Autism.

 

Learn how an autistic teenage girl unable to verbally communicate used the computer and the word "hurt" to communicate with her family for the first time in 11 years. Her story is truely inspiring and will likely change your understanding of autistic and developmentally handicapped children.

 

Monday
Jun062011

Building baby’s brain - ADF Speaker Series in The Advocate

Dr. Geoffrey Nagle and Dr. Stewart Gordon spoke on early childhood brain development at the first Academic Distinction Fund Early Childhood Speaker series presentation.

Dr. Nagle is the director of the Tulane University Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and Dr. Gordon is a professor of clinical pediatrics and chief of pediatrics at the LSU Health Sciences Center/Earl K. Long Medical Center. 

Click here to read the article in The Advocate.