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Professor Iona Novak, PhD, Head of Research, Research Institute, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, University of Sydney, Australia
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“Never before has a book been written that so effectively marries science and story to help parents understand how they can improve their child’s potential.” Peacock, MD, Director of the Surgical Science Laboratory at UCLA, Professor Emeritus Neurosurgery, UCSF “Accessible insights into breakthroughs in the understanding of neurological deficits in children, and exciting additions to the repertoire of available treatment methods.”
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Jay Greenspan, MD, MBA, Neonatologist, Pediatrician-in-Chief, A.I. “An affirmation of the life-changing benefits of neuroplastic healing and some powerful lessons for life.” Michael Merzenich, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UCSF, author of Soft-Wired, and winner of the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience It’s chock-full of wisdom, deep scientific and medical understanding, wonderful practical advice, and justified hope.”
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“The delightful history of a feisty, path-finding doctor on the way to helping every child with early brain injury to a better life. Norman Doidge, MD, author of The Brain’s Way of Healing and The Brain That Changes Itself Karen Pape, MD, is a pioneer, rightly demanding that colleagues integrate the new science of brain plasticity as it applies to these children, and this is her cri de coeur, recording not only the new breakthroughs, but effectively explaining why, tragically, so many families are still denied these important interventions.” “This book is chock-full of cases of children with cerebral palsy who vastly exceed their physicians’ expectations, as well as practical advice for parents and caregivers on how this can be done. They offer real hope for some of the world’s most vulnerable children and a better understanding of how the baby brain grows and recovers. These stories of children’s recovery and improvements are a revelation-surprising, inspiring, and illuminating. It has revolutionized the treatment of adults who suffer stroke. Now, for the first time, this remarkable book shows that children with a brain injury at or near birth can get better, too. The awkward walking gait was actually a bad habit acquired while the brain was still damaged. This is the power and the beauty of neuroplasticity, the brain’s amazing ability to change and heal. Her answer was astounding: By the time they learned to run, their brains had healed. Pape helped many young brain-damaged children to significantly improve their movement. It led her to ask why some of them could run but not walk with the same ease. Yet this courageous neonatologist didn’t back down. In her clinical practice, Dr. Pape first shared her remarkable findings, she ran into fierce opposition from mainstream medicine. It ran counter to the prevailing belief that the brain is hardwired and fixed. When Dr. Yet they were able to run, kick a soccer ball, tap dance, and play tennis. The brain injury they suffered at or near birth had led to motor problems such as the awkward gait we associate with cerebral palsy. Karen Pape tells the story of how some children with early brain damage astounded everyone around them.