Welcome to the Clinical Curriculum Section - Reading List.

This is the Clinical Curriculum suggested reading list. 

1. Kraskin, Robert, Lens Power in Action, OEPF, 1981-82, republished 200, ISBN 0-943599-46-6 Available from OEP
2. Kraskin, Robert, Visual Training in Action, OEPF Curriculum II obtainable as a bound volume. This is a 3 year series, 1965-68 Available from OEP
3. "Chaos, Making a New Science", James Gleick, Viking Penguin, Inc., 1987, ISBN 0-670-81178-5
4. "Thinking Goes to School, Piaget's Theory in Practice", Hans Furth and Harry Wachs, Oxford University Press, 1972, ISBN 0-19-501927-X, Available from OEP
5. "Göedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", Douglas Hofstadter, Vintage Books Edition, May 1979, ISBN 0-394-75682-7 Amazon
6. "Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern", Douglas Hofstadter, Bantam Books, April 1985, ISBN 0-553-34279-7 Amazon
7. "Mind and Nature, A Necessary Unity", Gregory Bateson, Bantam Books, 1979, ISBN 0-553-34575-3 Amazon
8. Perspectives on Behavioral Optometry, A Model of Vision, (PDF) Paul Harris, JOVD, Volume XVII December 1986, pp 1-6.
9. The Prevalence of Visual Conditions in a Population of Juvenile Delinquents, (PDF) Paul Harris, OEPF Curriculum II, Volume 61, Number 4, January 1989, Research Reports and Special Articles
10. Visual Conditions of Symphony Musicians, (PDF) Paul Harris, JAOA, Volume 59, Number 12, 12/88, pp 952-959.
11. Astigmatism as a Function of Visual Scan, and Head Posture, Elliott Forrest, OEPF Clinical Report reprinted from the Am J Optom & Phsiol Optics, Vol. 57, No. 11. November 1980.
12. A New Model of Functional Astigmatism, Elliott Forrest, JAOA, Volume 52, Number 11, November 1981, pp 889-897.
13. Eye Scan Therapy for Astigmatism, Elliott Forrest, JAOA, Volume 55, Number 12, December 1984, pp 894-901.
14. "Frogs into Princes", Richard Bandler & John Grinder, Real People Press, 1979 ISBN 0-911226-18-4 Amazon
15. "Body Awareness in Action", Frank Pierce Jones, Schocken Books, 1976, (The Alexander Movement Technique) Amazon
16. "How to Develop Your Child's Intelligence", G. N. Getman, 1962, 1984, 1993 OEPF, ISBN 0-9797800-5-5 Available from OEP
17. "Rickie", Frederick Flach, 1991, Ballantine Books Amazon
18. "The Stress of Life", Hans Selye, 1956,1976 McGraw Hill Amazon
19. "Visual Imagery: An Optometric Approach", Elliott B. Forrest, 1981 Available from OEPF
20. "Stress and Vision", Elliott B. Forrest, 1988 Available from OEPF
21. "Wet Mind, The New Cognitive Neuroscience" Kosslyn & Koenig, The Free Press, A Division of Macmillan 1992 Amazon (Book report/paper by Dr. Harris. PDF)
22. "How To Read A Book" Adler & Van Doren, Simon & Schuster 1940, 1972 (Book Report/Paper by Dr. Harris.) ISBN 0-671-21280-X
23. "Seeing Voices - A Journey Into the World of the Deaf" Oliver Sacks, HarperPerennial, 1989 ISBN 0-06-097347-1 (pbk.)
24. "A Leg To Stand On", Oliver Sacks, HarperPerennial, 1984 ISBN 0-06-097082-0 (pbk.)
25. "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", Oliver Sacks, HarperPerennial, 1970 ISBN 0-06-097079-0 (pbk.)
26. "An Anthropologist on Mars", Oliver Sacks, Knopf, 1995 ISBN 0-679-43785-I
27. "The Astonishing Hypothesis - The Scientific Search for the Soul", Francis Crick, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994 ISBN 0-684-19431-7
28. "The Man Who Tasted Shapes", Richard Cytowic, Putnam Books, 1993 ISBN 0-87477-738-0
29. "Catching the Light - The Entwined History of Light and Mind", Arthur Zajonc, Bantam Books, 1993 ISBN 0-553-08985-4
30. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", Thomas Kuhn, University of Chicago Press, 1962 ISBN 0-226-45804-0
31. "Bright Air, Brilliant Fire - On the Matter of the Mind", Gerald M. Edelman, BasicBooks, 1992 ISBN 0-465-00764-3
32. "Frames of Mind - The Theory of Multiple Intelligences", Howard Gardner, BasicBooks, 1983, ISBN 0-465-02509-9
33. "Conversations with Neil's Brain", William Calvin, George Ojemann, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994, ISBN 0-201-48337-8
34. "How to Speak, How to Listen", Mortimer J. Adler, Touchstone, 1983, ISBN 0-684-84647-0
35. "Don't Shoot the Dog! - The New Art of Teaching and Training", Karen Pryor, Bantam Books, 1985, ISBN 0-553-25388-3
36. "Phantoms in the Brain - Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind", VS Ramachandran, William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1998, ISBN 0-688-15247-3
37. "Of Two Minds - The Revolutionary Science of Dual-Brain Psychology", Frederic Schiffer, The Free Press, 1998, ISBN 0-684-85424-4
38. "Sight Unseen", Georgina Kleege, Yale University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-300-07680-0
39. "Touching the Rock", John M. Hull, Vantage Books, 1990, ISBN 0-679-73547-X
40. "The Society of Mind", Marvin Minsky, A Touchstone Book, 1985, ISBN 0-671-65713-5
41. "Vision: Its Development in Infant and Child", Arnold Gesell, Francis Ilg, Glenna Bullis, OEPF, 1949, ISBN 0-943599-92-X
42. "Visual Intelligence - How We Create What We See", Donald D. Hoffman, WW Norton and Company, 1998, ISBN 0-393-31967-9 
43. "Paradigms - The Business of Discovering the Future" by Joel Barker. (ISBN 0-88730-647-0)
44. "Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports From My Life With Autism", by Temple Grandin (ISBN 0-385-47792-9)
45. "The Remembered Present" by Gerald M. Edelman. (ISBN 0-465-06910-X)
46. "The Essential Tension - Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change", by Thomas S. Kuhn. (ISBN 0-226-45806-7)
47. "Evolution of the Brain - Creation of the Self", by John C. Eccles. (ISBN 0-415-03224-5)
48. Furr, David L., Reading Clinic – A New Way to Teach Reading – Brain Research Applied to Reading, Truman House Publishing, Chicago, 2000, ISBN 0-9700324-0-4
49. The Pro’s Edge. Dr. Lawrence D. Lampert, published by Saturn press 1998
50. Richard P. Feynman, "QED -- The Strange Theory of Light and Matter", Princeton University Press, 1985, ISBN 0-691-02417-0
51. Roger Lewin, "Complexity -- Life at the Edge of Chaos", Collier Books, 1992, ISBN 0-02-014795-3.
52. Damasio, Antonio, R., "Descartes’ Error – Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain", Avon Books, 1994, ISBN 0-380-72647-5.
53. Watts, R., Bahill, A., "Keep Your Eye on the Ball - The Science and Folklore of Baseball", W.H. Freeman and Company, 1990, ISBN 0-7167-2104-X
54. Ramachandran, VS, "A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness – From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers", PI Press, New York ISBN 0-13-148686-1
55. Edelman, G., "Wider than the sky – the phenomenal gift of consciousness", Yale University Press, 2004, ISBO 0-300-10229-1
56. Ridley, Matt, "Nature Via Nurture – Genes, Experience, & What Makes Us Human", HaperCollins Publishers, 2003, ISBN 0-06-000678-1
57. Johnson, Steven, “Mind Wide Open – Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life”, 2004 ISBN 0-7432-4165-7
58. Stokes, Beverly, "Amazing Babies: Essential Movement for Your Baby in the First Year", Available from OEP
59. Biel, Lindsey, "Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues", Available from OEPF.
60. Grossman, Marc, "Greater Vision: A Comprehensive Program for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Clarity", Available from OEP.

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