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Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
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Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young is 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).

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The Woman Who Changed Her Brain will be released on September 17, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Thomas Quinn on the American supermoms making medical history
The Big Issue, May 22, 2013
...by Kristine Barnett, out now in hardback (Fig Tree, £18.99) The Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, out on May 23 in paperback (Vintage, £8.99) Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough, out now in hardback (Jo Fletcher Books, £14.99) The...
Woman who changed her brain to visit Ajax
Newsdurhamregion.com, February 21, 2013
...Barbara Arrowsmith-Young. Author Barbara Arrowsmith-Young AJAX -- Author, speaker and advocate Barbara Arrowsmith will be visiting Ajax to discuss her bestseller 'The Woman who Changed her Brain'. The author, who is...
Books that changed me: Rachael Treasure
Melbourne Age, February 16, 2013
...a better mum because of this book and a better person. The Woman Who Changed Her Brain - Barbara Arrowsmith-Young This is a recent life-changing book given to me by my HarperCollins editor, Anna Valdinger, who knew I would find inspiration in it for my...
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young: The remarkable tale of a woman who 'fixed' her own BRAIN
Mail Online UK, September 9, 2012
...By PUBLISHED: 14:14 EST, 8 September 2012 At age six, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was diagnosed with a mental block and spent the next two decades struggling to read or write normally as if she were living in a 'dense fog.' But all...
Remarkable tale of woman who 'fixed' her own brain after spending nearly 30 years unable to read or write - and then set-up school to help others like her
Mail Online UK, September 9, 2012
...By PUBLISHED: 14:14 EST, 8 September 2012 At age six, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was diagnosed with a mental block and spent the next two decades struggling to read or write normally as if she were living in a 'dense fog.' But all...
The remarkable tale of a woman who 'fixed' her own BRAIN after spending nearly 30 years unable to read, write or tell time
Mail Online UK, September 8, 2012
...By PUBLISHED: 14:14 EST, 8 September 2012 At age six, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was diagnosed with a mental block and spent the next two decades struggling to read or write normally as if she were living in a 'dense fog.' But all...
The remarkable tale of a woman who 'fixed' her own brain after spending nearly 30 years unable to read or write
Mail Online UK, September 8, 2012
...By PUBLISHED: 14:14 EST, 8 September 2012 At age six, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was diagnosed with a mental block and spent the next two decades struggling to read or write normally as if she were living in a 'dense fog.' But all...
Thomas Quinn on the American supermoms making medical history
The Big Issue, May 22, 2013
...by Kristine Barnett, out now in hardback (Fig Tree, £18.99) The Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, out on May 23 in paperback (Vintage, £8.99) Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough, out now in hardback (Jo Fletcher Books, £14.99) The...
Rewiring the brain not that easy
New Zealand Herald, May 12, 2013
...you need great will and commitment in order to do the gruelling slog to make it happen. As Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, the author of The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, says, this is endless, harrowing work. "I was experiencing a mental exhaustion like I...
Deborah Hill Cone: Rewiring the brain not that easy
New Zealand Herald, May 12, 2013
...you need great will and commitment in order to do the gruelling slog to make it happen. As Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, the author of The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, says, this is endless, harrowing work. "I was experiencing a mental exhaustion like I...
How My Learning Disability Affected My Mental Health
Huffington Post Canada, May 7, 2013
...percentage of mental health problems in children could be prevented, the savings would be in the billions. Follow Barbara Arrowsmith-Young on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@ArrowsmithWeb...
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young: Mental Health Week: The Link Between Learning Disabilities and Mental Health
Huffington Post Canada, May 7, 2013
...In the 60 years that I have been part of the learning disabled world, I have both experienced and witnessed the suffering that is living with a learning disability. Learning disabilities are commonly considered a school-based issue; but struggling in...
Mysteries of brain laid bare
West Australian, December 30, 2012
...the public imagination, and Doidge backed up his claims with world studies. One was of Canadian child psychologist Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, and The Woman Who Changed Her Brain is the incredible tale of her own rehabilitation. Despite being lucky enough...
Mysteries of brain laid bare
The West Online, December 27, 2012
...the public imagination, and Doidge backed up his claims with world studies. One was of Canadian child psychologist Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, and The Woman Who Changed Her Brain is the incredible tale of her own rehabilitation. Despite being lucky enough...