This posting follows How to index a book Part 1. We’re now going to look at the structure and style of the index. You need to get that right before you start, because it’s hard to change later on. 1. Get an indexing book from the library. You’re going to need a resource, especially if [...]
December 3, 2008
Congratulations on getting your book accepted by a publisher! But now you’ve been asked to index the book. My advice — Hire a professional indexer. An index costs a bit of money, but what’s your time worth? Indexers use specialized software that speeds up the process. They also have years of experience and know how [...]
November 30, 2008
I took Middle English at university. Did you know there were extra letters in the alphabet? Then there was something called The Great Vowel Shift in the 1200s that changed English pronunciation and left the plural of mouse as mice but not house as hice. Evolution is like that. It sweeps in big changes and [...]
November 20, 2008
We are hardly doing any neurofeedback training now. Just on weekends, but we’re getting lazy. The problem is that he’s doing so well in day-to-day life that it’s hard to think about training. The heart-rate variability training seems to have done its job. There is a lot less worrying and agitation. We still try to [...]
November 7, 2008
Sensory processing disorder comes by many names. The other popular one is sensory integration disorder. It’s a neurological condition to do with the connection between the brain and the body parts — specifically, the senses. The brain has difficulty processing information from the senses. Hence the name. As kids grow and develop, the nerve pathways [...]
October 27, 2008
I’ve got a title for my book: <em>The Sensory Team Handbook</em>. Hey, it’s a short, handy title. <strong>It’s also the key theme of the book.</strong> <em>So standard sensory processing language wasn’t good enough for you? </em> Regrets, no. Because it isn’t good enough for the pre-teen/young teen audience. For example, most occupational therapists are women. [...]
September 18, 2008
My daughter came home from school yesterday with a note talking about World School Milk Day (WSMD). This was a new one for me. Dear Parents/Guardians, Research shows that students who do not consume milk products at lunch time are less likely to meet their daily calcium requirements. This is one of the reasons that [...]
December 4, 2008
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