Required and Suggested Reading

APPPAH's Digital Library is now available~ titles in blue are available in the digital library~

Digital Library Access instructions can be found in the PPNE Overview Module and here below:

  1. How to Navigate Your E-Library Full Video Tutorial
    1. Part I: https://www.loom.com/share/08319f8d4e6d42fd9ce01932d1247824?sid=431e3e2e-1286-45a4-957c-d2ed0a0c4324
      • 00:00 Introduction
      • 00:19 Signing In
      • 00:46 Using Your Library Card
      • 01:15 Searching for Books
      • 02:13 Managing borrowing books / Loans and Holds
    2. Part II: https://www.loom.com/share/33d331511d17485692551f38d33f9731?sid=c5644224-9b68-461e-b28d-cd26c704a084
      • 00:19- How to return the book
      • 00:38- Navigating Subject tab
      • 00:54- Overall review
    3. Bookmarking and Navigating an Ebook 📚 https://www.loom.com/share/34016a72b0a74fc9b247845913375255?sid=2cae2fe1-b5e5-4435-a52d-c5432c853a4d
  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 00:59 Navigating Chapters
  • 01:58 Adjusting Appearance
  • 02:49 Bookmarking Pages
  • 03:36 Highlighting and deleting

Required Reading not provided in the course (you can purchase or borrow from your local library)


Required Reading (Listings highlighted in blue are available for checkout in APPPAH's Digital Library)

Chamberlain, D. (2000). Looking back: Personal reflections on the history of our association, conception to birth. Journal of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 14 (3-4), 237-243.

Chamberlain, D. (1992). The Sentient Prenate. Pre and Perinatal Psychology, 9(Fall), 9-31.

Emerson, W. (1996). The Vulnerable Prenate. Pre and Perinatal Psychology, 10(Spring), 125-142.

Glenn, M. & McCarty, WA. (2008) Investing in human potential from the beginning of life: key to maximizing human capital. Journal of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health23(2): 117-136.

Morningstar, S. (2013). Voices of the children. Position paper, Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health.

Rhodes, J. (2013). A brief history of pre- and perinatal psychology. Retrieved from http://www.drjeane.org/BirthPsychology.html.

Weinstein, A. (2016). Prenatal development and parents' lived experiences: How early events shape our psychophysiology and relationships (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). NY: Norton Press. Chapters 1 and 2 (available for checkout in digital library--follow instructions provided in the welcome module for downloading the Libby app)

Required Viewing:

Investing in Human Potential: The 12 Guiding Principles of Pre and Perinatal Psychology with Wendy Anne McCarty

APPPAH’s Foundational Concepts- Babies in the womb and in the world VIDEO

Babies Know: 7 Principles of Pre and Perinatal Psychology Film

Skills of Being, Castellino’s Mother Earth and Father Sky meditation

Judyth Weaver Somatic Support Exercises

Heart Math Coherence for Prenatal Bonding

John Chitty and Anna Chitty Body-Low-Slow Loop, Social Nervous System Stimulation, Awareness Pendulation

Suzanne Scurlock Meditation


Suggested Reading:

Paul, A. M. (2011). Origins: How the first nine months shape the rest of our lives. New York, NY: Free Press.

Nilsson, L. (1990/2004). A child is born. New York: Dell.

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