Required and Recommended Reading

APPPAH's Digital Library is now available~ titles in blue are available in the digital library~ see below for details.

Required Reading not provided within the course

Siegal, D. (2020). The developing mind, 3rd ed: How relationships and the brain interact to share who we are. New York, NY: Guildford Press. (available to borrow at: https://birthpsych.overdrive.com not in the Libby app)

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. Chapter 7.


Additional Suggested Reading (not required):

Siegel, D. (2007) The mindful brain. New York, NY: W.W. Norton Press.

Siegel, D. and Hartzell, M. (2004). Parenting from the inside out. New York, NY: Tarcher Press.

All videos on Dan Siegel's website, drdansiegel.com

Social Neuroscience Course by Mark Brady, PhD. http://www.committedparent.com/SNTRegPage.html. This is an excellent online course that is highly technical and detailed.

APPPAH’s Digital Library Access Information

On your desktop or laptop computer:

  • Navigate to: https://birthpsych.overdrive.com
  • Click Sign in with your Card
  • Sign in with the username (usually your email address) and the password sent to you by email

On your reader or mobile device:

  • Install the Libby app from the app store on your Android or iOS device. Or visit https://libbyapp.com/library/birthpsych
  • In Libby, follow the prompts to find your library (search for APPPAH) and sign in with your personal login credentials provided to you. (be sure to type in 3 ‘P’s in our name- APPPAH)

Borrowed titles appear on your Shelf (icon is a stack of books). On your Shelf, tap loans at the top of the screen. From there you can:

  • Tap Ready with… to choose whether you’d like to open a book in Kindle (US only) or Libby.
  • Tap Open in Libby to start reading or listening in the app

The loan period for all books is 14 days and books will be automatically returned after 14 days. If you need more time, you can borrow the book again or place it on Hold if there are others in line to borrow that title.

Tap Manage Loan to see options like Renew and Return (since we have a limited number of copies available, please return a book when you are complete so that someone else can borrow it)

Questions? Email Catherine at [email protected]


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