Anything that discusses the effects o cortisol on a developing child's brain would explain a lot about the way neurological damage occurs.
The work of Allan Schore on the neurobiology of attachment/ development/ dyadic co-regulation is also really illuminating. He explains the preferential development of the R brain in early infancy... "The right brain of the mother becomes the right brain of the child." The R brain is not accessible by logic/talk (see Jill Bolte Taylor's TED talk).
Neurofeedback focuses on the firing patterns and networks of activity in the brain. It rewards integrated brain activity and discourages non-integrated activity. Sebern Fisher's book on Neurofeedback is excellent.