*Asperger's Clinic and Social Skills Trainings
*General Information, Links, and Resources
*Helping Children Attend, Learn, and Focus
*Is it a Behavior or a Sensory Disorder?
*Muscle Coordination, Tone, and Strength
*Nutrition, Supplements, and Biomedical Therapies
*Using Both Hands, Crossing Midline, Hand Dominance: Fun Activities
*General Information, Links, and Resources
BOOKS
You can take the title to a search engine, bookstore, or get used books really cheap at Amazon.com or your favorite used book store...
These are our most recommended books, starting from pregnancy and birth, because the child's development and emotional health all start from in utero to immediately after birth, and everything in those first years is so important. These are books we have read over and over, and highly recommend. We are not involved in financial support of the following - except as happy customers!
Childbirth and Pregnancy:
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
All the books on pregnancy by Dr. Sears,
The Birth Book,
Attachment Parenting, Discipline, etc.
Your Pregnancy Week by Week.
Breastfeeding:
The Breastfeeding Book by Dr. Sears and wife
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
The Nursing Mother's Companion
Other Topics:
The Out of Sync Child
The Out of Sync Child Has Fun
Sensory Secrets
Children with Starving Brains
Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration
Special Diets for Special Kids
Seeing Clearly
Helping Children with Dyspraxia
Developmental Dyspraxia
Understanding Developmental Dyspraxia
Reflexes, Learning, and Behavior: A Window Into the Childs Mind (Goddard)
Developmental Delay Resources
Brain Gym (Dennison)
Smart Moves
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
Socool Moves for Learning
Teaching Aids:
SCool Moves
Smart Moves
Brain Gym
Write from the Start (Teodorescu & Addy),
Handwriting Without Tears workbooks and manuals for teaching correct letter formation for manuscript and cursive,
Action Alphabet
Tools for Teachers and Parents (Sensory motor handouts) by Henry OT,
Thinking Goes to School
Basic Montessori Learning Activities for Under Fives (Gettman & David),
Montessori Read & Write
Brain-Based Learning
Any books by Eric Jensen
WEBSITES OF INTEREST:
Thanks to the spread of the World Wide Web, there are many online resources for parents, children, and family members of children who are developmentally delayed. Here are some we recommend:
ADD/ADHD
devdelay.org is a web site dedicated to all developmental delay resources
ADD-ADHD.org
addgroup.org
Living Well Naturally and ADHD TheBook.com
Allergies & Connections with Delays
allergyconnection.com
Attachment Style Parenting
Auditory Integration
scilearn.com (FastForWord)
The ListeningProgram by Shelia Frick
help-with-learning.comArticles on how fluid on the ears affects speech, auditory, blood flow, oral motor sensitivities, sinus problems, etc.
Tympanograms (an otoscope cannot detect fluid on the ears)
MD article and ENT consultants explain why tympanograms and the ability to read them well is important at: www.silentpartners.org/ENT/miscl/diagnosis.htm
*******Auditory Processing Evaluations and Treatment: Velvet Buehler UT Knoxville: 865-974-1804 or Ron Cates in Chattanooga: 423-892-4555 or 423-877-5042******
Autism
specialabilities.org
autism-mercury.comunlockingautism.org
Childbirth
| The Bradley Method® Home Page |
| Midwifery Today magazine (great articles and links on birth, breastfeeding, health, and more) |
| Baby Web Pregnancy, Birth, & Babies |
Diet, Nutrition, Metabolic Issues (this affects everyone!)
panix.com/~donwiss/reichelt.html
specialfoods.com
Type into your favorite search engine the name Stephanie Cave, MD, or email her at ScaveMD@yahoo.comspecialneedsfamilyfun.com
General Searches for Special Needs
IRSC.org
IDEA Laws and Rights
1-800-280-STEP
Mercury and Chelation Therapy
Nursing/Breastfeeding
| La Leche League International lalecheleague.org |
Sensory Integration/Occupational Therapy
out-of-sync-child.com Go to their "more resources" link for a great list of books, catalogs, etc.!!!!
Vaccinations
Vision Resources
The College of Optometrists in Vision Development is a web site that is dedicated to vision development.
The Neuro-optometric and Rehabilitation Association is a web site for and about vision after strokes or traumatic brain injury.
The American Optometric Association is a web site for and about optometry and optometrists.
The American Academy of Optometry is a web site for and about optometry and optometrists.
Children-Special-Needs.org is a website that gives information on eye turns, double vision, visual related learning problems, etc.
Very informative article about strabismus by Dr. Jeffrey Cooper and when you SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT OPERATE.
The link between vision and ADD/ADHD, vision, and learning is discussed at this site.
Children's Discovery Day Activities
Movement is the Key to Learning
Plan for Sensory Defensiveness
Weighted Vests and Activities to Calm
Spinning Board Recommendations
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