Links

Diagnosis
Parent Support
Getting Started
Biomed
What is floortime?
Sensory integration
GFCF Tips
Links
SF Bay area resources
Environmental
The Book
Teachers


Accupunture *
Aphasia/Apraxia
Assestive Technology for communication
Auditory (listening therapy etc)
Behavioral approaches, ie ABA

Biomed-neurotransmitters
Books for kids
Brain
Cerebral Palsy

Cranial Sacral
DAN! and Biomed

Dentistry - biological

Diet-antiyeast

Diet-EFAs and best fats

Diet-feingold
Diet-GFCF

Diet-igg and other food testing

Diet-LOD

Diet-organic
Diet-SCD
Diet-WAPF *
Digestion - learning about
Environmental

Environmental-salt lamps*
Evoked potential EEG and MRI *
Executive Function
Facilitated Communication FC
Feldenkrais *
Financial
Floortime
Floortime in Schools
Gestault learning

HBOT*

Hippotherapy *

Homeopathy
IEPs
Inclusion
Insurance
Kinesiology (BioEnergetic Testing, EAV,  Autonomic Response Testing, etc)
Learning tools

lymph massage
Medical - biomedical
Medical - homeopathy

Music therapy
Neurodevelopmental
Neurofeedback *
Nutritionist
Online shopping special needs

Organizers (see learning tools)
Parent's health and wellbeing
Perceptual movement
Playdates and Social

Propolis diffuser *
Processing speed *

Reading (LMB, reading naturally)

Rebounding

Reflexology
San Francisco area resources
Schools-finding and deciding
Schools-inclusion
Schools-homeschooling
Sensory

SMI
Shadow aides
Sleep sanctuary - emfs, light, etc

Social Thinking*
Speech and language therapy
Telling/sharing the diagnosis
Tics
Toys
Travel and vacations
Other
Vision Therapy
Visual Motor
Word retrieval
Vaccines
Vision therapy *
Vitamins and supplements
Yoga

 

Accupuncture

Aphasia/Apraxia
www.apraxia-kids.org
www.apraxia.org
www.amazingkids.org
www.hemikids.org
www.icantalk.com
www.islanddolphincare.org
www.pediatricstrokenetwork.com

www.resourcesnyc.org/rcsn.htm
www.4voices.org

Assestive Technology
http://www.hopetechschool.org/content/photos/technology/Technology_at_HTS.htm  see how HTS uses AT to help students communicate

www.talktometechnologies.com
Also, Betsy Hicks has a great interview on this topic with Matthew Duning - see AutismOne radio

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20147325,00.html  Jamie Burke’s story

http://www.salinascircle.org/docs/nl_april2006.pdf two articles written via fc by kids

Notes from presentation by Dr Ricki Robinson at ICDL 2003 conference: “FC and DIR can it work?”…Dr R explains some lessons learned: if it (FC) functions astheir voice – must use all the time, open pandora’s box of emotions, nonbelievers can railroad progress, often writing content and behavior are disconnected, eventually lead to increased expressive language output.

http://www.down-syndrome.org/practice/338/ 

http://www.tacanow.org/learning/helping-nonverbal-kids-to-communicate.htm


Auditory and CAPD related
www.tomatis.com Tomatis
www.advancedbrain.com  The Listening Program, interesting case studies (see Studies)
www.vitallinks.net therapeutic listening, interesting case studies too
www.hemi-sync.com Hemi-sync, can be played on stereo speakers, headphones optional
www.interactivemetronome.com IM, designed to help improve motor planning, sequencing and timing
http://www.dynamiclistening.com/recommended_reading.cfm related books/articles
www.gatewayin.com Samonas , Fast ForWord, IM
www.sensorylearning.com music, visual, and vestibular input together, see the streaming movies
www.samonas.com  Samonas, enhances listening and learning, after Berard AIT or Tomatis
http://www.thedaviscenter.com/therapies/ site that compares the different approaches
http://www.vitallinks.net/auditory.shtml comparing different approaches
www.autism.org/ait2.html  http://www.isn.net/~jypsy/ait.htm   Berard AIT, Tomatis comparison
http://www.interdys.org/pdf/PS29-Steppingstones.pdf comparison of Earobics, Fast ForWord, LiPS
http://www.scilearn.com/prod/ Fast ForWord
www.cogcon.com Earobics
http://www.lblp.com/LiPSindepth.html LiPS Lindamood bell, note local clinic may have monthly intro with raffle
www.ganderpublishing.com see LiPS - materials
http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/ CAPD site
http://mkdowney.com/music.htm Music for special needs kids
http://www.apduk.org/ auditory processing organization
www.bioacousticsforsoundhealth.com
http://www.thedaviscenter.com/therapies/t-bioacoustics.htm

Autism and education
www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/ This site has excellent articles regarding education implications of Asperger's. Click the Education link on the left side of the page.

www.nimh.nih.gov/HealthInformation/autismmenu.cfm
This pamphlet by the NIMH is a great introduction to autism. It discusses causes, interventions, educational implications, and even ways to help the child's family cope more effectively.

http://firstwords.fsu.edu/pdf/ASD.pdf
Article on the early indicators of autism spectrum disorders in the second year of life.

www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=3Dallaboutautism
This website from the Autism Society gives lots of information, including how autism impacts education.

www.autism.org//temple/tips.html
http://www.autism.org/temple/tips.html
Teaching tips for children and adults with autism by Temple Grandin.

www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/autism/structure/str10.htm
Structured teaching strategies for supporting students with autism.

www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/autism/early/ear11.htm
Effective programming for young children with autism (Ages 3-5)=20

www.teacch.com/teacch_i.htm
List of articles dealing with autism spectrum.

http://ww2.netnitco.net/users/chart/tips.html
Tips for teaching students with high-functioning autism.

www.untangleautism.org/iep.htm IEP center for students with autism, including database of sample IEPs.

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/teachers_guide.html
Asperger's syndrome guide for teachers- written from parent  perspective.

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/social_skills/  behavior_management.htm
Behavior management: getting to the bottom of social skills deficits.

http://www.nasponline.org/futures/autism.html  Social Skills Interventions for Students With Autism


Behavioral Approaches, ie ABA
While I don't have firsthand experience with ABA, I can share some more behavioral approaches that we use in addition to our Floortime approach. For example, he loves videos, and while I limit his TV watching to 30 minutes or less a day, I still want to take advantage of the time. So, I've also found that he learns well if I pause his favorite videos and insist on answers to questions before the video continues (if he becomes frustrated I give up and let him watch for 5 min alone so he can relax, then I start pausing the video to engage him again "How does Thomas feel?" "What's going to happen next?" "oh no, who ate the cake?").
http://rsaffran.tripod.com/ excellent site for parents new to Autism or considering ABA

Books for kids
For an 18 month old in speech therapy
For a 2 year old in speech therapy
For a preschooler in speech therapy
For a preschooler in Floortime
For a preschooler that is working on sequencing, re-enacting stories
For a preschooler in Occupational Therapy (part 1)
For a preschooler in Occupational Therapy (part 2)

Brain
see also many other sections like Sensory Integration, Cerebral Palsy, DAN! and biomed, etc...so many approaches are designed to help the brain!
www.iahp.org  Glenn Doman and patterning for brain injured children
See the Yahoo groups "hopeforchildren" and "braininjuredchild" and, if you have a diagnosis, "cerebellum"
www.brainplace.com Amen clinic, Spect Imaging, see also the page on brain do's and don'ts

Cerebral Palsy

www.cerebralpalsymagazine.com

DAN! and Biomed
see biomed page
 

Dentistry- biological

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WAPF-SF/message/3910

Diet-GFCF
moved the GFCF tips to this page
see also Vitamins and supplements section

Diet-SCD
http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info  official site
http://www.pecanbread.com  many tips, recipes, etc
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread support group
http://www.whiteegretfarm.com only goat DCCC- best for PDD/ASD

Diet-WAPF
I am a huge fan of Weston A Price.Helps my family a lot to use many of his learnings!
www.westonaprice.org the best place to start
http://onibasu.com/archives/cl/date_index_6.html
www.nourishingourchildren.org
www.wisefoodways.com
www.nourishinghope.com
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WAPF-SF/

 

Digestion-learning about
www.wobenzym.com  click on the video of Dr Sanford Roth

Drainage

Brain drainage, Total systemic drainage, lymphatic drainage
Intercellular hydration andrew goldsworthy paper - cellular membrane rigidity and leakage

Dyspraxia

http://www.specialneeds.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes&sppp=10

Environmental
http://www.nottoopretty.org/goodbad.htm  cosmetics which cause reactions
Children's Hospital of Boston on Molds
http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/quicklist-detail.asp?Main_ID=647  mold and moisture control tips
Clean any "allergy causing" surfaces with baking soda (and water if a hard surface) then cover with aluminum foil or a special allergy case (ie for mattresses).

Evoked potential EEG and MRI

Dr Fernando Miranda at www.brightmindsinstitute.com
 

Executive Function

ChrisDendy.com; Teens with ADHD
SchoolBehavior.com; Executive Dysfunction
AboutKidsHealth.ca; Executive Function Across the Lifespan
DrThomasEBrown.com; A New Understanding of ADD/ADHD
Late Lost and Unprepared

see also, learning tools

 

Facilitated Communication FC (augmentative devices)
see AT section

Feldenkrais

www.feldenkrais-resources.com/products.htm  audio tapes, video: The Feldenkrais Method with Children Who Have Learning Disabilities, Feldenkrais For Children with Stephen Rosenholtz "Move like the Animals" and "Monkey Moves"
Book: The Brain's Sense of Movement: Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience Alaine Bertholz (movement and cognitive relationship)
Book: The Mind and The Brain
Book: A Basis For Sensorimotor Development

www.feldenkrais.com

www.anatbanielmethod.com – Homepage for Anat Baniel, leading expert in working with Children with Special Needs. Marin County. Resources for parents, articles, referrals, and information.

www.banielfeldenkraistraining.com – 90 day training in the Anat Baniel Method, based on the work of Dr. Feldenkrais. Unique Mastery Training in working with Infants & Children.

www.josephfeinstein.com – Homepage for Joseph Feinstein, Anat Baniel Method for Children practitioner and Feldenkrais practitioner. Specializes in working with children for improved movement, breathing, and speech.

Financial
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf Deducting certain expenses related to special needs
http://www.geocities.com/fishstep/deduct.html
http://www.ideallives.com/content.php?cid=1025

Floortime
www.floortime.org  The floortime foundation!  Especially helpful tip is to search this site using google advanced search, see http://tinyurl.com/floortime
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/ This list is best for parents and caregivers who are implementing a comprehensive program for their children with autistic spectrum disorders. The primary purpose of the list is to provide information and support for those implementing a program based on the work of Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Dr. Serena Weider.

http://circlestretch.blogspot.com amazing Floortime site full of great info
Floortime repository
www.icdl.com  The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. Features information on upcoming conferences, publications including books, audio and video tapes, and the following additional information...
http://icdl.com/ICDLguidelines/toc.htm
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nimh/031119/agenda.cfm  Autism Conference November 2003. Recording of Stanley Greenspan, see Wednesday November 19th at 3:15pm, He comes in at about 17 1/2 minutes into the broadcast.
http://whyy.org/91FM/Voices200209.html  Public Radio Show recording featuring an interview with Greenspan for about the first 15 minutes....
http://www.hiddenlaughter.com/
www.coping.org/earlyin/ftpres/
http://www.stanleygreenspan.com/
http://www.hiddenlaughter.com/questions/floortime.html
http://home.sprintmail.com/~janettevance/floor_time.htm
 
http://www.mindspring.com/~dgn/playther.htm
http://icdl.com/ICDLguidelines/toc.htm 
http://www.polyxo.com/floortime/buildingplaypartnerships.html  http://www.hiddenlaughter.com/questions/links.html
http://www.zerotothree.org/jacob.html Here is a really cool parent story
http://www.curledup.com/boywho.htm The book, the Boy who loved windows is a wonderful account of a family who floortimes
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/education/HamItUp.html
http://www.icdl.com/Vol3No3.htm school and floortime
http://www.icdl.com/Vol.2%20No.3.htm
school and floortime
http://www.icdl.com/Newsletter_Vol2_No1.htm school and floortime

Floortime in schools
Some schools today that formally practice DIR/floortime principles. Here are ones I’ve heard of: Here is a summary list (with additions):

Celebrate the Children in NJ, http://home.sprintmail.com/~janettevance/floor_time_in_northern_new_jerse.htm

Lionheart in Georgia www.thelionheartschool.com ,

Oak Hill School Sausalito CA, 415-331-7601,

Smart Start in Santa Monica, CA 310-452-5437

Montclair State University demonstration preschool http://www.montclair.edu/pages/ecele/floortime.htm in New Jersey

One in Chicago, IL contact Cawn/Krantz Development Therapies for name

My son's school is not Floortime based...but it is full inclusion, small ratio, and good accommodations to sensory integration and I can highly recommend...www.hopetechschool.org  

Contact www.ICDL.com  to ask for a longer list!
You can also buy the audio tapes of a DIR in schools session at a past ICDL conference www.icdl.com

Gestault learning
"Gestalt learning refers to acquiring things as "whole pieces," rather than sums of component parts. Gestalt language means that a child learns entire phrases or other language chunks as indivisible wholes, as opposed to individual words that could be moved around, re-ordered, or re-combined with other words to make new phrases/sentences. A typical example of this is the way (my son) learned to say good-bye. He would always say, "Bye -- see ya later!" because that was the farewell at the end of every Blues Clues episode. He didn't acquire it as a series of 4 separate words that might be used in different contexts; it was one language "chunk," and it was the *only* chunk for the purpose of saying good-bye. This learning style means that kids will pick up video-talk, common social niceties, and often, very mature sounding vocabulary (from adults), but not have particularly flexible or fluent use of the language. Now that (he) is 6.9, he is starting to ask for definitions of individual words that he's been using correctly in conversation for years (such as "more" and "older"). I believe that he's finally starting to understand words as separate entities that exist in various contexts, rather than always part of some larger, memorized language Gestalt." Sandra Shove, a very articulate and perceptive special needs parent!
http://www.edsnet.na/Resources/TBCM/TBCM18/M18p24.htm
www.barryprizant.com
http://www.hyperlexia.org/analytic_gestalt.html
http://www.conradsimon.org/AutismText.shtml#Gestalt  description of the brain as relates to
Floortime tips for a Gestault learner

Hippotherapy
different from but similar to therapeutic horseback riding
See some local places here http://www.helpingdelayedkids.com/sf_bay_area_resources.htm#fun_just

Inclusion
www.hopetechschool.org
www.kidstogether.org
http://members.tripod.com/~pex/inclusion.html
My book recommendations about inclusion and mainstreaming

Insurance
icd9 codes http://www.tpmm.com/solutions/professional/ICD9/1TABULAR.htm
icd9 codes – searchable http://neuro3.stanford.edu/CodeWorrier/
www.ic9coding.com
http://www.psllcnj.com/insurance.htm helpful hints
http://www.hrh.org/cag/samintro.html sample letters to insurance companies

Jobs
OK, this section isn't related to the rest of the website's goals!
http://www.asktheheadhunter.com  this is the guy who write the book that really helped me. It is a very different sort of job recruiting book
http://www.jobdig.com/content/feature.php?articleID=231&categoryID=8  reminder to ask for the job "i want this job, i think i'd be a good fit here, what do you think"
http://www.northbridge.net/Samples/ST/text2.htm  the best answers - are real

Kinesiology (BioEnergetic Testing, EAV,  Autonomic Response Testing, etc)

 

Learning

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=Learning+Capacities+site%3Awww.floortime.org

http://www.bianys.org/learnet/tutorials/advance_organizers.html  organizers

Neurodevelopmental
http://www.fernridgepress.com/autism.exercise.phases.html  exercises simlar to Piaget's Thinking Goes to School
Braingym
See also Sensory integration and OT
See also Feldenkrais

See also Perceptual Movement

Neurofeedback
re: WildDivine: I just meant that the Playattention might be more kid friendly in terms of theme, images, and introduction to the exercises. The exercises themselves are a very good idea and once I think my son can understand enough, mom offered to give us the software to use/try.

I am interested personally in the neurofeedback game that works with a Playstation. I think they have probes and you have to think or breathe a certain way to get your car to go (race) on a playstation. It's a thing that I recall plugs into a playstation. Here is the site http://www.smartbraingames.com

Book "Biofeedback for the Brain" by Paul Swingle

 

Nutritionist
NANP—National Association of Nutrition Professionals ( www.nanp.org ).
This organization includes students and graduates of long-time educational institutions such as Clayton College of Natural Health ( www.ccnh.edu ) and Bauman College ( www.baumancollege.org  ),

Parent's health and wellbeing
www.look-at-the-bright-side-of-life.com

Perceptual movement
http://www.makura.com/bookstore/bodymovement.html  interesting book list
 

Sensory integration and OT
http://www.coping.org/earlyin/sensory/sensorymod.htm  good introduction
http://groups.msn.com/DeannaSavasWebsite   The BEST and most complete archive of files for OT/SI  ideas for therapy
http://www.sinetwork.org/ full of introductory articles and resource links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sid_dsi/ discussion board and great files in the files area http://www.sensoryintegrationhelp.com/ informative articles and resources http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/task/SI.html many sensory integration links
http://www.zerotothree.org/bulletin/Vol17-5p26.pdf sensory integration
www.coping.org/earlyin/sensory/sensintegact.htm heavy work
http://www.icdl.com/forparentsbyparents/sensoryprocessing/sensory.htm 
http://www.mindspring.com/~dgn/sensory.htm sample sensory diet
http://home.earthlink.net/~sensoryint/ the Ayres clinic, see the FAQ under "know more"
http://www.alertprogram.com/  the Alert program
www.atready.com the At Ready approach
http://www.autism.org/si.html an introduction
www.autism.org/interview/ljk.html
www.theraproducts.com materials/toys - my favorite. multiwriter, dot-to-dots, pencil grips, finger crayons, rubberband ball, rainbo maker, forns, wikki stix, grabbers, cutting food box, wind-up toys,
www.Ateachabout.com Diane Henry's site (OT), great ideas/books
www.pfot.com  materials/toys
www.sportime.com materials/toys
www.southpawenterprises.com materials/toys, esp larger therapy items for OT/PT, ie swings
www.theragifts.com materials/toys
www.TherapyShoppe.com materials/toys, Pressure vests
www.sensorycomfort.com    materials/toys, Pressure vests
www.specialkidszone.com  materials/toys, Pressure vests
http://www.out-of-sync-child.com/more_resources.html   good links for si
http://www.geocities.com/~kasmom/sid.html
http://www.amyzier.com/home%20equipment.htm swing and climbing wall instructions
www.new-vis.com oral motor, mealtime related products and articles
www.sensoryresources.com workshops, and excellent sensory related book/audio selection

www.out-of-sync-child.com author site, excellent books, good extra ideas/links
www.cameronsspecialts.com weighted T shirts
www.weightedwearables.com weighted clothes
www.weightedvest.com
www.pdppro.com training, products
www.sensorycomfort.com
http://www.educyberstor.com/store/bryanhouse/catalog/activitybooks.html more easy maze books
www.talktoolstm.com oral motor, straw/bubble therapy, site of a popular author/protocol
http://www.frogstore.com/frogbeanie.htm to make a weighted lap frog
http://www.make-the-grade-ot.com floortime/dir approach

IEPs
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IEP_guide/  tons of good ideas and a yahoo list for indepth IEP questions
http://www.esu10.k12.ne.us/~sped/obj/prekobj.html examples of preschool IEP goals http://www.autismchannel.net/dana/ieps  great links http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/iep.bollero.hearts.htm  “Play Hearts Not Poker” an article I liked about IEPs
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/links/linkssped.html  Great links!

Medical-biomedical
See DAN!

Medical- homeopathy
www.mirandacastro.com

Online shopping for special needs books and toys
www.specialneeds.com books
www.theraproducts.com  sensory toys and books
www.ebay.com good for finding older toys and books
www.kidability.com
www.therapytoyshop.com
www.lakeshorelearning.com  large puppets, book + figurine kits, velcro characters to match kids songs, etc
www.orientaltrading.com puppets, party horns, eukelae, etc
www.abilitations.com  OT/PT
www.pfot.com OT, sensory
www.equipmentshop.com
OT/PT, sensory, lots of balls and larger equipment
www.jump-in-products.com OT, sensory, a few unusual finds
www.pdppro.com wide selection of books, including sensory related, some OT products
www.playawaytoy.com rainy door indoor playground, trapeze/swing, excellent product for SI kids
http://www.otawatertown.com/newsletter.pdf game and toy ideas for kids in OT
http://www.special-kids.com/speechandskill.cfm videos that show other children, new skills
www.rocknlearn.com  videos (and books) that teach colors and alphabet to music, very successful with my son
www.preschoolpower.com videos of real kids learning in a montessori environment. I bought several of these...and if you are looking for preschool videos that teach you child that likes music but doesn't understand what making muffins is about or how to put on his jacket, etc..these can be good. My only caution is that I found that we made better progress limiting video time to 0-30minutes a day. Still, if I'm going to put on a video, these have some special merit in my book.

Playdates and Social
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/message/1258  Great attachment with ideas for playdates with 3 year old and typical peers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/message/1174  Playdates with typically developing peers, and a link to melinda spring’s interesting but more aba like playdate ideas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/message/1047  Playdate game ideas http://www.onlineplaygroup.com/playthemes.html  more melinda spring
www.thegraycenter.org  

Teaching others how to respect, help, communicate with, and have vision for persons with disabilities

Processing speed

 

Propolis diffuser

http://beehealthyfarms.com/HealthCare_GOEMButtons.htm

 

San Francisco area resources for special needs kids
www.php.com see the resource data base and also the event calendar
Detailed list is HERE

Schools-finding and deciding
http://mkdowney.com/movingschools.htm Tips for Finding a Good School for special needs
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/bayareaprekasd/message/1262 more tips, but you will have to join that yahoo group to read the message

Schools-inclusion
List of books for parents and teachers about inclusion / mainstreaming
http://www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/Inclusion.html
http://www.coping.org/involvepar/inclusion.htm
http://www.cayboces.org/Special%20Education/Autism/autismweb/getting_started_with_inclusion.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~aspergers/Inclusin.htm
http://www.advocatesforspecialkids.org/links_inclusion.htm

http://projectparticipate.org/handoutsforms.asp
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/inclusion_schultz.html
http://www.ncmsa.net/ressum14.htm middle school
 

Schools-homeschooling for special needs
http://mkdowney.com/mkd-homeschooling.html ; http://mkdowney.com/mkd-presentation-homeschooling.htm

Shadow aide
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DTT-NET/message/7555  a person writing a book on this subject http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DTT-NET/message/7357  hourly rates and the school district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/message/887  facilitating? Facilitating for a boy named Graham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/message/2330  tips from someone who is an aide http://www.mindspring.com/~dgn/school.htm  Using A Faciliator At School http://www.mindspring.com/~dgn/school2.htm  FACILITATING FOR A CHILD IN A TYPICAL CLASSROOM
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/relsvc.aide.steedman.htm How to request a one-to-one aide
http://projectparticipate.org/handouts/TipsforParaeducators.pdf tips
http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/evolve/evolvegsa.pdf - Guidelines for Selecting Alternatives to Overreliance on Paraprofessionals
http://www.wrightslaw.com/heath/parapro.qual.htm  iep and paraprofessionals

Sleep sanctuary

http://www.klinghardtacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=149&Itemid=62

http://buildingbiology.net/

SMI

Parviz Youssefi, who runs the GMS Institute's Sensory Motor Integration division in a giant gym in Manassas  http://www.gmskids.com/smi/classes.html

Social thinking

http://www.cspd.net/wmper/docs/MWinnerHO.doc really helpful notes from a workshop

and abstract thinking http://www.bianys.org/learnet/tutorials/concrete_vs_abstract_thinking.html

Speech therapy
www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html wonderful page of speech therapy ideas
Links to Language (http://www.linkstolanguage.com) teaches kids how to recognize/decode the pattern of English as well as building working memory, effective for kids with ASD, apraxia and language delays.
Not all children will do well with Links and the program includes instruction on when you know it isn't going to work for the kid. Also teach kids that they can control themselves ("quiet sitting") and that each task is finite.
 

Telling/sharing
http://www.netacc.net/~gradda/sp98dear.html Dear Teacher, letter from parent of a ADD child
http://www.pattyrbashe.com/LetterofIntroduction.htm  Letter of introduction about my child, Aspergers
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Floortime/message/2214  This is me, a special needs preschooler
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/ltrs.index.htm excellent info on writing letters about your specail needs child
http://mkdowney.com/mkd-telling.html To tell or not to tell others about your child's diagnosis. This parent recommends to tell, and I agree, this is the approach that I have followed as well.
www.apraxia-kids.org/slps/teachersletter.html  dear teacher, my child has apraxia

Tics
www.latitudes.org Tourette board is great, full of ideas

Toys
See the resource column inside this homeideas spreadsheet
www.smart-estore.com inexpensive, brand-name software computer games for kids

Travel and vacations
http://allearsnet.com/pl/dis_aut.htm disneyland with special needs
www.kayak.com
www.rlmsoftware.com/TravelTools
http://www.trip.com/trs/cheaptickets/galileo_flight_tracker/galileo_home.xsl
http://www.bts.gov/xml/ontimesummarystatistics/src/ddisp/OntimeSummaryDataDisp.xml  airline ontime statistics
www.jetblue.com
www.southwest.com
 

Other
http://icdl.com/ICDLguidelines/toc.htm  Valuable, in depth information for clinicians and parents of special needs children. The ICDL Clinical Practice Guidelines redefines the standards of care for infants, children, and families with special needs. 819 pages of information. www.icdl.com/forparentsbyparents/toc.htm Special guide for parents, includes: Therapeutic Approaches, Biomedical Interventions, Sensory Processing, Education Interventions, Law and Advocacy, and a Glossary. Many useful website links are embedded within the guide.
http://www.icdl.com/links_to_other_websites.htm Descriptions and links to websites of related non profit agencies and of ICDL's advisory board members.
http://mkdowney.com/mkd-skipcounting.htm learning to multiply and divide with "skip counting" songs
www.uctv.tv UCTV's "Med Ed Hour" Features doctors and researchers streaming video

Vision Therapy
http://www.children-special-needs.org/vision_therapy/what_is_vision_therapy.html
http://www.devdelay.org/issues.html#vision
http://www.autisticvision.com/id22.htm

Visual Motor
www.ndta.org 
neurodevelopmental treatment, NDT, interesting bulleting on visual motor, links

Word Retrieval ( Word finding )
http://members.tripod.com/~Caroline_Bowen/wordretrieval.html
http://www.cslot.com/children/word_find.htm 
www.wordfinding.com
http://icdl.com/Vol3No2.htm
http://www.asa-tgcc.org/Labeling.htm
http://teacherweb.com/MA/NAAmvet/GWalker/h5.stm

http://www.motamedfamily.com/tips.htm#IdeaRetrieval  floortime idea retrieval

http://www.wordfinding.com/

http://www.bianys.org/learnet/tutorials/retrieval_problems.html

http://www.bianys.org/learnet/tutorials/slow_information_processing.html

Vaccines
http://www.909shot.com/state-site/state-exemptions.htm

Vision Therapy
http://www.drbradfordmurray.com

Vitamins and supplements
www.barleans.com pure borage oil
www.kirkmanlabs.com Kirkman's CLO uses a synthetic vitamin E...
www.brainchildnutritionals.com  
www.IllnessIsOptional.com cost effective, E-lyte, Thorne (Thorne Research's Pic-Mins are highly absorbable minerals that don't contain calcium.), methyl pyruvate,
www.Needs.com discount, Thorne, mag citrate powder, trisalts, recancostat $95, fast ship, sherry rogers books, bath ball refill, biosil $18, AMF Grout Sealer, EMF gauss meter ALLER AIR $28, Lumina cell food $22/oz, concentrace, now e-400 d-alpha dry
www.FamilyPharmacy.net
www.Bayho.com discount, Thorn, ribose $55/250g, BioEnergy NADH & ATP spray $28/1 oz, liver life$28/2oz, carnitine fumarate 60caps/500mg/$24
250 mg 120 cap $19 , Fumarate 340 mg 120 vcap $43, DMG (N,N-Dimethylglycine) 125 mg 180 cap $24, Creatine Pyruvate 3 g 250 g
www.unitoday.net/randigoldman mom of special needs kids sells usana vitamins, gfcf ff toothpaste etc
www.biogro.us/wateroz.html trace minerals in water
http://www.aboutbreathing.com/articles/vitamin-c.htm  Vitamin C
http://www.doctoryourself.com/immune.html  Vitamin C for Immune system
http://www.orthomed.com  Dr. Cathcart on Vitamin C
http://www.painstresscenter.com/mall/Teenlink.asp amino acids for teens
www.vrp.com Zinc Monomethionine  (zinc that Dr JM recommends) and Bromelain (for headaches)
www.kirkmanlabs.com
www.myvitanet.com discount, Vit C powder, Carlson Amino Blend
www.beyond-a-century.com powdered supplements, ie TMG and D-Glucarate powder
http://www.iherb.com : Free shipping for $20 or more
http://www.vitacost.com : Flat rate $4.95, but very low costs, use 5% off code WE56A6
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/products.php?cat=26&PHPSESSID=c651c4c0c89fa7e176e5d8cb1c9e3a50 : some items are free ship

www.metabolicmaintenance.com/contactus.html 800-772-7873 custom amino acids, custom mult vit powder
http://www.ez-fitness.com 
B-Nase, B-12, CO enzyme B-12, ATP and Alpha GPC oral spray
jarrow ribose $14/100g,
There is more info related to supplements on the biomed page

Yoga
I think that yoga is great and breathe control /proper breathing is very important. I have the yoga for the special child book and did try some of it on my son...I should pull it out and revisit as he is way more capable now. Here is my last tip (I am a big note taker) on this subject Yoga positions, great! Get the nice yoga cards and or poster from www.theraproducts.com  and there is a nice book from amazon "yoga for the special child"..at 4.0 I ask him to pick one of three yoga cards or positions…we hold it for a count of 20. I have the yogakids video, but that hasn't worked for us...I am hoping to add the breathing soon

More to come!!!!


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