Resources

Resources

ADD/ADHD

• The National Resource on ADHD
• Understood for learning and attention disorders
• ADHD Resource Center

Advocacy

• March of Dimes
• Yellow Pages for Kids

Apraxia

• ​Apraxia Kids

Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Autism Society
• Autism Research Institute
• Autism Spectrum Connection
• Autism Today
• Autism Speaks
• Autism-PDD NOS

Brain Injuries

• Hope For Minds

Cerebral Palsy

• CPATH
• United Cerebral Palsy
• Hemi-Kids
• My Child Cerebral Palsy Foundation

Communication

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Do 2 Learn
• ACPA (American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association) Family Services

Dysgraphia

• Dysgraphia Information Page
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• Dyscalculia.org

Down Syndrome

• National Association for Down Syndrome
• Triangle Down Syndrome Network
• Father's Joy
• National Down Syndrome Society
• Ruby's Rainbow

Feeding/Swallowing

• Feeding Matters
• The Nourished Child- Picky Eating Resources
• Choose My Plate- Picky Eating
• Picky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders
• Mayo Clinic- Children's Nutrition

Financial Assistance

• Variety Children's Charity
• United Healthcare Children's Foundation
• Imagine A Way

Hearing Impairment/Sign Language

• American Sign Language Browser

Learning Disabilities

• LD Online

Neurodevelopmental Therapy

• Pathways

Sensory Processing Disorder

• A Sensory Life!
• Austin SPD Alliance
• SPD Network
• SPD Resource Center
• Sensory Resources
• Understanding Sensory Processing Issues

Spina Bifida

• Spina Bifida Association
• Spina Bifida Family Support

Torticollis

• Physical Therapist's Guide to Torticollis
• Neck stretching exercises for torticollis

Other

• Renters Rights and Housing Assistance for People with Disabilities
• Home Modifications for Adults with Special Needs
• Special Needs Checklist: How Disability-Friendly is Your City?
• Vocational Training for Adults with Special Needs

Recommended Reading​

This is an ever changing list. Your child's therapist may recommend one or more of these books for your reading pleasure.

• Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson, Ed.D and Richard Guare, Ph.D
• Quirky Kids by Perri Klass, M.D. and Eileen Costello, M.D.
• The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson Ph.D
• The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder byCarol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
• The Out of Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder byCarol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
• Sensory Integration and the Child ​by A. Jean Ayres
• Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and ExpandedEdition by Ellen Notbohm
• Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel, MA, OTR/L and Nancy Peske
• Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Diana A. Henry,MS, OTR/L, Maureen Kane-Wineland, Ph.D, OT/L and Susan Swindeman, OTR/L
• Beyond Baby Talk: From Speaking to Spelling: A Guide to Language and LiteracyDevelopment for parents and Caregivers 2nd Edition by Kenn Apel Ph.D. and JulieMasterson Ph.D.
• It Takes Two to Talk by Elaine Weitzman