Helpful Websites
Sources For Therapy Products, Toys, and Equipment
You may want to start investing in some equipment to help your child with his sensory diet activities. If you comparison shop, you’ll find a wide range of prices on equipment such as mini-trampolines, sand tables, and swings. Here are some of the very best resources for purchasing sensory-based items. Please note that many companies show just a limited sampling of what they sell online, so be sure to request a free print catalog. What’s more, many print catalogs include excellent advice and ideas for how to select and use various toys, products, and equipment.
Achievement Products for Children
School Speciality/Integrations — An excellent source of sensory smart products, including many shown on this site!
Southpaw Enterprises — A great source of equipment, including many products pictured in the book.
Professional Development Programs
Specialty Sites: Clothing, Weighted Materials and more
EZ Sox- Special training socks for kids with loops to pull up.
Fun and Function- Snug fitting shirts for children.
Hannah Andersson- Sensory-friendly clothing and excellent underwear for kids and adults.
Pipsqueakers — Toddler sneakers and sandals that squeak as a child walks. If your child is a toe walker, ask them to move the squeaker under the heel.
SmartKnitKIDS — A large selection of seamless socks for kids.
Teres Kids- Organic, seamless, supersoft clothing for boys and girls.
Parenting Support
Yahoo — Free email groups for just about any interest you can imagine, including sensory issues. Type in sensory integration to find support groups for individuals with sensory processing disorder or for parents of children with SI dysfunction.
SPD Foundation — This site offers articles about professional workshops, a searchable directory to locate service providers, parent support groups, and more.
The Sensory Processing Disorder Resource Center — Information, resources, products and tips for families and professionals dealing with sensory processing disorders.
Children’s Disabilities Information — This site has several articles on SI dysfunction as well as links to resources and parent support groups for apraxia, speech delay, auditory processing, and more.
Community: Special Needs — A large site with articles and resources for preemie and adoptive parents on sensory integration and other special needs.
Center for Collaborative Problem Solving — This website will help you find a support group of parents of children who are inflexible and have a low frustration level, whether or not they have sensory issues. It will also help you find a counselor trained in the techniques described in Dr. Ross Greene’s The Explosive Child.
Apraxia-Kids — This site provides information and support to parents of children with motor planning problems, which are common in children with SI dysfunction. It also offers a listserv, message board, and local support groups for parents.
Infant Reflux Disease — Information and support for parents of children with reflux, GERD, celiac, and other feeding conditions.
Early Intervention (Children Under Age Three)
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families — An outstanding resource of information for parents and professionals, including insightful articles, parenting tips, research findings, an online bookstore, and more.
First Signs, Inc. — This organization educates parents and physicians about the early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders. The site has useful information on screening, referrals, working with EI, schools, insurers, and more.
Sense-Able Baby - Information on sensory processing development in babies.
Developmental Resources
Developmental Delay Resources — This organization and web site provide great information about conventional and holistic approaches to learning and behavioral problems.
College of Optometrists in Vision Development — Excellent articles on vision and learning, ADHD, and autism, information on vision therapy, and how to find a developmental optometrist near you.
Children’s Vision Information Network — Excellent information about a variety of vision problems, the vision-learning connection, and what to do about it.
National Center for Learning Disabilities — Invaluable information on learning disabilities, including symptoms and testing.
Autism Hangout — A wonderful resource for news and video interviews of leaders in the field of developmental challenges and autism.
Autism Collaboration — A powerful search engine for information about autism spectrum disorders.
Online Asperger Syndrome Information & Support (OASIS) — An outstanding source of information and support about Asperger Syndrome.
The Cherab Foundation — information on verbal and oral dyspraxia, why late talkers with dyspraxia do not catch up without intervention, and where to get help.
Speechville Express — helpful information about various speech/language impairments and delays, where to get help, including kids’ books that target specific sounds.
Hands-on Learning
Do 2 Learn — Free line drawings you can download to make visual to-do lists for children who have difficulty with transitions.
Get Ready to Read! — This site, sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, has fun, simple activities for pre-readers with auditory processing challenges to help them better discriminate sounds and rhymes.
Math and Reading Help for Kids.Org — Great online math and reading games, teaching tips for adults, articles for kids (e.g.,”Test Jitters”), and more.
Ed Helper — Printable, fun educational materials such as word searches, coloring books,lesson plans, and more.
KidSource — Great information for parents on education, healthcare, products, and more.
Family Education — This site offers excellent homework help and fun activities to support academic work at all grade levels — from math to science to reading.
You and Your Child’s Legal Rights
Wrightslaw — A great website for learning about your child’s legal rights regarding special education, learning disabilities, and classroom accommodations for children with special needs.
ERIC Clearinghouse — The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education is the information database for the U.S. Department of Education, providing legal and practical information on disabilities, giftedness, and special education issues.
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates — 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20003-3027, ph. 202-544-2210. A not-for-profit group dedicated to helping parents of children with disabilities who need legal assistance. The site has a state-by-state list of links to sites with information on special education law.
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