Additional Resources

Websites

ADHD

• See learning disabilities

Autism

• See additional resources: autism

Dementia

• Alzheimer’s Association: Information about care, support and research. 
• UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth: Evaluations and treatment for neurological disorders.

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

• Apraxia Kids: Support and information for children with Apraxia of speech.

Feeding & Oral-Motor

• Mealtime Notions: Information on oral-motor, feeding and swallowing disorders in children.
• New Visions: Information on oral-motor, feeding and swallowing disorders in children.

General Information

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Professional credentialing organization for speech-language pathologists and audiologists; also provides information for the public about evaluation and treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders.
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: Information and research about communication disorder through the National Institutes of Health.

Hearing Impairment

• Cochlear implant
• Hearing

Learning Disabilities

• LD Online: Information about learning disabilities and ADHD.
• Great Schools: Information about education topics such as school choice, moving with kids, preparing for college, learning difficulties, ADHD and tutoring.

Literacy

• National Center for Family Literacy: Engaging families to improve literacy.
• Adolescent Literacy Issues: Resources for parents and educators for children in grades 4-12.
• Literacy Connections: Information about literacy issues for all ages.

Parent Support

• Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Advocacy
• Partners Resource Network: Resources to educate and empower parents of children with disabilities in their roles as decision-makers and advocates.
• Dallas Association for Parent Education: Resources and parent workshops in the Dallas area.

Stroke

• American Stroke Association: Information about research and treatment.

Stuttering

• The Lidcombe Program: Behavioral treatment for young children who stutter.
• National Stuttering Association: Self-help support organization for people who stutter.
• Stuttering Foundation of America: Nonprofit organization helping those who stutter.
• Stuttering Home Page: Resources and information for professionals, adults, parents & children.

Traumatic Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of America/Brain Injury Association of Texas: Information for individuals, families and professionals touched by traumatic brain injury
• LEARNet: Information to help students with brain injury at home and at school

Young Child

• Early Childhood Intervention Services: Statewide program for families with children, birth to three, with disabilities and developmental delays
• The Hanen Centre: Training and resources for young children with communication delays.
• Zero to Three: Information for parents and professionals regarding infants & toddlers.

Books

Behavior
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years
Jim Fay and Charles Fay

Parenting with Love and Logic
Foster Cline and Jim Fay

Executive Function & Organization
Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention
Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

Feeding
Feeding and Nutrition for the Child with Special Needs: Handouts for Parents
Marsha Dunn Klein and Tracy A. Delaney

Just Take a Bite: Easy, Effective Answers to Food Aversions and Eating Challenges!
Lori Ernsperger and Tania Stegen-Hanson

Sensory
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition
Carol Stock Kranowitz and Lucy Jane Miller

Social Skills
It’s so much work to be your friend:  Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success
Richard Lavoie

The Friendship Factor: Helping our children navigate our social world and why it matters for their success
Kenneth Rubin and Andrea Thompson

Good Friends are Hard to Find: Help your child find, make and keep friends
Fred Frankel and Barry Whetmore

The Social Skills Picture Book
Teaching play, emotion, and communication to children with autism
Jed Baker

Social Skills Training: For Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communication Problems
Jed Baker

Thinking About You Thinking About Me: Philosophy and Strategies to Further Develop Perspective Taking and Communication Abilities for Persons with Social Cognitive Deficits
Michelle Garcia Winner

Stuttering and Cluttering
Preschool Children Who Stutter: Information and Support for Parents
Published by the National Stuttering Association
David Ward

If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents
Published by the Stuttering Foundation of America
Stanley Ainsworth and Jane Fraser

Sometimes I Just Stutter: A book for children between the ages of Seven and Twelve
Published by the Stuttering Foundation of America
Eelco de Geus

Advice to Those Who Stutter
Published by the Stuttering Foundation of America
Stephen B. Hood

Cluttering – DVD
Published by the Stuttering Foundation of America

Young Child
Beyond Baby Talk – A Parent’s Complete Guide to Language Development
Kenn Apel and Julie J. Masterson

It takes Two to Talk: A Practical Guide for Parents of Children with Language Delay
Jan Pepper and Elaine Weitzman

Look Who’s Talking: How to Enhance Your Child’s Language Development, Starting at Birth
Laura Dyer

The New Language of Toys:  Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs
Sue Schwartz

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