Recommended Websites

 

Articles and interviews with Nancy Peske on sensory issues, sensory smarts, and parenting a child with sensory processing disorder

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• At Everything Special Needs Radio

• At Building Boys

• At The Sweet Spot

• At Baby Shrink

• At Come Unity

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Site for Lindsey Biel, OTR/L, coauthor of Raising a Sensory Smart Child

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• SensorySmarts.com

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Related conditions

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• Autism Society of America

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

• National Fragile X Foundation

• Tourette Syndrome Association 

• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Adoption and Premature Baby issues
(many adopted children and preemies have sensory processing issues)

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• Adoptive Families magazine

• OrphanDoctor.com

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Special Education

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• Wrightslaw is an excellent, up-to-date source for information on special education, particularly special ed law.

 

Disabilities

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• www.Understood.org

• www.yai.org

• www.zerotothree.org

• www.ldonline.org

• www.ld.org

 

Online Support

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• Sensory Processing Disorder Group on Facebook (Note: You must have a Facebook account and request to join)

• Sensory Smart Parent Forum

 

Nutrition

 

• Nutritionist Kelly Dorfman, M.S., L.N.D., is extremely knowledgeable about nutritional issues in children with SPD and related issues and cofounder of Developmental Delay Resources. I am ever grateful to her for helping with the nutrition chapter in Raising a Sensory Smart Child. Check out her marvelous book Cure Your Child with Food.

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• GFCFDiet.com is a site for learning more about gluten-free, casein-free diets that help children with gluten/casein intolerances that exacerbate sensory issues.

• Vitacost is one of my favorite sources for discount vitamins, supplements, and personal items. They carry many gluten-free flours and products as well as healthy snacks for kids.

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Auditory Processing Difficulties

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• Advanced Brain Technologies offers The Listening Program ® for children with sensory processing issues and other issues including auditory processing disorder. This is one of the more affordable programs for helping kids with auditory processing by using special music to retrain the brain. Personally, I'm quite impressed by the research that went into their program!

• Vital Links offers the Astronaut Training (R) program for helping kids with auditory processing disorder and vestibular issues. 

• The National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders offers helpful information on the many types of auditory processing disorders.

 

Speech-Language Delays and Issues

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• Apraxia-Kids is an organization that offers support and information on oral or global apraxia, also known as dyspraxia or difficulty with motor planning. They feature excellent articles on speech, communication, and development.

• The site for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation provides information on finding a professional who can treat auditory processing disorder.

• SpeechDelay.com is a great resource for parents of children with speech delays.

• The International Dyslexia Association provides information about dyslexia.

• Casa Futura Technologies sells the anti-stuttering device invented by Thomas David Kehoe, an extraordinary and brilliant inventor who is passionate about helping those who stutter.

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Gross Motor and Motor Planning Difficulties

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• The S'cool Moves program helps with organizational and motor planning challenges kids have in school.

 

Visual Processing Difficulties

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• The College of Optometrists and Visual Development provides information and help for visual processing difficulties, including a list of behavioral (developmental) optometrists who can screen for visual processing disorder, which many kids with SPD have, as well as visual issues such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.

• The Irlen Institute provides information about Irlen syndrome, which affects people’s ability to handle visual contrast (for instance, reading black-on-white text versus other contrasting colors).

 

Complementary Therapies
(not related to food and diet—you can learn more about these therapies in the book Raising a Sensory Smart Child)

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• The American Hippotherapy Association has information on therapy for kids using horses and where to find a practitioner.

• The Aquatic Resources Network has information on water-based therapies for sensory issues and other issues.

• The Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America provides information on craniosacral therapy and help in locating a practitioner.

• The Interactive Metronome program, helps with concentration, focus, and other issues.

• The Myofascial Release Organization provides information on myofascial release therapy as well as help in locating a practitioner.

 

Heavy Metal Poisoning

Lead and mercury are known neurotoxins; learn more about how to help prevent and treat heavy metal poisoning.

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• The EPA’s website for the National Lead Information Center

• The EPA’s site for information on mercury hazards.

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Parenting Help

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• ParentChildHelp.com, a site by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, author of Raising Your Spirited Child and Raising Your Spirited Baby​​

• LivesintheBalance.com, a site featuring the work of Ross Greene, PhD, author of The Explosive Child

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