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   Some of these materials may be hard to find in stores, but many are available through Developmental Delay Resources, a non-profit organization that maintains an excellent book list. If you see "(DDR)" after the listing of a book you want, you may obtain it by contacting:

Bissell, Julie, MA, OTR, Jean Fisher, MA, OTR, Carol Owens, OTR, & Patricia Polcyn, OTR (1988). Sensory Motor Handbook: A Guide for Implementing and Modifying Activities in the Classroom. Torrance, CA: Sensory Integration International.

Henry, Diana, OTR, et al. (1998). Tool Chest for Teachers, Parents & Students: A Handbook to Facilitate Self-Regulation. Accompanies videotapes: Tools for Students: OT Activities for Classroom & Home, and Tools for Teachers: An Overview of School Based Occupational Therapy. Youngtown, AZ: Henry Occupational Therapy Services. Tel: 888-371-1204. http://www.henryot.com (DDR)

Kohl, MaryAnn F. (1992). Mudworks: Creative Clay, Dough, and Modeling Experiences.Bellingham, WA: Bright Ring Publishing.

Kranowitz, Carol Stock, MA (1995). 101 Activities for Kids in Tight Spaces. New York: St. Martin's Press. (DDR)

Krull, Sharron Werlin, and Norma Don (1986). Play Power: Games and Activities for Young Children. Concord, CA 94521: Play Power.

O'Brien-Palmer, Michelle (1998). Sense-Abilities: Fun Ways to Explore the Senses (Activities for Children 4 to 8). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. (DDR)

Yack, Ellen, M.Ed., B.Sc(OT), Shirley Sutton, B.Sc(OT), & Paula Aquilla, B.Sc(OT) (1998). Building Bridges through Sensory Integration: Occupational Therapy for Children with Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders. To order, send a check ($42.00 U.S., or $59.95 Canadian) to Building Bridges through Sensory Integration, 132 Queens Drive, Weston, Ontario, Canada M9N 2H6. Or, call and give your credit card number to Parentbooks, a Toronto book store, at 1-800-209-9182.

Young, Susan B, OTR (1988). Movement Is Fun: A Preschool Movement Program. Torrance, CA: Sensory Integration International.

Furth, Hans G., & Harry Wachs (1982). Thinking Goes to School: Piaget's Theory in Practice. New York: Oxford University Press. (DDR)

Gardner, Howard (1993). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books.

Goleman, Daniel (1995). Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam.

Hannaford, Carla, PhD (1995). Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head. Arlington, Virginia: Great Ocean Publishers. (DDR)

Healy, Jane M., PhD (1998). Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds -- for Better and Worse. New York: Simon & Schuster. (DDR)

--------- (1990). Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It. New York: Simon & Schuster. (DDR)

--------- (1987). Your Child's Growing Mind: A Guide to Learning and Brain Development from Birth to Adolescence. New York: Doubleday. (DDR)

Heiberger, Debra M., MA, & Margot C. Heiniger-White, MA, OTR (2000). S'cool Moves for Learning: A Program Designed to Enhance Learning Through Body-Mind Integration. Integrated Learner Press. (DDR)

Ames, Louise Bates, PhD, Frances L. Ilg, MD, & Carol C. Haber (1997).Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender. New York: Dell.

------------ (1980). Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy. New York: Dell.

------------ (1989). Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell.

Ames & Ilg (1981). Your Five-Year-Old: Sunny and Serene. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell.

------------ (1981). Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell.

Ames, Ilg & Haber (1987). Your Seven-Year-Old: Life in a Minor Key. New York: Dell.

Ames & Haber (1990). Your Eight-Year-Old: Lively and Outgoing. New York: Dell.

Ames, Ilg, & Haber (1997). Your Nine-Year-Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious. New York: Dell.

Ames, Ilg, & Sidney M. Baker, MD (1989). Your Ten to Fourteen-Year-Old. New York: Dell.

Brazelton, T. Berry, MD (1986). Infants and Mothers: Differences in Development. New York: Delacorte.

---------- (1992). Touchpoints (The Essential Reference): Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

----------, & Stanley I. Greenspan, MD (2000). The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish . New York: Perseus Books.

Greenspan, Stanley I., MD, & Nancy T. Greenspan (1989). The Essential Partnership: How Parents Can Meet the Emotional Challenges of Infancy and Childhood. New York: Viking Penguin.

---------- (1985). First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child from Birth to Age Four. New York: Viking Penguin.

Greenspan, S.I., with Jacqueline Salmon (1993). Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of Your School-Age Child. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Anderson, Winifred, Stephen Chitwood, & Diedre Hayden (1997). Negotiating the Special Educational Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers (3rd ed.). Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.

Armstrong, Thomas, PhD (1995). The Myth of the A.D.D. Child: 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion. New York: Dutton. (DDR)

Callanan, Charles R. (1990). Since Owen: A Parent-to-Parent Guide for Care of the Disabled Child. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Greene, Ross W., PhD (1998). The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, "Chronically Inflexible" Children.

Greenspan, Stanley I., MD (1995). The Challenging Child: Understanding,Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

-----------, and Serena Wieder, PhD, with Robin Simons (1998). The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Hallowell, Edward M., MD, & John J. Ratey, MD (1994). Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. New York: Simon & Schuster (Touchstone).

Kranowitz, Carol S., MA, & Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR (1999). Audio cassette and booklet: Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration. Boulder, CO: Belle Curve Records.

Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy, MA (1991). Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic. New York: Harper Perennial.

Levine, Melvin D., MD (1990). Keeping A Head in School: A Student's Book about Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service.

Nowicki, Stephen, Jr., PhD, & Marshall P. Duke, PhD (1992). Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.

----------, & Elisabeth A. Martin, M.Ed. (1996). Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.

Papolos, Demitri, MD, & Janice Papolos (1999). The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder. New York: Broadway Books.

Quirk, Norma J., MS, OTR, & Marie E. DiMatties, MS, OTR (1991). The Relationship of Learning Problems and Classroom Performance to Sensory Integration.

Rosner, Jerome, Dr. (1993). Helping Children Overcome Learning Difficulties. New York: Walker.

Seroussi, Karyn (2000). Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Mother's Story of Research and Recovery. New York: Simon & Schuster

Silver, Larry B., MD (1999). Dr. Larry Silver's Advice to Parents on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2nd edition). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

---------- (1998).The Misunderstood Child: A Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities (3rd edition). Times Books.

---------- , Frank M. Kline, PhD, and Steven C. Russell, PhD, editors (2000). The Educator's Guide to Medical Issues in the Classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Smith, Sally L. (1995). No Easy Answers: The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School (Revised edition). New York: Bantam Books.

Stehli, Annabel, Ed. (1995).Dancing in the Rain: Stories of Exceptional Progress by Parents of Children with Special Needs. Westport, CT: Georgiana Organization. (DDR)

Thompson, Sue (1997). The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorders. East Moline, IL: LinguiSystems.

Turecki, Stanley, MD, with Leslie Tonner (1989). The Difficult Child. New York: Bantam Books.

Vail, Priscilla L. (1989). Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help. New York: Plume Books.

Waltz, Mitzi (1999). Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Finding a Diagnosis and Getting Help. O'Reilly & Associates.

A Parent's Guide to Understanding Sensory Integration (1991). Torrance, CA: Sensory Integration International. (DDR)

Anderson, Elizabeth, & Pauline Emmons (1996). Unlocking the Mysteries of Sensory Integration. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.

Ayres, A. Jean, OTR, PhD (1979). Sensory Integration and the Child. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services. (DDR)

Huebner, Ruth A., PhD, Editor (2001). Autism: A Sensorimotor Approach to Management. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.

Koomar, Jane, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Barbara Friedman, MA, OTR/L, F Elizabeth Woolf, illustrator (1992). The Hidden Senses: Your Muscle Sense, and The Hidden Senses: Your Balance Sense. Rockville, MD: AOTA. To order, go to http://www.sensorycomfort.com/prod02.htm

Koomar, Jane, PhD, OTR; Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR; Sharon Cermak, EdD, OTR, et al. (1998). Audio cassette and booklet: Making Sense of Sensory Integration. Boulder, CO: Belle Curve Records

Myles, Brenda Smith, K. T. Cook, N. E. Miller, L. Rinner, & L. A. Robbins, 2000. Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues: Practical Solutions for Making Sense of the World . Shawnee Mission, Kansas: Autism Asperger Publishing.

Reisman, Judith E. Video: Sensory Processing for Parents: From Roots to Wings. University of Minnesota. To order, go to http://www.www.pdppro.com/shop/

Sassé, Margaret (1990). If Only We'd Known...Early Childhood -- and Its Importance to Academic Learning. Victoria, Australia: Toddler Kindy Gymbaroo Pty., Ltd. (DDR)

Trott, Maryann Colby, MA, with Marci K. Laurel, MA, CCC-SLP, & Susan L. Windeck, MS, OTR/L (1993). SenseAbilities: Understanding Sensory Integration. Tucson, AZ: Therapy Skill Builders. (DDR)

Wilbarger, Patricia, MEd, OTR, FAOTA, & Julia Leigh Wilbarger, MS, OTR (1991). Sensory Defensiveness in Children Aged 2-12: An Intervention Guide for Parents and Other Caretakers. Santa Barbara, CA: Avanti Educational Programs. To order, go to http://www.theraproducts.com/index.php3

Campbell, Don G. (2000). The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music. New York: William Morrow.

deHirsch, Katrina (1984). Language and the Developing Child. Baltimore: The Orton Dyslexia Society.

Hanson, Joanne (1998). Progress with Puppets: Speech and Language Activities for Young Children. Arlington, VA: Building Blocks Therapy. (DDR)

Madaule, Paul (1994). When Listening Comes Alive: A Guide to Effective Learning and Communication. Ontario, Canada: Moulin Publishing.

Tomatis, Alfred A., Dr. (1996). The Ear and Language. Ontario, Canada: Moulin Publishing.

Vail, Priscilla L. (1996). "Words Fail Me": How Language Works and What Happens When It Doesn't. Rosemont, NJ: Modern Learning Press.

Vision and Sensory Integration: Behavioral Aspects of Vision Care (1999). Sana Ana, CA: Optometric Extension Program. (DDR)

Appelbaum, Stanley A., OD (1989). Sensory Integration: Optometric and Occupational Therapy Perspectives. Santa Ana, CA: Optometric Extension Program. (DDR)

Kavner, Richard S., OD (1985). Your Child's Vision: A Parent's Guide to Seeing, Growing, and Developing. New York: Simon & Schuster. (DDR)

Lane, Kenneth A., O.D. (1991). Developing Your Child for Success: easy to follow activities to develop children's perceptual and motor skills and prepare them for their early school years.Lewisville, TX: Learning Potentials Publishers. (DDR)

Seiderman, Arthur S., OD, & Steven E. Marcus, OD (1989). 20/20 Is Not Enough: The New World of Vision . New York: Fawcett Crest. (DDR)

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