Professional Resources

Learning in Motion - Practical Strategies to Increase Learning and Development

Includes over 100 theme-based activities, appropriate for ages 3 to 9, that were designed by therapists with over 15 years of experience working with young children. Organized by months of the year, it's easy to find appropriate therapeutic activities that reinforce the lesson topic of the day. Features lesson plans with goals, approximate time to complete, materials needed, objectives, detailed procedures, adaptations for those with special needs, and suggestions for multilevel instruction. Letters home explain the rationale for each activity and how parents or caregivers can reinforce the lessons. Indispensable for school-based therapists and teachers!
• Contents: Theories of Motor Development, Activity Goals, Activity Goal Descriptions, Monthly Activities and Parent Letters, Appendix: Activity Subjects for Letters of the Alphabet, Adaptations, Recipe Section.
• Written by Patricia Andermeier, OTR, BCP, Joan Kryzanowski, MS, OTR, BCP and Kristina Keller Moir, OTR, BCP. Paperback, 392 pages, 1998.

W029		$39.95

Teaching Motor Skills to Children with Cerebral Palsy & Similar Movement Disorders - A Guide for Parents and Professionals

A practical guide that shows parents and professionals how to practice physical therapy exercises at home to improve their child's motor skills. Step-by-step instructions and photo illustrations are easy to follow and appropriate from infancy through early adolescence. The author also gives parents important advice about how to coordinate their efforts with their child's physical therapist.
• Written by an experienced physical therapist who is also the mother of a child with cerebral palsy, this comprehensive guide examines the physical characteristics of cerebral palsy and similar conditions - muscle tightness and weakness, increased or decreased flexibility, abnormal reflexes, impaired sensory perception - that affect a child's ability to sit, crawl, stand, and walk. It provides practical information about how children can learn motor skills despite these issues and what adaptations are required.
• Contents: Developmental Delay and Cerebral Palsy, Gross Motor Development, Obstacles to Motor Development, Helping your Child Learn Motor Skills, Flexible Muscles and Joints, Head-up, Happy Baby in Back-lying, Tummy Time, Guarding Against Falls, Sitting Pretty, Getting Up and Crawling, Leg Exercises and Standing with Arm Support, Balance, Standing Without Arm Support and Walking, Walking and More, Extra Strengthening and Having Fun, Additional Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Appendix: Equipment Recommendations, Appendix: Organizations Providing Recreational Opportunities, References.
• Written by Sieglinde Martin, M.S., P.T. Paperback, 256 Pages, 2006.

W950		$19.95

TalkAbility: People Skills for Verbal Children on the Autism Spectrum - A Guide for Parents

• This Hanen guidebook provides a much-needed resource for parents of verbal children on the autism spectrum, as well as for the professionals who support them. TalkAbility contains a wealth of practical strategies that can be built into everyday conversations and activities, to help these children develop the people skills they need to connect well with others.
• Contents: How your child learns, Help your child understand what you say without words, Get ready for conversation, Use your "I-Cues" for better conversations, Help your child tune in to others, Learn about the world together, Stay tuned in with books, Help your child become a story teller, Make the most of make-believe, Know your child's friendship skills, Be your child's play coach, Step out... and step in again, Use visual helpers to show your child how to be a friend.
• A Hanen Center book. Written by Fern Sussman, Speech-Language Pathologist. Paperback, 208 pages, 2006.

W402		$53.95

How Do I Teach This Kid? - Visual Work Tasks for Beginning Learners on the Autism Spectrum

This resource provides special education teachers, therapists, and parents with practical, easy-to-implement ideas for creating over 80 different work tasks to be used to teach students to work independently and for an established length of time. Examples for work tasks include "Matching pictures to their initial letters", and "Sorting chips by color". Contains classroom and home tested ideas of addressing skills in six areas: sorting, matching, reading, writing, mathematics, and motor tasks. The ideas are designed for early learners, ages 2-10.
• The writer is a special educator with over twenty years experience working with students with autism, and mentoring teachers of children with autism from preschool through the secondary grades.
• Contents: Acknowledgements, About this Resource, What are task boxes?, Creating an independent work system, Stuff to save for task boxes, What do you do with the stuff once you get it?, Tricks and tips for task box construction, Task boxes to make: Motor tasks, Matching tasks, Sorting tasks, Reading tasks, Writing tasks, Math tasks, Appendix I: Sample IEP goals, Appendix II: Data sheets for tracking independence.
• Written by Kimberly A. Henry. Paperback, 144 pages, 2005.

W204		$19.95

Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

A straightforward, easy-to-understand guide for preschool teachers on working with children who have autism. It explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world. Each chapter offers specific strategies for teaching. Dr. Willis has over 20 years experience working as a speech-language pathologist, early interventionist, and special educator.
• Contents: Putting All the Pieces Together: Understanding This Puzzle Called Autism, From Hand Flapping to Obsession With Routines: The Way Children With Autism Relate to Their World, Planning for Success: Setting Up a Proactive Preschool Environment, Learning Life Skills: What Are Life Skills?, Misbehavior or Missed Communication: Managing the Behaviors of Children with Autism, Signs, Symbols and Language: Helping a Child Communicate, Inside Their Own Worlds: Encouraging Children With Autism to Play, Building Social Skills: Getting Along With Others, Lights! Camera! Action! Sensory Integration and Autism, We're All in This Together: Teaming Up With Families, Glossary of Terms.
• Written by Clarissa Willis. Paperback, 224 pages, 2006.

W304		$24.95

Early Intervention and Autism: Real-life Questions, Real-life Answers

This is a wonderful, new resource for parents of children who have just been diagnosed with autism. It is a "must-have" book for every organization that serves young children with autism, and every resource center for parents. A very useful book for professionals as well.
• In an easy-to-read, question-answer format, Dr. Jim provides sound advice based on over twenty years of experience working with children with autism and their families. He answers the following questions: When a child is diagnosed with autism, what do parents need to know first? What do they need to do first? How do they choose the most effective treatment options for their child? How do they get the most out of early intervention services?
• Helpful features include: 10 Common Myths about Children with ASD, 7 Effective Teaching Strategies, 10 Behavior Rules to Live By, and Must-Have Early Intervention Goals and Objectives for Children with ASD.
• Contents: A Real-Life Look at the Autism Spectrum, Family Issues, What is Early Intervention, Building Your Dream Team, Assessment: A Picture of Your Child's Strengths and Challenges, Blueprint for a Perfect Program, Choosing the Right Intervention Model for the ASD Child, Understanding Your Child's Behavior Challenges, Sleeping, Eating, Toilet Training & Independence, Transitioning from Early Intervention to Public School Programs.
• Written by James Ball, Ed.D., BCBA. Paperback, 424 pages, 2008.

W352		$24.95

DVD: Magic with Music - Building Children's Communication Through Songs & Rhymes

Produced by the Hanen Center, this delightful DVD is a fun and practical resource for parents, caregivers and family support professionals. It clearly demonstrates how to enrich a child's social, language and early literacy development using songs and rhymes. In the first part of the DVD, parents and caregivers are shown singing and sharing rhymes with children, while implementing the principals of allowing the child to lead the way, adapting to share the moment, and adding information to build words and understanding. The second part features 18 interactive songs and rhymes, each shown by an adult with a child. Suitable for use with babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
• Running time: 46 minutes. 2006.

W334	DVD & Songbook	$39.95

Self-Help Skills for People with Autism - A Systematic Teaching Approach

Learning self-help skills - eating, dressing, toileting, and personal hygiene - can be challenging for people with autism, but is essential for independence. This parent-friendly book thoroughly describes a systematic approach that parents and educators can use to teach basic self-care to children, ages 24 months to early teens. The authors - behavior analysts and psychologists - provide detailed step-by-step instructions, drawing on proven methods, for gradually teaching a child how to reach specific and realistic goals in the different areas. How to create a structured environment, motivate and track progress, and make adjustments along the way.
• A chapter is devoted to each of the four skill areas (eating, dressing, toileting, personal hygiene) offering detailed insight, specific instruction strategies and many case studies. Appendices contain forms to complete for task analyses, instructional plans, and data collection.
• Written by Stephen R. Anderson, Amy L. Jablonski, Marcus L. Thomeer, and Vicki Madaus Knapp. Paperback, 183 pages, 2007.

W519		$21.95

Simple Signing with Young Children - A Guide for Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Teachers

Written for teachers of hearing children from birth to age six, Simple Signing is the perfect introduction to learning through American Sign Language. Organized by age, there are chapters for infants, toddlers, and preschool children, with age-appropriate signs. The chapter written for teachers of infants focuses on using beginning signs as a bridge to language, while the chapter for teachers of toddlers focuses on signs that promote expression, enrich vocabulary, and teach social skills. The chapter for teachers of preschoolers emphasizes using signs to enhance emergent literacy skills. Each sign is illustrated with a caption and one or more photos of a young child or adult demonstrating the sign, so the signs are easy to understand and execute. Instructions for putting signs together into simple sentences are also included. The pictorial index of signs helps you find exactly what you need quickly and easily. Simple Signing shows teachers just how easy and valuable it can be to incorporate sign language into daily activities.
• Written by Carol Garboden Murray, MS. Paperback, 204 pages, 2007.

W972		$24.95

Sensory Integration: A Guide for Preschool Teachers

A practical resource that helps preschool teachers identify children who have difficulties with their sensory processing, and offers teachers suggestions to support the sensory needs of young children in the preschool classroom. Easy-to-implement solutions include adaptations and activities for children with different types of Sensory Processing Disorder.
• Contents: What Are Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorder, Sensory Avoiders, Sensory Seekers, and Sensory Under-Responders, Design the Environment to Support the Sensory Development of All Children, Help for Preschoolers with Sensory Processing Disorder, Practical Solutions to Meet the Needs of Individual Children During the Daily Routine, Building and Creating Low-Cost Items.
• Written by Christy Isbell, Ph.D., a pediatric occupational therapist, and Rebecca Isbell, Ph.D., a professor of Early Childhood Education. Paperback, 144 pages, 2007.

W106		$19.95

DVD/VHS: Down Syndrome - The First 18 Months

A reassuring and realistic introduction to the unique joys and challenges that children with Down Syndrome bring to their families during the critical first 18 months of life. Will Schermerhorn was inspired to make this DVD after his son with Down Syndrome was born, and he and his wife saw the need for information that would comfort and empower. The DVD is filled with adorable images of babies with Down Syndrome, inspiring stories of parents, and practical information from leading Down Syndrome experts. This is an inspiring and educational DVD for parents who want to know more, and an excellent tool for support groups, medical professionals, and libraries. 108 minutes, 2004.

W278	DVD	$39.95
W328	VHS	$9.95

Mixed Signals

Mixed Signals is a practical guide written by a pediatric occupational therapist from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD. She shares her extensive experience working with children who don't process sensory information properly. Parents, teachers and therapists learn how to interpret children's sometimes perplexing and disruptive behavior, understand terminology, and how specific strategies can help treat kids with over- and under-responsive sensory systems.
• With the help of case studies, the author provides many examples of how children with poor sensory processing react differently to sensory input. A discussion of strategies and interventions explains how therapists and families can work with children to help develop an individualized sensory diet to calm or awaken sensory receptors. Paperback, 152 pages, 2010.

W246		$19.95

The Inclusive Learning Center Book for Preschool Children with Special Needs

This book helps preschool teachers set up fun and challenging learning centers that include adaptations for children with a variety of special needs. Offering 31 centers, both traditional and unique, each one includes learning objectives, letters to parents, layout, vocabulary, props, activities, and literacy connections. Assessment and evaluation tools, complete with developmental milestones for preschool children, round out this book. Paperback, 320 pages, 2005.

W126		$29.95

Down Syndrome Resource Books

A collection of books that provide invaluable information to parents and professionals about a variety of subjects relating to children with Down Syndrome.

W426	Babies with Down Syndrome - A Parent's Guide- (Edited by Susan J. Skallerup. Paperback, 350 pages, 2008)	$18.95
W719	Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome - (Written by Libby Kumin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Paperback, 368 pages, 2003)	$19.95
W780	Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome - (Written by Maryanne Bruni, B.Sc., OT. Paperback, 191 pages, 2006)	$19.95
W032	Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome- (Written by Patricia C. Winders, P.T. Paperback, 236 pages, 1997)	$18.95
W569	Set of all 4	$76.95