Parents

With all the information available at our fingertips via the World Wide Web comes the challenge of how to edit out all the “noise” and target those resources which provide valuable, reliable, and trustworthy information.  This space has been developed to provide parents with reputable resources.  We update this space frequently, so check back often for new information.

National Organizations

Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
DIR/Floortime Coalition of California
Autism Speaks

Local Organizations

Ventura County Autism Society (VCAS)
Pause4Kids

Recommended Reading

The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth By Stanley Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D. (1997), Perseus Books

Engaging Autism By Grenspan/Wieder (2006)

Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism Temple Grandin (2006) Vintage

The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction By Carol Stock Kranowitz (1998) Perigee Trade; 1st edition

The Out of Sync Child has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder By Carol Stock Kranowitz (2003) Perigee Trade

Could it Be Autism? A Parent’s Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps By Nancy D. Wiseman (2006) Broadway Books

Great Kids: Helping Your Baby and Child Develop the Ten Essential Qualities for a Healthy, Happy Life (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) By Stanley Greenspan, 2007