Informational Links

Speech-Language

• American Speech and Language Association                       
  www.asha.org
• Milestone Chart & Recommendations
  www.ldonline.org/article/6313
• Apraxia Information & Building Hope                                               
  www.apraxia-kids.org
• PROMPT Institute                                                                       
  www.promptinstitute.com
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)                       
  www.pecs.com
• Stuttering Foundation of America                                               
  www.stuttersfa.org
• Information About Speech-Language Development            
  www.ican.org.uk
• Books on Speech
  www.childrensdisabilities.info/speech/speechbooks.html
• Information on Hearing Impairments                                               
  www.listen-up.org
• Information for Parents to Infuse Language at Home
  www.speech-language-development.com

Social Learning

• Social Thinking, Michelle Garcia Winner
  www.socialthinking.com
• Comic Strip Conversations/Social Stories & Much More           
  www.thegraycenter.org
• Online Asperger Syndrome Information & Support (OASIS)           
  www.aspergersyndrome.org
• Tony Attwood, Asperger’s Syndrome Resources                       
  www.tonyattwood.com.au
• Software for Social Skills                                                           
  www.socialskillbuilder.com
• No Bully                                                                                   
  www.nobully.org.nz

Self-Regulation

• Leah Kuypers and The Zones of Regulation®                             
  www.zonesofregulation.com
• The Alert Program® & How Does Your Engine Run?®                             
  www.alertprogram.com
• Brain Gym®                                                                                   
  www.braingym.org
• Kari Dunn Buron & Bitzi Curtis, The Incredible 5-Point Scale
  www.5pointscale.com

Occupational Therapy

• Information on Sensory Processing Disorder                                  
  www.sensory-processing-disorder.com
• The American Occupational Therapy Association
  www.aota.org
• Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
  www.sinetwork.org
• Carol S. Kranwitz’s, Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
  www.out-of-sync-child.com

Early Intervention

• The Hanen Centre
  www.hanen.org
• Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB)
  www.RCEB.org
• Parent Pals
  www.parentpals.com
• Pathways Awareness Foundation
  www.pathwaysawareness.org
• First Five- Alameda County
  www.ackids.org
• First Five-Contra Costa County
  www.firstfivecc.org
• Early Start
  http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/Home.cfm

Autism

• Treatment Tips for Children with Autism, PDD, & Asperger’s Syndrome
  www.autismtreatment.info
• Autism Research Institute (ARI)
  www.autismresearchinstitute.com
• Center for the Study of Autism
  www.autism.org
• The M.I.N.D. Institute                                                                        www.mindinstitute.org
• The SCERTS® Model, Education Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  www.scerts.com
• The Ziggurat Model: A Framework for Designing Comprehensive Interventions for Individuals With High-Functioning Autism & Asperger Syndrome
  www.texasautism.com
• Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship Based Model (DIR/Floortime)
  www.icdl.com
• Families for Early Autism Treatment
  www.FEAT.org
• More Advanced Person with ASD
  www.maapservices.org
• Autism Society
  www.autismsociety.org
• AS for Parents, Professionals, & Educators
  www.aspergersyndrome.com

Non-Verbal Learning Disorders

• Resources for NLD
  www.NLDline.com
• NLD on the Web
  www.nldontheweb.org

Learning Disabilities                                               

• Learning Disabilities Association
  www.ldanatl.org
• LD Online
  www.ldonline.org
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  www.ncld.org

Behavioral Information

• Ross Greene, The Explosive Child
  www.explosivechild.com
• STE Consultants
  www.steconsultants.com
• Behavioral Intervention Association
  www.bia4autism.org
• Association for Behavior Analysis
  www.abainternational.org

Psychological Support

• Ann Martin Center
  www.annmartin.org                                                
• School Psychologist Files
  www.schoolpsychologistfiles.com

Local Support Groups & Organizations

• Asperger’s Syndrome Information
  www.aspergersresource.org
• Parents Helping Parents (PHP)
  www.php.com
• CARE Parent Network
  www.contracostaarc.com
• Family Resource Network
  www.frnoakland.org
• CA Chapter of National Autism Association
  www.nationalautismassociation.org
• ADHD Support/CHADD
  www.chaddnorcal.org
• AASCEND-Monthly Meeting for Adults with ASD
  www.aascend.net

Legal

• Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
  www.dredf.org
• CASE, Community Alliance for Special Education
  www.caseadvocacy.org
• Council of Parents, Advocates, & Attorneys
  www.copaa.net
• Information on Special Education
  www.wrightslaw.com
• Special Ed Advocacy
  www.specialed.about.com
• IDEA Information
  http://idea.ed.gov/
• California Special Ed Law
  www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/

Research

• Social Thinking                                         
  www.socialthinking.com/what-is-social-thinking/social-thinking-research
• Early Intervention, Hanen®                       
  http://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Research-Summaries/More-Than-Words-Parent-Research.aspx
• SCERTS
  http://www.scerts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10
• DIR/Floortime
  http://www.icdl.com/dirFloortime/research/index.shtml