Pediatric
Resources
Books written for children about Learning differences
Memoirs About learning Differences
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This resource page provides information
primarily related to the
learning disabilities that impact academic success. Many of these
children may also demonstrate attention, motor, emotional,
language and sensory difficulties. Therefore, related resources
are provided. Please visit
the Sensory Integration,
Autism and
Developmental Disabilities resource
pages for further information
and resources.
Books
Mainly
For Therapists and Educators
- Amundson,
Susan J., TRICS for Written
Communication,
O.T. Kids, Inc., Homer,
Alaska, 1998.
http://www.alaska.net/~otkids
Trics is an intervention resource focusing on students who experience
mechanical
and organizational difficulties during written communication and other
school tasks.
This book has many great strategies to generate effective solutions for
students
having difficulties with any area of school performance.
- Berry,
Jayne, Give Yourself a Hand,
Therapro,
Inc., MA, 1993.
This program
was developed to screen
first grade students for hand skill development
in their classroom and
includes remediation activities.
- Case-Smith, Jane,
Allen,Anne S., Pratt, Pat Nuse, Occupational
Therapy for Children,
Mosby Publishers, MO, 1996.
This is a comprehensive textbook on the role of occupational therapy in
pediatric
assessment and intervention in a variety of settings.
Occupational
Therapy for Children
- Dawson, Peg and Guare, Richard, Executive Skills in Children and
Adolescents,
The Guilford Press, New York, 2004.
This text explains the development of executive skills, informal
and formal assessment
tools and interventions to promote skills and coach students to succeed
in school.
Specific dysfunctions addressed are: acquired brain injury, autism
spectrum disorders,
Attention Deficit Disorder and sleep disorders that impact executive
function.
Executive
Skills in Children and Adolescents
- DeGangi, Georgia, Pediatric
Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior,
Academic
Press, London, 2000.
This text
provides
the latest theory, research and
treatment strategies for infants and children with problems of
regulation. Problems
addressed
include:
irritability and mood regulation, sleep and separation, feeding
disorders, attentional
problems and sensory-processing
problems.
Pediatric
Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior 
- Ianni,
Marilyn A. and
Mullen, Karen A., For Parents
and Professionals Preschool,
LinguiSystems,
Ill, 1999.
Designed for ages 2-5 years, the authors provide learning activities
organized into
groupings: creative play, songs, stories and gestures, movement, daily
routines
and games. This publisher specializes in books on speech and language,
health
care, reading and learning disabilities.
http://www.linguisystems.com
- Levine,
Kristin, O.T.R., Fine Motor
Dysfunction Therapeutic
Strategies in the Classroom,
Harcourt Assessment,
TX,
1991.
This
huge text book provides it all; a discussion on dysfunction and how it
develops
and the activities and adaptations to help improve
performance. Activities are designed
to improve performance in
the class or resource room, playground or gym class, at home
and
during extracurricular activities.
Fine
Motor Dysfunction Therapeutic Strategies in the Classroom
- Loiselle, Lisa and Shea, Susan, Curriculum Based Activities in
Occupational Therapy: An
Inclusion
Resource, Therapro, Inc., MA, 1996.
The
authors,
occupational therapists, present activities geared toward older
children
(i.e. third and fourth graders) with mild to moderate
impairment. The activities are
organized according to curriculum areas, both academic and nonacademic,
with
either lesson-
based, station-
based or whole class activities based models referred to
throughout the
book. Therapeutic objectives are also provided.
Books
Mainly
For Parents
- Briggs, Dorothy
Corkille, Your
Child's Self Esteem, Dolphin Books, New York, 1975.
This
is a practical, readable
guide to
raising responsible, productive, happy children.
Your
child's Self Esteem
- Greene,
Lawrence J., Learning
Disabilities and Your Child,
Fawcett Columbine, New
York, 1984.
Information
on diagnoses, specific learning problems, parenting, handling teenagers
and self esteem.
Learning
Disabilities and Your Child
- Greene,
Ross, The Explosive
Child: A New Approach
for Understanding and Parenting
Easily
Frustrated, Chronically
Inflexible Children, Harper
Paperbacks, 2005.
Dr.
Greene
presents an approach to be used with children who know the
rules, want to
cooperate but can't due to frustration and lack of
flexibility. He describes how his
methods work in the school setting as well as the home.
The
Explosive Child
- Greenspan,
Stanley, The
Challenging
Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying
the
Five "Difficult" Types
of Children, Perseus
Books Group, 1996.
Greenspan
describes most children as falling into five basic personality types:
the sensitive
child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the
inattentive child and the active/aggressive
child. He shows parents how to match their parenting to the
challenges
of their
particular
child and to use daily childrearing to enhance an individual
child's strengths and talents.
The
Challenging Child
- Hallowell, Edward, Ratey,
John, Driven to
Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit
Disorder from
Childhood through Adulthood, Touchstone, 1995.
- Ratey, John., MD, Shadow Syndromes:
The
Mild Forms of Major Mental
Disorders,
that Sabatage Us,
Bantum, 1998.
Ratey, describes using many anecdotes, the mild
forms of depression,
ADD,
autism and anxiety that impact learning.
Shadow
Syndromes
- Shaywitz,
Sally, M.D., Overcoming Dyslexia,
Vintage
Books, a Division of Random House
Inc., N.Y. 2005.
Websites
for Therapists,
Educators
and Parents
Carrie
Lippincott's
OTR/L 's website provides information on what areas occupational
therapists treat and what caretakers should look for when considering
getting help,
a list of resources including several articles she has
written on sensory and fine motor
development and treatment and success
stories including before and after treatment
handwriting samples.
Deanna
Sava OTR/L 's website provides a huge compilation of documents provided
by
pediatric therapists a
message board and chat group. This is very informative for therapists,
teachers and parents.
http://www.ldonline.org/
Information
on Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www.kidsot.com/
Mary Muhlenhaupt OTR/L is a presenter and writer with information on her
website related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement
Act (IDEA), related services, inclusion in the classroom and resources
for
evidence based practice.
http://www.kid-power.org/
Lots of information and resources on pediatric disabiities.
OTPlan
Therapists can get great treatment plan
ideas at this site. Select a skill to
work on and choose
an activity. Choose from a list of materials to find
skills that can be
worked on using them. Choose from a list of activities
to read a description, materials used, purpose and what skills it
addresses.
Prehension, Vision, & Feeding
Resources
Occupational therapist Rhoda Erhardt provides free downloads and
information
on books, videos and presentations related to hand skills, vision and
feeding.
Educational Activities Websites
Educational
games for preschool through sixth grade, links to sites with a
theme such
as math, many printables such as mazes, puzzles and coloring
pictures and project sites
such as looking at the food chain for
different grade levels.
http://www.funschool.com
Typing games, spelling games and
activities, cartoon builder, paint by number math
and lots of
other games and activities for all ages.
ADDitude
http://www.additudemag.com
A
magazine designed to
serve as a resource for people with ADD or AD/HD
or people who have
children with ADD or AD/HD.
©2008 Barbara Smith
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