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Westfall Occupational Therapy Services WOTS is owned and operated by Hitomi A. Westfall, OTR/L |
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220 Wright
Brothers Ave. Suite B Livermore,
CA 94551 (925) 443-6383 |
Catalogs
for the purchase of resources, equipment, supplies and developmentally
appropriate toys: v
Abilitations
(www.abilitations.com) v
Achievement
Products (www.achievementproducts.org) v
Ball
Dynamics (www.balldynamics.com) v
Beyond
Play (www.beyondplay.com) v
Crestport
Press (707) 537-0580 v
OT
Ideas, Inc (www.otideas.com) v
Pocket
Full of Therapy (www.pfot.com) v
Professional
Development Products (www.pdppro.com) v
Sensory
Resources (www.sensoryresources.com) v
SouthPaw
Enterprises (www.southpawenterprises.com) v
Therapro
(www.theraproducts.com) v
Therapy
Shoppe (www.therapyshoppe.com) v
Vital
Sounds (608) 278-9330, fax (866) 829-6331 Books/Resources that have been helpful for parents in
understanding the needs of their child with SPD: These may be purchased from the
catalogs listed above. v
How
Does Your Engine Run? The Alert Program for Self Regulation v
Making
Sense of Sensory Integration (available as book or audiotape) v
Sensabilities:
Understanding Sensory Integration v
Sensory
Integration: A Foundation for Development v
Sensory
Integration: Answers for Parents (from Crestport Press) v
Sensory
Integration and the Child: Understanding Hidden Sensory Challenges v
The
Out of Sync Child v
Too
Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight v
Unlocking
the Mysteries of Sensory Dysfunction Books that provide activity suggestions for children: These may be
purchased from the catalogs listed above. v
Core
Concepts in Action (from Vital Sounds) v
Just
Take A Bite v
Kids
on the Ball v
101
Activities for Children in Tight Places v
The
Out of Sync Child has Fun v
Take
Five: Staying Alert at Home and School v
Tools
for Parents v
Tools
for Teens Organizations that provide information and support for
individuals and professionals interested in Sensory Processing Disorder
(SPD): v
KID
Foundation (www.kidfoundation.org): a non-profit organization
developed by Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, in order to Òfocus on research,
education and advocacy related to Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)Ó. v
SPD
Network (www.spdnetwork.org): a website dedicated to
providing information to parents and professionals regarding Sensory
Processing Disorder (SPD). The site has a list of providers as well as
several links to articles and information about SPD and how to assist those
individuals who have symptoms of SPD. v
SPD
Bay Area Resource Group (www.spdbayarea.org): provides information and
resources to parents of children who have SPD, living in the San Francisco
Bay Area of California. Resources for Parent & Professional Support and
Education: v
The
American Hyperlexia Association (www.hyperlexia.org): National association for
hyperlexia v
The
Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the United States (www.asperger.org) v
Autism
Society of America (www.autism-spectrum.com) v
CHADD
(www.chadd.org): Provides education, advocacy
and support for those with ADD/ADHD v
The
Connections Center For Family and Personal Development (www.connectionscenter.com): Supports the work of Dr. Steven
Gutstein, PhD, and Dr. Rachelle K. Sheely, PhD, developers of the
Relationship Development Intervention Program (RDI). v
Federal
Resource Center for Special Education (www.autism-info.com): provides information on autism
and includes directories by state. v
The
Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (www.icdl.com): Supports the work of Dr.
Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. the developer of the DIR/Floortime treatment
approach. v
Lose
The Training Wheels (www.losethetrainingwheels.org): This site provides information
about a specialized program developed by Dr. Richard E. Klein, in order to
teach children with special needs to ride a bicycle without training wheels.
Two of my clients participated in the January 2006 event with great success,
accomplishing in one weekend (with another week or two of practice at home)
what they have been trying to do for a couple of years. v
Parents
Helping Parents (www.php.com): A parent support group for
those whose children are affected by developmental or learning disabilities. v
Schwab
Foundation for Learning (www.schwablearning.org): Supports the work of Dr. Mel
Levine, well known for his work in understanding the needs of children with
learning disabilities. v
Tourette
Syndrome ÒPlusÓ (www.tourettesyndrome.net): by Leslie E.
Packer, PhD provides information about Tourette Syndrome as well as a number
of other childhood disorders. It includes links to other articles and
information as well as information to support performance at school
(classroom, homework, test taking, etc). Organizations that govern and support the OT profession
and OT professionals who practice in California: v
AOTA
(www.aota.org): The American Occupational
Therapy Association, Inc. v
NBCOT
(www.nbcot.org): The National Board for
Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. v
CBOT
(www.bot.ca.gov): The California Board of
Occupational Therapy v
OTAC (www.otaconline.org): The Occupational Therapy
Association of California |
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