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featured resource - june 2011

Raw Foods on a Budget, by Brandi Rollins, MS

Adding raw, living food to your diet gives you a boost unlike any candy bar you've ever had ... and with NO after-sugar crash.  Raw food is easy to prepare, it's healthful, it's delicious,.  And in her e-book, "Raw Foods on a Budget," Brandi Rollins shows us how to do it without breaking the bank.   Brandi shares the benefits of eating more raw food in our diets, and offers a wide variety of easy-to-make recipes to get us started on our raw food journey.  

New to the concept of Raw Foods?  I bet your're not ... if you eat an apple, a carrot, or a salad ... you've done Raw Foods!  In her e-book, Brandi shows us how to make meals, smoothies and treats (like strawberry ice cream, mint gelato, pecan praline) ... yum :D  




Click HERE to download chapters 2 and 3 for free!

PURCHASE YOUR COPY OF Raw Foods on a Budget at www.rawfoodsonabudget.com.



Previously featured resources:


May. 2011: The Reading Focus Card by Joan Brennan of Brennan Innovators, LLC  - www.brennaninnovators.com  and www.readingfocuscard.com

April. 2011:  www.recyclingot.com  Barbara Smith, M.S., OTR - The Recycling Occupational Therapist

March. 2011:   www.kidcompanions.com Safe, chewable necklaces that provide effective and timely proprioceptive input to the jaw.

January. 2011:  Sound-Eazetm and School-Eazetm www.route2greatness.com.   CDs of everyday sounds to help hearing-sensitive children desensitize and become more familiar and comfortable with common sounds in their lives. 

November. 2010:  Video   Barbara Gini of www.bodylogique.com teaches the importance of breath in her Yoga classes for children.

June. 2010:  "Mixed Signals: Understanding and Treating Your Child's Sensory Processing Issues"   by Mary Lashno, OT.  2010 National Parenting Publications Gold Award Winner. 

May
. 2010:  "Overwhelm No More! - The Complete System for Balanced Living for Parents of Children with Special Needs" and "Balanced Living All Year - For Families of Children with Special Needs"  by Joan Celebi www.specialneedsparentcoach.com

March/April 2010
:  Sensory Processing Master Class DVD by Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide and Lindsey Biel, MA OTR/L.  Click here for more information and to purchase.

Feb. 2010:  "The Sensory Team Handbook: A hands-on tool to help young people make sense of their senses and take charge of their sensory processing"  by Nancy Mucklow

Jan. 2010: "Early Intervention Games: Fun, Joyful Ways to Develop Social and Motor Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum or Sensry Processing Disorders," by Barbara Sher, MA, OTR/L

Sensory Processing Disorder explained by Lucy Jane Miller of the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation:

Listen as Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, the foremost sensory processing researcher in the country for the past 30 years, explains the intricacies of sensory processing disorder and the various manifestations. Miller details the three classic patterns of SPD and their symptoms to help practitioners better understand the differences between them.  8:00 minute webcast.

sensory streettm articles:

"Out of the mouths of babes: Let's try using the Feingold Program to help children who are challenged by Sensory Processing Disorder":
Click here to download. Written for Pure Facts, Newsletter of the Feingold Associations of the United States, October 2009

"It's a Sensory Thing...": 
Click here to download. Written for www.ConfidentStudent.com

Do You Know Me?  The Original Flyer created by Melissa Zacherl

 
Created by Melissa Zacherl, this adorable flyer highlights many of the signs of sensory processing disorder (SPD), and offers great advice on how to help these wonderful children. sensory streettm thanks Melissa Zacherl for providing her copyrighted piece for this website.

Click to download:
Parent version
Parent version - Spanish (translated by Jim Zelaya, my husband)
helpful links

www.alertprogram.com
The Alert Program  "How Does Your Engine Run?" by Mary Sue Williams, OT and Sherry Shellenberger, OT

www.Abilitations.com
Serving the needs of individuals with special needs and learning differences. Our occupational therapy, special education, physical therapy, and speech therapy product mix focuses on movement, positioning, sensorimotor, exercise, aquatics and play.

www.ATeachabout.com
Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA and Henry OT Services, Inc. offer school based and individual occupational therapy services to support the mandates of 'No Child Left Behind'.

www.BaltimoresChild.com
Magazine - free at many locations in town - Baltimore's Best News for Children and Families. Sections include Toddlers, Special Needs, Teens, Community Events, etc.

www.BrainFogNoMore.com
Simple Steps for supporting brain health in children and adults.

www.confidentstudent.com
Provides children and adults individualized coaching and consulting services based in neuroscience. Whether one-on-one or in a small group setting, Confident Student addresses unique learning needs not met in traditional settings.

www.Consumerwatch.com
Information about dangerous products and recalls that affect consumers worldwide.

www.DevDelay.org 
Developmental Delay Resources - meeting the needs of children with developmental delays in sensory, motor, language, social, and emotional areas. DDR tracks trends and publicizes research about factors that could put children at risk.

www.DianneCraft.com
"The Biology of Behavior" explores the physical causes of behavior, attention, and sensory processing problems in children. A Must Have!

www.Feingold.org
The Feingold® Association of the United States is dedicated to helping children and adults apply proven dietary techniques for better behavior, learning and health, and to generating public awareness of the potential role of foods and synthetic additives in behavior, learning and health problems.

www.FHSensory.com
Future Horizons is pleased to offer books and videos that speak to the sensory challenges that many children and adults deal with every day. They have long been a world leader in the specific field of autism/Asperger’s Syndrome but felt extending into the broader scope of sensory issues would serve even more people. Sponsors of Carol Kranowitz workshops.

www.gameslady.com 
Website of Barbara Sher, OT. Barbara has been working as a private practitioner with pediatric to geriatric patients and as a workshop leader and occupational therapist since 1967. She is the author of eight books and one CD/tape on activities for children. Barbara lives and works on the island of Saipan and Tinian, respectively, and has presented workshops in Cambodia, Nicaragua, Vietnam, honduras, Roratonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Laos and more. She's workd for Save Our Children, Universities, hospitals, and her favorite: orphanages. Barbara LOVES games! Sign up for her free games today.

www.IntegratedListening.com

The listening therapy program preferred by Lucy Miller and the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation.
The founders of iLs, Kate O’Brien Minson and Randall Redfield, have worked with professional clinicians and their clients for many years. The recent trend of combining auditory stimulation with movement has yielded such impressive results that they were inspired to develop new, integrated listening programs for both clinical and home use. iLs programs draw on the knowledge of experts in the fields of audiology, speech therapy, movement therapy, occupational therapy, and kinesiology.

www.IntegrativeNutrition.com
The basis of sensory streetTM's holistic health counseling practice. A whole person approach to offering balance into life...finding the balance of nutrition, exercise, mindful practices that's right for YOU.

www.KennedyKrieger.org
Kennedy Krieger Institute dedicates themselves to helping children and adolescents with disorders of the brain and spinal cord achieve their potential and participate as fully as possible in family, school, and community life. Offers services including OT, PT, SLP and more. Baltimore, MD based.

www.nifplay.com 
Founded by Stuart Brown, MD, the National Foundation for Play believes that play is just as important for adults as it is for children. With play woven into the fabric of social practices, we will dramatically transform our personal health, replationships, the education with give our children and the capacity of our corporations to innovate. GO PLAY!

www.out-of-sync-child.com
Website of Carol Kranowitz, author of the 'aha' book of Sensory Processing Disorder, "Out of Sync Child," and many others.

www.nomorelearningdisorders.com
Their revolutionary board game... "A Fist Full of Coins," assists in creating a ‘pathway’ within the brain, connecting left and right hemispheres, as the brain performs the required tasks to play the game. Fun!

ot4kids.co.uk
Occupational Therapy for babies and children in London. In addition to providing an important service to the children in her community, Munira Adenwalla, OT, is reaching out raise awareness of sensory processing challenges in children in her city of London, England, and beyond. 


Barbara Smith, MS, OTR teaches us creative ways to transform every day un-unusables into therapy tools for folks from pediatric through geriatric years. Barbara's website is filled to the brim with information and strategies.
Rescue® Remedy is an emotional ally for its calming and centering energy and is relied upon by people around the world to provide unconditional support during demanding times. Sensory StreetTM recommended.

CDs created by an Occupational Therapist and a Music Therapist as a fun way for parents, teachers and therapists to help children with auditory sensitivity and fear of loud noises. Sound-Eze and School-Eze. 

www.sense-ablebaby.com
Where you can find thorough information about sensory processing in babies and it's impact on development. Created by
Created by Teresa Bake DeLa Isla, OT.

www.SensoryCraver.com
One-stop-shop for therapy products, including weighted blankets, lap pads, hoodies, vests and more. Sensory-Street approved.


www.SensoryCritters.com
Sister website to www.SensoryCraver.com.

www.SensorySmarts.com
Home of "Raising a Sensory Smart Child," co-authored by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske. Website lists many resources and offers monthly tips for supporting your sensory child.


www.SensoryTeamHandbook.com
Home of "The Sensory Team Handbook," by Nancy Mucklow.
This website is dedicated to providing parents of pre-teens and teens with information on how to help these young people with sensory issues.  Also see www.nancymucklow.com

www.SIFocus.com
The International magazine dedicated to improving sensory integration, founded by Kathleen Morris, MS, CCC/SLP. Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA, Editor-in-Chief.

www.SPDBayArea.org
A significant resource for SPD that supports SPD recovery, including SPD-TIPS, an online parent chat group.

www.SPDCanada.org
The first organization to build awareness and understanding of sensory processing disorders through education and collaboration in Canada. Founded by Lori Fankhanel, Founder and President of Sensory Processing Disorder Canada.

www.SpecialNeedsParentCoach.org
Joan Celebi, Ed.M., CLC is a life coach and mom of a child with special needs. She provides personalized parent support, and education for individuals, schools, and organization. Her first book, Overwhelm No More!: The Complete System for a Balanced Life for Parents of Children with Special Needs, helps provides a step-by-step program to create a joyful, balanced life.

www.SpeechandMotion.com 
Founded by JoQueta Hayes, M.S., CCC-SLP. JoQueta's unique approach to helping children and their families reduces frustration, builds self-esteem, improves efficiency, and recognizes the personal learning strengths that every child possesses. Identifying what is beautiful and unique about a child, while incorporating language, cognition and processing skills with physical awareness, is Speech & Motion.

www.SPDFoundation.net
Expanding knowledge, fostering awareness and promoting recognition of Sensory Processing Disorder since 1979. Lucy Jane Miller, MS, OTR/L, Executive Director.

www.SticKids.com
Designed by Meryle Lehn, BOT(c), SticKids is a software and activity kit that supplies user friendly treatment strategies to support Sensory Processing, Sensory Integration and motor challenged children. Easily create unlimited trackers, planners, games and activity cards. 

www.UnderArmour.com
Comfortable, breathable sports clothing that provides calming and organizing deep pressure for both children and adults with sensory challenges. Sensory StreetTM approved!

www.WaterCure.com
The importance of water and the effects of dehydration on the body.
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