Empowering Parents Through Family Centred Intervention
Some links and resources which may prove to be useful.
Bouncyhappypeople.co.uk, all kinds of quality toys.
Readingtokids.org A really good American website with advice and suggestions about what books are good for which year group. For those of us who live in England you just have to remember that kindergarten is roughly the same as Reception and that the grade 1 is roughly the same as year 1, etc.
Great Schools is another really good American website with recommendations for some excellent books and information about which year group they are good for.
Fledglings is a national charity which aims to assist parents and carers of disabled children, or those with additional needs of any kind, by identifying, sourcing and supplying practical, affordable products to address every day issues.
Our approach is to focus on finding solutions to difficulties which arise as a consequence of the disability, rather than on the disability itself.
Our approach is to focus on finding solutions to difficulties which arise as a consequence of the disability, rather than on the disability itself.
Profectum means “progress” and the Profectum Foundation is dedicated to advancing the development of all children, adolescents and adults with autism and special needs. Our mission is to be at the forefront in creating new leadership, networking, and advancing interventions.
The DIRFloortime Model provides a framework to understand the functional emotional development and unique profile of every child, and a guide to create emotionally meaningful learning interactions that promote critical functional emotional developmental capacities. The objectives of the DIR®/Floortime™ Model are to build healthy foundations for social, emotional, and intellectual capacities rather than focusing on skills and isolated behaviors.
Autism and Understanding, a book by Walter Solomon with Chris Holland and Mary Jo Middleton.
The Waldon Approach to Child Development
Autism and Understanding sets out an approach based on Dr Geoffrey Waldon’s philosophy of the development of understanding, which centres on helping children learn how to learn.
The inspirational and well documented story of the author’s son, diagnosed at two with autism and as ‘basically sub-normal’; now a successful professional with a wife and child.
The Waldon Approach to Child Development
Autism and Understanding sets out an approach based on Dr Geoffrey Waldon’s philosophy of the development of understanding, which centres on helping children learn how to learn.
The inspirational and well documented story of the author’s son, diagnosed at two with autism and as ‘basically sub-normal’; now a successful professional with a wife and child.
Please note: we are based in London, UK,
but will travel to other areas by arrangement.
but will travel to other areas by arrangement.