These are our favorites
because we found them entertaining, informative or otherwise relevant.
(Click on the links below to learn more)
Catalogs,
periodicals, and OT resources
Handwriting
Without Tears
Southpaw Enterprises Catalog
Exceptional Parent Magazine
One Step Ahead Catalog
Leaps and Bounds Catalog
Discovery Toys
Visual Perceptual Skill
Builders
Advance
for Occupational Therapy Practitioners - patient
handouts
Books
The
Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder,
Revised Edition by Carol Stock Kranowitz
The
Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with
Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz
The
Goodenoughs Get in Sync: A Story for Kids about the Tough Day When
Filibuster Grabbed Darwin's Rabbit's Foot and the Whole Family Ended
Up in the Doghouse--An ... Introduction to Sensory Processing Disorder
by Carol Stock Kranowitz and T. J. Wylie
Answers
to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration: Forms, Checklists,
and Practical Tools for Teachers and Parents
by Jane Koomar, Carol Kranowitz, Stacey Szklut,
Lynn Balzer-Martin, Elizabeth Haber, Deanna Iris Sava
Nobody
Nowhere: the Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic
by Donna Williams
Somebody
Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism
by Donna Williams
The
Power of One: A Novel by Bryce Courtenay
The
Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominque Bauby
Thinking
in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin
Deaf
Like Me by Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley
Eye
Contact by Cammie McGovern
Baby
Play (Gymboree) by Wendy S Masi, Roni Cohen Leiderman,
Dr. Wendy S. Masi, Dr. Roni Cohen Leiderman
The
Way I Feel by Janan Cain
Louder
Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism
by Jenny McCarthy
All
Cats Have Asperger Syndrome by Kathy Hoopmann
Healing
ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the
6 Types of ADD
by Daniel G. Amen
Making
a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining
Optimal Mental Performance by Daniel G. Md Amen
Mind
Coach: How to Teach Children & Teenagers to Think Positive &
Feel
Good by
Daniel G. Amen
The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Demystifying
Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide to Diagnosis for Parents and Professionals
(Topics in Autism)
by Carolyn Thorwarth Bruey
Autism:
Myth or Reality? by Boris M. Levinson and Lucille Osterweil
Mercury
Rising by Ryne D. Pearson
Yoga
for the Special Child: A Therapeutic Approach for Infants and Children
With Down Syndrome, Cerabral Palsy, and Learning Disabilities by
Sonia Sumar, Leonardo Dinis, Jeffrey Volk, and Adriana Marusso
Of
Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck
He
Won't Get Far on Foot by John Callahan
Why
Can't Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by Karen Thompson,
Julie Andrzejewski
The
Miracle Worker by William Gibson
MOVIES
What's
Eating Gilbert Grape (Special Collector's Edition) (1993)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio Director: Lasse Hallström
Mr.
Holland's Opus (1996)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly Director: Stephen Herek
The
Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Starring: Chris Arnold, Cameron Bancroft
Children
of a Lesser God (1986)
Starring: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin Director: Randa Haines
Benny and June
The
Miracle Worker (1962)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory Director: Arthur Penn
Through
Deaf Eyes (2007)
Rain
Man (Special Edition) (1988)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Andrew Dougherty Director: Barry Levinson
Mercury
Rising - DTS (1998)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin Director: Harold Becker
Snow
Cake (2006)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver Director: Marc Evans
Scent
of a Woman (1992)
Starring: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell Director: Martin Brest
Autism
is a World - CNN
Starring: Sue Rubin, Julianna Margulies
Director: Gerardine Wurzburg
Shorty
(2003)
Starring: Walter "Shorty" Simms, Grady Hardeman
Director: Daniel F. Doyle
The
Other Sister (1999)
Starring: Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton Director: Garry Marshall
Pay
It Forward (2000)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt Director: Mimi Leder
My
Left Foot (Special Edition) (1989)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker Director: Jim Sheridan
I
am
Sam (New Line Platinum Series)
~ Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Dakota Fanning, and Dianne Wiest (DVD - 2002)
Radio
(2003)
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris Director: Michael Tollin
Regarding
Henry (1991)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Michael Haley Director: Mike Nichols
A
Summer to Remember (1984)
Starring: James Farentino, Tess Harper
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Murderball
(2005)
Starring: Dave Willsie, Kevin Orr (II) Director: Dana Adam Shapiro
