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helping kids with sensory issues
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The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible ChildrenThe Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.67
The title may be negative, and there's some strong language in the book, but Greene's ideas about how to defuse tantrums in children with poorly developed impulse control are enlightening.
When the Brain Can't Hear : Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing DisorderWhen the Brain Can't Hear : Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis
Buy new: $10.55 / Used from: $6.90
This is the book that really gave me a handle on sensory-based and non-sensory based auditory processing disorders. I wish it had more advice on what to do (I'm a believer in low-cost auditory integration therapy but Bellis doesn't recommend it) but the information is incredibly helpful.
Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should KnowChildhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.94
Clear explanations of language disorders and how they interact with auditory processing disorders, including helpful advice on how to get your child the help s/he needs.
The Parents Guide to Speech and Language ProblemsThe Parents Guide to Speech and Language Problems by Debbie Feit
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.88
A very practical and helpful book for understanding your child's speech or language disorder, with advice on what you can do.
Lcp Solution: The Remarkable Nutritional Treatment (Pocket Healing Books)Lcp Solution: The Remarkable Nutritional Treatment (Pocket Healing Books) by Jacqueline Stordy
Buy used from: $7.52
Detailed information on how essential fatty acid supplementation can benefit your child who has neurological differences.
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with AutismThinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $8.01
Temple Grandin's explanation of how she thinks and perceives is not just a fascination read, but an invaluable look inside the minds of children for whom thinking in pictures is natural while thinking in words is a "second language."
Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a LifetimeKids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $1.97
Kurcinka offers parents a new way of understanding how to motivate their children to behave in a socially acceptable manner, through connection rather than a authoritative and dictatorial parenting style. Extremely helpful for parents of children with sensory issues, who have great difficulty with transitions and changes.
DizzydiscDizzydisc
Buy new: $89.88
Portable tool/toy for providing crucial vestibular input. Extremely highly recommended!
Valeo Body Ball (75 cm)Valeo Body Ball (75 cm)
Buy new: $12.53
There are so many ways to use this ball for sensory input, for children, teens, and adults!
Neutrogena Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock with Patented HelioplexTM Technology , SPF 45, 5 OzNeutrogena Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock with Patented HelioplexTM Technology , SPF 45, 5 Oz
Buy new: $9.73
For a child who loathes the feel of lotion, and is sensitive to additives in sunblock, this is a terrific product.
Play-Doh PD FUNFACTRY PLAY-DOH FUN FACTORYPlay-Doh PD FUNFACTRY PLAY-DOH FUN FACTORY
Buy new: $23.70
Fantastic toy for tactile and proprioceptive input. Also recommended: Any of the Play-Doh sets with cookie cutters and various molds.
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 Bundle (includes Dance Mat)Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 Bundle (includes Dance Mat)
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $20.00
It's unfortunate that you can't choose to edit out the overly suggestive cartoon female dancers, but this is an excellent toy for gradeschoolers and teens who crave the input created by jumping. Develops eye/ear/body coordination.