Sensitive Sam written by Marla Roth-Fisch is an engaging look at how Sam feels and interprets the world. This is a great book for little kiddos trying to understand why they feel “different” and also good for older kids to grasp sensory processing issues. The author explores many sensory situations including school - which we all know is a biggie with our kiddos. Occupational Therapy is introduced and Sam and his parents learn how to help Sam feel better and more comfortable.

This is an amazing resource for any family. Parents will benefit as well. Specially if you’re overwhelmed and having a hard time understanding how your child might be feeling. Why they’re clothes are irritating them, why they’re having negative behaviours.

The pictures are colorful and fun. You’ll love Sam! I bought my copy on Amazon, but it’s also on the Future Horizon’s website www.fhautism.com.

Hello friends of children with developmental disabilities:

PediaStaff has found an autographed copy of one of Dr. Stanley Greenspan’s books geared towards professionals.
Please join us in honoring Dr. Greenspan’s lifetime of work with special children by bidding on this book which we have put up for auction.
100% of the benefits will fund his dream to educate future leaders in the assessment and treatment of developmental, sensory, and regulatory disorders.

PLEASE VISIT THE AUCTION PAGE HERE

Please help promote this auction by publicizing it in your blogs, on your facebook, twitter and LinkedIn pages, in your newsletters and on your websites. This is a terrific opportunity to help a graduate student carry on Dr. Greenspan’s remarkable work and to honor his accomplishments! If you have special connections in the pediatric medical community and can get the word out to pediatricians and psychiatrists that would be a fantastic help to us!

Heidi Kay
CEO/VP of Marketing, PediaStaff

more about this auction:

AUTOGRAPHED COPY
OF DR. STANLEY I. GREENSPAN’S BOOK,
INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
The Practice of Clinical Assessment and Intervention With Emotional and Developmental Challenges
100% of Proceeds to Benefit the Dr. Stanley I Greenspan Memorial Scholarship Fund

Please join us in honoring Dr. Greenspan’s lifetime of work with special children by bidding on this book.
100% of the benefits will fund his dream to educate future leaders in the assessment and treatment of developmental, sensory, and regulatory disorders.

About this Item (including details about its condition):

This book, from the 3rd printing of Infancy and Early Childhood - The Practice of Clinical Assessment and Intervention With Emotional and Developmental Challenges, was sold to PediaStaff by an occupational therapist who attended one of Dr. Greenspan’s lectures where he signed her copy in (we think) 1997. A photo of the signature can be seen in this listing and reads “With Best Wishes, Stanley Greenspan” The book itself is in near perfect (very fine) condition, however the dust jacket is in “very good” condition. There are several small tears at the top and bottom of the jacket as if the book was read with the dust jacket on and perhaps moved around a fair bit. The photo of the book in this listing is the actual book and you can see the blemishes there.

The real beauty of this item is that Dr. Greenspan did not do public book store signings and he only signed limited numbers of copies of his books for friends, colleagues and students who specifically requested it. We do not know exactly how many signed copies there are of this item but there could be as few as 30 and certainly no more than 100.

About the Cause:

The Stanley Greenspan Memorial Scholarship fund, was established by the Greenspan family to support future leaders in the field of infant mental health and developmental disorders, currently enrolled or applying to the ICDL Graduate School.

The ICDL Graduate School offers a PhD program in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Developmental Disorders through a distance learning format for qualified applicants throughout the United States and abroad. This unique program is taught from an interdisciplinary developmental perspective and incorporates the insights and findings of the various fields focusing on the development of the mind and brain, emotions, cognition, language, motor and sensory functioning, and family functioning. The program’s goal is to provide students with an integrated developmental understanding of the full range of human functioning in infancy and early childhood, from the major mental health and developmental disorders to healthy adaptation. Approaches to observation, assessment, intervention, and the facilitation of healthy functioning are considered from this unique multidisciplinary developmental perspective. Learn more about the program here and more about the Stanley Greenspan Memorial Scholarship fund on the ICDL Website

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We’re looking forward to another great conference with Autism One. Please see their website for more information - I couldn’t get the photos to upload this morning!

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http://www.autismone.org/category/categories/conferences/2009-chicago-conference-page

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2009/12/07/chetry.childs.brain.cnn.html

I thought this was an informative and articulate study and explanation on children with autism’s brain function.  The more we understand, the better we are.

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Britt Collins, MS, ORT/L will be speaking on OT in the HOME and OT in the SCHOOL on December 4th, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

http://www.fhautism.com/Conferences/LittleRockSensoryConferenceDetails/tabid/192/Default.aspx

Also headlinging the conference is Carol Kranowitz, author of “The Out of Sync Child.”

Britt will be presenting at 1pm and again at 3pm.

All our best,

Jackie and Britt

For the month of September, our friend Dayna, has offered 100% of sales to benefit Special Needs United, our non-profit organization.  Thank you so much for your support!  Please check out her website and pick some wonderful smelling delights - I know I’ll be there:)

It’s the end of summer and the kids are all going back to school or homeschooling is back in session.  I hope you all enjoyed at least a few relaxing days with your families. 

Some fun and helpful news in the tech world is a new app for your iphone or itouch “Is that Gluten Free?”

FEATURES

- Over 13,500 VERIFIED Gluten-Free Products
- Over 300 Brands, including Private Label Grocery Store Brands
- Search by Category, Brand or Product Name
- Frequent, FREE Updates with New Products and Brands
- Searchable Ingredients Tab designating Safe, Unsafe and Possibly Unsafe Ingredients
- Handy Alphabetical Index for Categories, Brands and Ingredients
- One-touch link to the company’s website allowing you to search for more information

As someone fairly new to the Gluten Free world this can be a very helpful tool.  Navigating through the grocery store and at restaurants has become quite the task and I for one will take any help I can get. 

I’d love to hear from anyone who has brands or recipes they recommend.  We’ve got to the extreme in my house - GF/CF, dairy free and soy free - so we’re basically eating meats, fruits and vegetables.   I thought trying the diet was going to be excruciating for my child addicted to pizza and French fries and milk, but after the first week it’s been smooth sailing.  There are a plethora of amazing products to choose from and we’ve been going through trial and error. 

I’ve found giving my son a reward for his healthy eating does wonders in motivating his healthy eating.  Two treats he loves are Peanut Butter & Co’s “White Chocolate Peanut Butter,” which is sweetened with agave and is all natural, and Purely Decadent made with coconut milk non-dairy frozen dessert.  I know, that’s a mouthful, but it’s yummy and fabulous.

If you check out the “Is that Gluten Free?” app, be sure and let us know what you think. 

Okay - How COOL is this?  See article in The Autism News I got off facebook - which has ALL the good articles.  This is very exciting for our sensory sensetive kiddos.  Thank you AMC!  See you guys at the movies:)  Click on article below!

http://www.theautismnews.com/2009/07/01/autism-society-and-amc-entertainment-to-host-sensory-friendly-films-this-summer/

Britt and I talked to Jenn at Special Needs Kids Talk Radio this morning, click on link below to listen.

http://www.specialneedskidstalkradio.com/

Please check out Special Needs Kids Talk Radio for TONS of information and lots of parents, experts, authors, filmmakers all sharing information on how to help children with Special Needs kids.

Thank you Jenn for talking to us - it was a pleasure and we hope to be guests on your show again!

http://mommosttraveled.com/occupational-therapy-with-britt-collins-dvd-series/

The site is written and run by CanCan, the mother of two strapping young boys; Jojo (born 10/04) and Deeds (born 8/07). They have logged in lots of miles, traveling around the globe.  She’s got lots of great information - so check her out.  I for one loved the blog about the coconut oil, which I ordered after reading. 

Enjoy!