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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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

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/

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!

Hi there - we’ve got a special Autism One Radio show airing tomorrow, June 5th, 2009 on autismone.org.  Dr. Angela N. Hissong and Britt Collins, M.S., OTR/L talk about Moms!  How they need their own time, how to do this, how insurance can help, and then they go over resources, tips and suggestions.  I know I sure enjoyed the show and I was the one asking questions:)

Here’s a list of Dr. Angela N. Hissong’s recommended resources:

1. Ban Breathnach, S. Simple Abundance Series. http://www.simpleabundance.com/
2. Bateson, M. C. (1990). Composing a life. New York: Penguin Publishing.
3. Belenky, M.F., Clinchy, B.M, Goldenberger, N.R., & Tarule, J.M. (1986). Women’s ways of knowing: The development of self, voice, and mind. New York: Perseus Books.
4. de Marneffe, D. (2004). Maternal desire. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
5. Domar, A. (2000). Self-nurture. Learning to care for yourself as effectively as you care for everyone else. New York: Penguin Putnam Publishing.
6. Hasselkus, B.R. (2002). The meaning of everyday occupation. Thorofare: Slack.
7. Louden, Jen. Comfort Queen Series http://www.comfortqueen.com/
8. Morrow-Lindbergh, A. (1955). Gift from the sea. New York: Pantheon. ://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5232208
9. Ruddick, S. (1989). Maternal thinking. Boston: Beacon Press.
10. SARK Series http://www.planetsark.com/index.htm

Dr. Angela N. Hissong, OTR/L, CAPS  BIO and current information:

Dr. Angela N. Hissong is a community-based occupational therapist and faculty in the occupational therapy programs at Pennsylvania State University & Chatham University. She received a doctoral degree from Pennsylvania State University in adult education with an emphasis on feminist studies and women’s wellness. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned a baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy from the Medical College of Virginia. She also holds a baccalaureate degree in biology focusing on health sciences and a master’s degree in special education from Shippensburg University.

Dr. Hissong sincerely attempts to facilitate ways of knowing & learning in the areas of everyday living issues for children and youth, rural women’s health and well-being, and agriculture-related disabilities. Her primary areas of research and evidence-based practice involve gleaning a better understanding of the occupational performance, challenges, and adaptations of children and youth, mothers living in rural communities, and farmers with disabilities. She resides on a small farm in south central PA with her husband, two sons, and a host of animals.

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Occupational Therapy Assistant Program

http://www.ma.psu.edu/ota

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http://aee.cas.psu.edu/agrab/Agrability.html

University Park

Hi everyone - Britt and I are up on facebook.  Still figuring out how to do some of the applications - but so far it’s pretty fun and I’ve already started meeting some cool parents.

You can find us at:

Jackie Linder Olson  and Britt E. Collins - our page is under www.TRPwellness.com  not to be confused with the website - it’s an actual Facebook page! 

Become a fan of our www.TRPwellness page on Facebook and join our discussion boards and keep up on what we have going on.  It’s a great place to meet other parents and professionals.

See you there!

Good Morning America - Movement in Schools

CLICK ON WORDS ABOVE TO SEE CLIP

Check out this clip from Good Morning America - it’s wonderful!!! This explains how kids need to move in the classroom and this increases blood flow to the brain.

You can learn more about this and suggestions of how to incorporate movement into lessons on our OT in the School DVD where Britt walks you through a day in the classroom.  We’re so excited this information is becoming more and more mainstream.

Wow - what an amazing conference. I’m so impressed with what Teri and Ed Arranga pulled together. The doctors, therapists, homeopaths, parents - everyone had so much information and research to put on the table. I left with two bags full of brochures and literature about the latest and greatest in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Thank you Autism One! I will definitely be back next year.

I’ll be blogging about all the wonderful therapies, treatments, and overall exhibitors that were there. I want to share as much as I can about the people that gathered in the name of helping each other.

Below are some fun features at the conference - I’ll save the meat and potatoes in the upcoming days.

First off - Karaoke night put on by Thriiive.com was really fun. It was a great opportunity to meet other parents and conference attendees. And now I have video of Britt singing “Waterfalls” by TLC. The rap portion is particularly fun to watch and will make for great blackmail. Kidding Britt - I’ll only show a FEW people. Thankfully, we met some lovely ladies from Iowa - big shout out!!! - who could sing for real. Sarah - I’m talking about you - and it was great to relax after a long day of learning. Thank you to Dana of Thriiive.com who worked the room and karaoke machine.

Second - Spa Night - put on by unlockingautism.org - was a wonderful, relaxing night about how to take care of ourselves ladies! They had the best smelling skin scrub I had ever smelled (Marigold!) by Lane Michaels http://www.lanemichaeldayspa.com/, yummy chap sticks, lotions and soothing eye treatments. We then went to the next room and got a demonstration by Julia of Faithfully Fit - who lead us through a stretching and relaxation routine that felt awesome. As moms of children with autism and other special needs, we often forget to breath. Thank you to unlockingautism.org for reminding us that we’re important too!

Much more to come! There is so much to share. It will take me days to sort through all the great and powerful information. Thanks for reading - Jackie

AND I LOVE CHICAGO! What a gorgeous city. Britt and I were lucky enough to sneak away on Thursday and go on a shoreline architecture tour that left out of Navy Pier. Unbelievably gorgeous tour that navigated us through the Chicago River and our brilliant tour guide explained the history behind the magnificent buildings. Highly recommend this adventure for those that attend the next Autism One Conference!