Resource book list suggestions from NAEYC at www.naeyc.org

1.      Getting It Right for Young Children from Diverse Backgrounds:  Applying Research to Improve    Practice.

2.      Children, Language, and Literacy: Diverse Learners in Diverse Times.

3.      Small Group Time to Scaffold Learning.

4.      Cara's Kit-Creating  Adaptations for Routines and Early Learning.

5.      Caring for Our Children-National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of Home Child Care Programs.

6.      Literacy Leadership in Early Childhood:  The Essential Guide.

7.      Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn:  Building Essential Skills in Young Children.

8.      The Power of Observation for Birth to 8.

9.      Literacy and the Youngest Learner:  Best Practices for Education of Young Children from Birth to 5.

10.  Exploring Water With Young Children (trainers guide available also).

11.  Carving Spaces, Learning Places, Children's Environments That Work.

12.  The World According to Mr. Rogers.

13.  The Diary of Laura:  Perspectives on a Reggio Emilia Diary.

 Last Early Childhood Webinar for the 2009-2010 Year

 April 13th was the last webinar featuring Sarah Hadley, Occupational Therapy Assistant.  Her presentation "Working With Sensory Development" is now available on our website at

http://www.nowlcms.org/educational_services/EarlyChildMin.aspx   

Sarah also left us with a number of resources that we would like to share with you:

Resources for Sensory Processing Disorders

Sensory Integration and the Child:

Understanding hidden sensory challenges

By A. Jean Ayres, PhD.

Sensory Integration Tools for Students:

Tool chest activities for home and school (DVD)

By Diana Henry, MS, OTR/L

Tools for Tots:

Sensory strategies for toddlers and preschoolers

By Diana Henry, MS, OTR/L

Tools for Teachers:

Sensory Integration in the school (DVD)

By Diana Henry, MS, OTR/L

Sensory Motor Handbook:

A guide for implementing and modifying activities in the classroom

By Julie Bissell, MA, OTR, Jean Fisher, MA OTR,  Carol Owens OTR and Patricia Polcyn, OTR

Sensory Secrets:

How to jump start learning in children

By Catherine Chemin Schneider, OTR

Sensational Kids:

Hope and help for children with Sensory Processing Disorder

By Lucy Jane Miller PhD, OTR

Take Five:

Staying alert at home and school

By Mary Sue Williams and Sherry Shellenberger

Raising A Sensory Smart Child:

The definitive handbook for helping your child with Sensory Integration issues

By Lindsey Biel, MA., OTR/L and Nancy Peske

Is It a Big Problem or a Little Problem? :

When to worry, when not to worry, and what to do

By Amy Egan, M.A., Amy Freedman, M.A., CCC-SLP, Judi Greenberg, M.S., ORT/L, and Sharon Anderson, OTR/L

The Out-of-Sync Child:

Recognizing and coping with Sensory Processing Disorder

By Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.

Useful Websites

www.kidfoundation.org

www.aota.org

www.sensory-processing-disorder.com

www.alertprogram.com

www.henryot.com

www.spdconnection.com

www.spdnetwork.org

www.sensorysmarts.com