Lighthouse Project
for Individuals with Unique Learning Needs
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Links to Related Web Sites
If you would like to suggest a site for inclusion on this page, please email us at webmaster@thelighthouseproject.com Therapy-Related ProductsThis site contains a wealth of products to help kids with every sensory profile. It is targeted at therapists, but they’ll sell to anybody! This is where The Lighthouse Project gets its oral motor blowers and other supplies, hand and arm motor development aids, fidget toys and many of the great products parents and professionals ask us about. Jeff, the guy who shops high and low to find the best therapeutic supplies he can find, does an outstanding job. Check them out! Many of the products we use comes from Integrations. Some of the more popular items from there are: Music for Concentration, Learning, Productivity and Thinking ; Vibrating pillows ; time timer ; weighted vests, etc ; seat cushions ; ball chairs ; special scissors. You can find more, and request a catalog at their website! These folks sell all kinds of Occupational Therapy supplies, including pencil grips, visual motor activities, fine motor activities, and Mary Benbow’s materials for handwriting and remediation of the visual-spatial-organizational deficits commonly found in a nonverbal learning disorder. This is the site for the popular Handwriting Without Tears program used by The Lighthouse Project in the Handwriting Classes. They offer booklets, teachers’ guides, and other handwriting-related products. This great site contains information and products relating to The Alert Program. This is a set of strategies and techniques for teaching people to self-regulate their alertness level. The famous Lighthouse Project “engine-changers” supply cabinet is filled with edible, squeezable, watchable, hearable, smellable possibilities to explore based on this program. This is a great general supply house for all kinds of therapy-related items, including weighted vests and blankets, therapy putty, brushes, fidget toys, and more. It’s a small company but they have some fun stuff to check out. The A.D.D. WareHouse is the leading resource for the understanding and treatment of all developmental disorders. The site contains a wealth of resources, including books, videos, and training programs. Sensory Integration Information, Resources, and Products This is the site of nationally-known sensory processing expert Diana Henry. Here you will find informative videos and sensory-related accessories as well as the ever popular Tool Kit for Teachers and Tool Kit for Students, booklets that lay out simple, easy to implement sensory strategies to support academic success. You can also see where Diana is going to show up next with husband Rick and the famous 5th wheel full of sensory integration tools and toys. This site contains information and products helpful to individuals with sensory processing differences. Their offerings include clothing, toys, books, and videos. For example, it’s HERE that you can find seamless socks and tagless t-shirts and all those items you wished someone would invent. Carol Kranowitz, noted author of The Out-of-Sync Child, has a very informative website, focusing on sensory integration issues in children. Carol has done more for the promotion of sensory integration than perhaps any other author, writing with wit and clarity and concise information to support individuals and their families who deal with sensory issues.
The Sensory Integration Network
A great site for resources on sensory integration dysfunction. Founder Lucy Miller is considered the foremost researcher in the area of sensory integration. If you ever said to yourself, “I wish more people knew about sensory dysfunction, it would make my child’s life so much easier” then go see this site and consider making a contribution to forward the research. Psychology Resources Dr. Robert Brooks is one of today's leading speakers on the themes of resilience, self-esteem, motivation, and family relationships. You can find good information on these themes on his site. You can read online from his monthly columns, or order from his books and tapes. PlusFour
Solutions is an
organization whose focus is the assessment of children and adolescents.
Neuropsychologist Steve Newton, Ph.D., has had years of experience working with
children with NLD, Asperger’s, Autism, Depression, and other learning
disorders. Information about NLD and other Learning Disorders This site is an excellent resource for parents, educators, and therapists. Their listing of accommodations is extensive and well-organized. They offer sound information on countless disorders. They provide resources and references and definitions and more – a real “go to” resource. A very informative site that focuses exclusively on NLD.
The site provides resources, links to other sites, question/answer section and
a great kid’s corner and was the first site on the web providing information
regarding NLD. (www.nldline.com)
Frequently asked questions about AD/HD (Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder)
A very informative site that focuses exclusively on AD/HD.
The link here is to their frequently asked questions page,
but the site has many other sections of interest as well.
(www.help4adhd.org) Other Cool Sites You Will Love This wacky, irreverent site will inspire you to keep your sink shiny, and is full of tips for how to organize chaos, and keep up with the clutter that tends to pile up in our homes. A must for increasing organization in your family. Free Spirit publishes many outstanding books on the topics of social skills, learning differences, and healthy child development in general. Over the years, we’ve purchased countless books from Free Spirit and they fly off our shelves (we have to be vigilant to get them back to the clinic.) You’ll be amazed to find books such as “How Rude” and “Bullies are a Pain in the Brain” and more – Founded by a teacher committed to supporting twice-gifted children, Free Spirit is well worth a visit. Coach Rick is both a trained physical education teacher, and an accomplished tennis professional. His motor skills camps are fun and he and Assistant Coach Dana Bargas have experience working with kids with learning differences. The camps provide a natural setting in which unique children and “typical children” (if there is such a thing) can mix and match and play and get stronger and more coordinated in a beautiful natural environment. We consistently receive rave reviews from parents we’ve sent to see Rick and Dana. Note of warning: If you sign your child up for a week of camp, they’re going to beg for another week, so be prepared. |
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