Resources
Need some help?
Sometimes knowing we are not alone in facing a problem goes a long way to helping. Reading these books with your kids is a great way to talk about problems.
Picky, Picky Pete: A Boy and his Sensory Challenges by Michelle Griffin
This is Gabriel Making Sense of School by Hartley Steiner
Why Does Izzy Cover Her Ears? Dealing with Sensory Overload by Jennifer Veenendall
Meghan’s World: The Story of One Girl’s Triumph over Sensory Processing Disorder by Diane M. Renna
Arnie and His School Tools by Jennifer Veenendall
The Goodenoughs Get in Sync by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Sensitive Sam Sam’s Sensory Adventure Has a Happy Ending! by Marla Roth-Fisch
Squirmy Wormy: How I Learned to Help Myself by Lynda Farrington Wilson
My Great Big Feelings by C M Tolentino
I’m Not Weird, I Have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) by Chynna Laird
PossAbilities Children’s Therapy Group partners with parents and professionals to provide individualized therapy for children of all ages and “possabilities”. Poss-Abilities Children’s Therapy Group
Sensational Hope‘s mission is to service children in the Greater Kansas City Area with the primary dysfunction of Sensory Processing Disorder in helping to purchase needed therapy equipment and to provide community education through our speaking programs.
United Healthcare Grant Program UHCCF’s mission is to help fill the gap between what medical services/items a child needs and what their commercial health benefit plan will pay for. UHCCF grants provide financial help/assistance for families with children that have medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial health insurance plan.
Star Institute. Sensory Health and Wellness for the State, the Nation, and the World.
Heartland Therapeutic Riding Academy
Heartland provides equine-assisted services and therapies. HTR offers adaptive riding lessons, interactive vaulting, horsemanship classes and occupational therapy through hippotherapy. These activities and therapies provide physical, cognitive, and emotional growth through the movement of and emotional bond created with the horse.