Website Articles:

• Swing Therapy and Sensory Integration for Special Needs Children
• Trampolines Are Good Therapy
• 6 Sensory Activities for Kids Who Climb and Jump
• Kids Just Can’t Resist Flying Through the Air On A Backyard Zip Line
• The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) – a validated developmental screening tool for toddlers between 16 and 30 months of age. It is designed to identify children who may benefit from a more thorough developmental and autism evaluation. There is an option to register on the site, but you may also take the test without registering.

Useful Websites:

• STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder
• Autism Speaks
• Cerebral Palsy Organization
• Cerebral Palsy Support Group
• National Down Syndrome Society

Books:

The following books are available for parent review at the Sensory Playce
*If you have a book recommendation we would love to add it to our collection.

• Raising A Sensory Smart Child – Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L and Nancy Peske
• Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions – Pat Harvey, LCSW-C and Leanine A. Penzo, LICSW
• 1-2-3 Magic – Thomas Phelan
• The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun – Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
• Helping Your Anxious Child – Ronald M. Rapee, PH.D. and Ann Wignall, D.PSYCH. and Susan H. Spence, PH.D. And Vanessa Cobham, PH.D. And Heidi Lyneham, PH.D.
• The Bipolar Child – Demitri Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos
• Bipolar Kids – Rosalie Greenberg, M.D.
• The Out-Of-Sync Child – Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
• Positive Discipline – Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.
• Parenting a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder – Christopher R Auer, MA, with Susan L. Blumberg, PH.D.

Department of Health and Welfare

• Children’s Mental Health
• Infant Toddler Program

Local Support Groups

• Boise Autism Mom’s (BAM): an online Facebook support group for moms of individuals on the autism spectrum
• Treasure Valley/Idaho Special Needs Parents: A Facebook support group for parents of children with special needs.
• Courageous Hearts of Idaho – A support group for families in Idaho who have or have had a child affected by a heart condition, as well as adults with heart disease looking to give and get support.
• Treasure Valley Down Syndrome Association – Providing support and education through parent meetings, workshops, reading materials, and more.

Clinics offering Pediatric Occupational Therapy

• Kaleidoscope Pediatric Therapy 
• The Lotus Tree
• St Luke’s Children’s Rehabilitation
• Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy
• Children’s Therapy Place
• Lullaby Waters
• Idaho Pediatric Therapy Clinic
• Advanced Therapy Care
• Northwest Neurobehavioral Medicine
• Calico Pediatric Therapy Center
• The Children’s Therapy & Learning Center
• Saint Alphonsus Rehabilitation Services (STARS) Pediatric
• Kids Care Home Health

Treasure Valley Vision Therapy Providers

• Advanced Vision Therapy Center
• Artesian Optics
• Focus Vision Therapy 

Local Resources Services

• Idaho Parents Unlimited
  Telephone: 208-342-5884
  Address: 4619 Emerald, Ste. E, Boise, ID 83706
• Idaho Federation of Families For Children’s Mental Health
  Telephone: 208-433-8845
  Address: 704 North 7th Street Boise, ID 83702
• National Alliance on Mental Illness Boise
• IdahoAutism.com

The resources found in this section are a sample list of resources, articles and links we have found useful. If you have a resource you’d like to recommend, please contact us: