DDR Shopping List:
Recommended Reading and Purchase Information
Below is a list of books we recommend as providing useful information for those interested in developmental issues. The list includes the title, author, and includes a brief explanation about each publication. Follow the link given to order a book directly from its publisher or from Amazon. Books published by OEP should be ordered through DDR.
[NOTE: DDR is a member of the Amazon Associates program, and if you purchase a book by following the link to Amazon directly from the DDR website, Amazon gives DDR a referral fee.]
Books are organized into the following categories:
- General
- Health
- Sensory Integration, Cognitive, Language and Motor Development
- Vision
- Cookbooks
- School and Academics
- Vaccines
- Autism Recovery Stories
General
LEMER EnVISIONing a Bright Future: Interventions that Work for Children and Adults on the Autism Spectrum. The ONLY book you really need to understand how Total Load factors add up to make kids sick and result in the diagnosis of ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, PDD or Autism.
SCHULMAN and BIRNBAUM Practical Wisdom for Parents: Raising Self-Confident Children in the Preschool Years 
Health
McCARTHY and KARTZINEL Preventing and Healing Autism The ultimate "Autism Mom" and her pediatrician team up to help parents understand how a biomedical approach can help their children recover from and avoid autism.
ZAND and WALTON Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child A practical A-Z guide to natural and conventional treatments for infants and children. referenced by symptoms and disease.
Sensory Integration, Cognitive, Language and Motor Development
BIEL and PESKE Raising a Sensory Smart Child The ultimate handbook for anyone who wants to understand sensory integration issues.
BLUESTONE The Fabric of Autism: Weaving Threads Into a Cogent Theory A sensory approach to autism, which includes chapters on anxiety, sleep, nutrition and more. A unique appendix of exercises for Sensory Integration.
CHEATUM and HAMMOND Physical Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior
HENRY Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers Beautifully illustrated guide for therapists and parents. Includes chapters on teeth brushing, nail clipping, hair cutting, potty training and dressing.
HENRY and SAVA Sensory Tools for Pets: Animals and People Helping Each Other Stories and photos highlight techniques that use pets to help children and adults with sensory processing disorders.
JEREB:
- No Worries (CD and Booklet) Delightful CD brings rhythmic melody to promote sensory integration at home and in the classroom and clinic. Booklet provides insight and lyrics.
- Say G'Day (CD) Calming, fun and rhythmic songs for children to strengthen sensory-motor skills and improve attention, body awareness and learning.
O'HARA Movement and Learning CDs and Booklets Beanbag Ditties, the Wombat and His Mate, and Children's Songbook. These are a series of safe and simple movements to enhance brain development, integrate primitive reflexes and to help children age 3-8 learn efficiently. Activities are synthesized from Brain Gym, NLP and vision therapy.
WILLIAMS and SHELLENBERGER The Alert Program tapes, booklets, and CDs "How Does Your Engine Run©?" provideS the underlying theory and key concepts of the authors' self-regulation program for use in the home, school and therapy settings. These materials are full of practical ideas and songs to support children's self-regulation.
Vision
GESELL Vision: Its Development in Infant and Child Originally published over 50 years ago, this classic is a must read for anyone interested in child development. Beautifully illustrated and documented.
GETMAN How to Develop Your Child's Intelligence Explains the critical relationship between vision and intelligence. Essential for anyone considering vision therapy.
GETZ and McGRAW Seeing is Achieving How children's problems in school, sports and social activities can be corrected by developing good communication between the eyes and the brain.
HICKMAN and HUTCHINS Seeing Clearly An OT and OD suggest 40 fun visual perceptive activities for children and adults to use at home, at work, in school and in the clinic.
KAPLAN Seeing Through New Eyes The only book about vision therapy for children with autism, Asperger syndrome and other developmental delays by an optometrist who has worked with this population for many years.
KAVNER Your Child's Vision The guide to understanding vision from a behavioral standpoint. Everything you need to know age by age about children's vision development.
LANE Developing Your Child for Success A year's worth of activities to develop perceptual-motor, visual and cognitive skills. A must for OTs, educators and parents.
NUREK and WENDELBERG:
- Vision Development: Birth - 3 An introduction to how vision develops between birth and age three, this workbook encourages parents and professionals to enhance visual skills through play.
- Vision Development: Age 4 - 5: Kindergarten Readiness Workbook for parents and professionals. Continuation of the stages of vision development occurring between ages four and five.
- Vision in the Classroom Workbook for parents and teachers. An introduction to the role of vision development in learning. Designed to help understand, develop and improve students' visual skills in the classroom.
OEP Vision and Sensory Integration A multi-authored volume of articles highlighting new brain and rehabilitation research, sensory integration, vision correction in child development, the OT (Occupational Therapist) role and more. Over 30 pages of activities.
WENDLEBERG:
- Beanbags and Fun Develop visual and visual-perception skills with this kit of beanbags and scarves. A booklet with ideas for activities is included.
- A Different Approach to Academics A handbook offering innovative ways to teach math, spelling and reading by enhancing visual foundation.
ZELINSKY Open Your Eyes and Listen A parent and teacher's guide to visual processing written by an optometrist. Explains central and peripheral vision, the importance of neck muscles and the relationship between them.
Cookbooks
COMPART and LAAKE The Kid-Friendly ADHD and Autism Cookbook
GATES The Body Ecology Diet - 9th Edition Want to restore and maintain the important "inner ecology" of your gut, and at the same time prepare quick, delicious, nutritionally dense foods for your family? Try the BED!
SEROUSSI and LEWIS The Encyclopedia of Dietary Interventions The new joint effort of two veterans of special diets. Includes definitions of terms as well as recipes.
School and Academics
COHEN and GOLDSMITH Hands On: Brain Gym in the Classroom A practical manual providing teachers, parents and therapists with step-by-step ideas to support reading, handwriting, spelling and mathematical skills.
DENNISON Brain Gym Teacher's Edition THE guide of exercises and explanation to increase learning through movement and educational kinesiology.
FURTH and WACHS Thinking Goes to School Hundreds of games and activities for parents and educators to develop academic readiness and enhance visual thinking through play.
HENRY:
- Tools for Teachers and Tools for Students DVD or Videos with fabulous activities for kids of all ages designed by a seasoned occupational therapist. Videos and handbooks (see next listing) combine to provide innovative strategies for promoting efficient sensory processing at home and school.
- Tools for Parents Handbook, the Tool Chest for Teachers, Parents and Students, and Tools for Teens These three handbooks accompany videos or DVDs (see previous listing) to provide innovative strategies for promoting efficient sensory processing at home and school.
KALMAN: (All of these teach unique, simple solutions devised by a school psychologist and therapist.)
- Bullies to Buddies: How to Turn Your Enemies into Friends (for kids of all ages.)
- A Revolutionary Guide to Reducing Aggression between Children (for parents and teachers.)
- Stop Being Teased Without Trying (CD for victims.)
RICHARDS and REMICK Classroom Visual Activities A manual of practical visual activities providing educators with tools to help children improve the critical vision skills needed for learning.
WILSON: Activities to bridge OT techniques with the classroom to improve motor planning, timing, posture and sensory-motor processing. Includes 10 18" by 20" posters, a DVD and a booklet.
- Minute Moves for the Classroom Easy to follow movement routines set to music are warm-ups for vision, writing, reading fluency and attention. Includes "Rainbow Planet" CD.
- S'cool Moves Brain Gym meets Sensory Integration. Learn practical ways to support struggling learners of all ages. Great activities and pictures.
- Poster PE (Pre-K to Grade 3) and Poster PE (Grade 3 up)
Vaccines
KIRBY Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic
ROMM Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide
Autism Recovery Stories
EDELSON and RIMLAND Recovering Autistic Children Personal stories of families who are recovering their children with autism spectrum disorders using the Defeat Autism Now model.