RESOURCES

 

CHESTER COUNTY & REGION

Acting Antics: http://www.actingantics.org/

ALAW (Autism Living and Working): http://autismlivingworking.org/ 

ARC of Chester County: http://www.arcofchestercounty.org/   

ARC of Delaware County: http://www.thearcofdelco.org/  

ASA of Greater Philadelphia: http://www.asaphilly.org

Autism Alliance: www.autismallianceofchestercounty.org/

Chester County Intermediate Unit: http://www.cciu.org/

Collage: http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/volunteerway/org/10258991651.html 

Delaware County Intermediate Unit: http://www.dciu.org/dciu25/site/default.asp

Right To Education Task Force: http://righttoed.org/home.lasso

Safe Haven Farms: http://www.safehavenfarms.org/aboutsafehavenfarms

SPARC (Southeastern Pennsylvania Autism Resource Center): http://www.wcupa.edu/sparc/

Tempo Music: http://www.tempotherapy.com/

Therapeutic Horseback Riding: http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/volunteerway/org/opp/229711.html

WCU’s Speech and Hearing Clinic: http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/healthsciences/commdisorder/clinic.asp 


PENNSYLVANIA RESOURCES

 

PA Bureau for Autism Services Virtual Training Center: http://bastraining.tiu11.org/

PA Premise Alert: http://www.papremisealert.com/

PaTTAN:  http://www.pattan.k12.pa.us/ 


NATIONAL RESOURCES

Association for Science in Autism Treatment: http://www.asatonline.org/

Autism and PDD Support Network: http://www.autism-pdd.net/

Autism Science Foundation: http://autismsciencefoundation.wordpress.com/

Autism Society of America: http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

Autism Watch: http://www.autism-watch.org/

Going to College: A Resource for Kids with Disabilities: http://www.going-to-college.org/

Organization for Autism Research: http://www.researchautism.org/

Quack Watch: http://www.quackwatch.org/

The MIND Institute: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/events/dls_recorded_events.html

Wrightslaw: http://www.wrightslaw.com/ 

INTERVENTION FRAMEWORKS, MODELS, & STRATEGIS

ABA as a framework for teaching children with autism): http://www.behavior.org/autism/

Association Method: http://www.magnoliaspeechschool.org/general/associationmethod.pdf

DIR/Floor Time: http://www.icdl.com/dirFloortime/overview/index.shtml

Direct Instruction (an ABA Strategy): http://www.nifdi.org/index.html#what

Discrete Trial (ABA Strategy): http://www.autismspectrum.ilstu.edu/resources/factsheets/discretetrial.shtml

Do-Watch-Listen-Say (combines ABA and Developmental Approaches in Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines): http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/quill-4536/index.htm

Incidental Teaching (ABA Strategy): http://www.educ.ttu.edu/EDSP/burkhartproject/ModuleOne/Interventions/incidental_teaching.htm

Joint Action Routines: http://www.educ.ttu.edu/EDSP/burkhartproject/ModuleOne/Interventions/joint_action_routines.htm

Natural Environmental Teaching (an ABA Strategy): http://www.christinaburkaba.com/NET.htm

PBS (Positive Behavioral Support) (An ABA Strategy): http://www.apbs.org/new_apbs/autismDesc.aspx

PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) – A Communication Modality: http://www.pecs-usa.com/

Precision Teaching (an ABA strategy): http://precisionteachingwiki.blogspot.com/

PRT Pivotal Response Training (an ABA Strategy): http://psy3.ucsd.edu/~autism/prttraining.html and http://www.users.qwest.net/~tbharris/prt.htm

SCERTS (Social Communicative, Emotional Regulation, Transactional Support)-an eclectic strategy: http://www.scerts.com/the-scerts-model

Sensory Integrative Therapy; http://autism.healingthresholds.com/therapy/sensory-integration 

Social Stories and Cartoon Conversations: http://www.nifdi.org/index.html#what

Social Thinking (Michelle Garcia Winner): http://www.socialthinking.com/

TEACCH (Treatment and Education for Autistic and Communicatively-handicapped Children): http://www.autism-pdd.net/teacch.html and http://www.teacch.com/welcome.html

Verbal Behavior (an ABA Framework): http://www.verbalbehavior.pbwiki.com

Visual Strategies: http://www.educ.ttu.edu/EDSP/burkhartproject/ModuleOne/Interventions/visual_strategies.htm#

 

SUPPORT FOR ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES

 

Apraxia Kids: http://www.apraxia-kids.org/ 

Learning Disabilities OnLine: http://www.ldonline.org/ 

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Association: http://www.nlda.org/

Sleep Disorders: http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=3376&d=1071

Eating Disorders: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/medical/mealtime.html

CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder): http://www.chadd.org/

Sensory Integrative Disorders: http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/autism-and-sensory-integration.html

Hyperlexia: http://www.hyperlexia.org/aha_what_is.html


BOOKS

"Accept Difference: It's Time" by Elesia Ashkenazy: http://autism.change.org/blog/view/accept_difference_its_time

"Dear Family and Friends": http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/Dearfriends.pdf

"Don't Mourn for Us" by Jim Sinclair: http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/dontmourn.htm

"Everyone has Autism" by William Stillman: http://www.williamstillman.com/archive/everyone-has-autism.html

"How Do You Explain Autism to Rude Children" Or Should You Try?": http://www.autism-blog.com/how-do-you-explain-autism-rude-children-or-should-you-try

"Resolved Question: Parents of autistic children... How do you deal with people who don't understand?: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081128103912AAFBqWx

 "The World Needs Autism" by William Stillman: http://www.williamstillman.com/archive/the-world-needs-autism-condensed.html

"What Does Being Different Mean?" by Jim Sinclair: http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/different.htm

"What's Autism, Anyway?"  by Michelle Dawson: http://autismcrisis.blogspot.com/2006/10/whats-autism-anyway.html

Explaining Autism to a Child on the Spectrum - the comment section lists some great books for kids: http://autism.about.com/b/2007/03/21/your-advice-requested-how-to-explain-autism-to-a-child-on-the-spectrum.htm