Online Resources:

• PowerPoint Presentation by Meghan Prouse (includes information about her private practice)
• PowerPoint Presentation on Sensory Processing Disorder & Self-Regulation
• Sensory Motor Checklist
• Self-Regulation Resources
• Zones of Regulation
• Dr. Smith’s PowerPoint Presentation
• YouTube Video on Why Practicing Can Help with Emotional Regulation
• To Write or Type: That is the Question!
• Executive Functions
• Visual Perception: An Introduction
• What you Need to Know About Children & Youth with Sensory Processing Issues
• A Parents Guide to Screen Time
• Head Outdoors to Improve Attention Span
• The Importance of Integrating Reflexes
• Great Activities to Strengthen Fine Motor Skills
• Executive Function Activities for 7 to 12 Year Olds
• Executive Function Activities for 5 to 7 Year Olds
• Executive Functions for 3 to 5 Year Olds

Books of Interest:

• When my Worries Get Too Big: A Relaxation Book for Children who Live with Anxiety, by Kari D. Buron(Author), Brenda Smith Myles (Foreword)
• What Do You Do When You Worry Too Much, by Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)
• Why Do I Have To?: A Book for Children Who Find Themselves Frustrated by Everyday Rules, by Laurie Leventhal-Belfer and Luisa Montaini-Klovdahl
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students with NLD, Asperger Syndrome and Related Conditions, by Pamela Tanguay
• Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger’s Disorder: A Parent’s Guide, by Kathryn Stewart
• Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children, by Angela J. Hanscom and Richard Louv
• The Potty Journey: Guide to Toilet Training Children with Special Needs, Including Autism and Related Disorders, by Judith A. Coucouvanis
• Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
• Calm, Alert and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation, by Stuart Shanker
• Bloom: 50 Things to Say, Think, and Do with Anxious, Angry, and Over-the-Top Kids, by Lynne Kenney and Wendy Young
• Explosive Child, The: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, by Ross W. Greene PhD
• Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues, by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske
• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder (The Out-of-Sync Child Series), by Carol Kranowitz and Lucy Jane Miller

A huge thank you to Meghan Prouse, M.O.T., O.T.R. (Qc), O.T.Reg. (Ont), Occupational Therapist at Elements OT for sharing these resources and tools with us.  Meghan is currently taking new clients residing in the Ottawa-Outaouais area. You can contact her directly by email .