Books/ Journals

Books we Love

Brain Damage: The most common cause of visual impairment in Children: Part 1
Gordon Dutton

Little Bear Sees: How Chlidren with Cortical Vision Impairment can learn to see
By Aubri Tallent, Andrei Tallent,
Fredy Bush

Fit Baby, Smart Baby, Your Baby! From Birth to age 6
The Gentle Revolution
By Glenn Doman, Douglas Doman,
Bruce Hagy

How Smart is your Baby? Develop and Nurture your Newborn’s full potential
By Glenn Doman and Janet Doman

How to Teach your Baby to Read
By Glen Doman and Janet Doman

Movement Based Learning: For Children who have Special Needs
By Cecilia E. Koester, M.Ed.

Movement Based Learning: For Children who have Special Needs
By Cecilia E. Koester, M.Ed.

What to do About your Brain Injured Child
By Glenn Doman

Books on the Reading List

More than a Mom: Living a full and balanced life when your child has special needs
By Amy Baskin and Heather Fawcett

Visual Impairment in Children do to Damage to the Brain
By Gordon N. Dutton and Martin Bax

For Georgie

Giraffes can’t Dance
By Giles Andreae

It’s OK to be different
By Todd Parr

Journal/ Articles

Active Learning for Children With Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities, Johnson, Kenalea; Griffin-Shirley, Nora; Koenig, Alan J. JOURNAL OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT & BLINDNESS, vol. 94, #9, September 2000, pp. 584. (2000). LeWinn, Edward B., Physiological Factors in Childhood Epilepsy in Epilepsia, 21:425 – 432, 1980. Raven Press. New York. LeWinn, Edward B., A Bill of Particulars on Seizures and on Discontinuing Anticoagulant Drugs.

Family Resources

Local Resources

Blind-lo-Vision – Ontario

CCAC – Community Care Access Centre

http://www.inform.hamilton.ca/record/HAM4074

Life without Compromises

http://www.lifewithoutcompromise.ca/index.html

Little Bear Sees – Helping Visual Impaired Children Learn to See

http://www.littlebearsees.org/

March of Dimes Canada

http://www.marchofdimes.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx

Respite Services

http://www.respiteservices.com/

SafeHaven

http://www.safehaven.to/

Three To Be

http://www.threetobe.org/about-us/

Three to Be – Parent Advocacy Link

Brenda Ferland Agnew – Inspiring Blogger

https://palparent.wordpress.com/

Funding and Equipment

Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD)

https://www.respiteservices.com/Waterloo/index.aspx?ArticleID=340&lang=en-CA

Easter Seals

http://www.easterseals.org/

For the Needy not the Greedy

Non Profit Organization that donates refurbished special needs equipment 

http://www.fortheneedy-notthegreedy.com/

The Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity

http://www.jenash.org/

Presidents Choice – Children’s Charity

http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s52101

United Health Care

http://www.uhccf.org/apply_applicant.html

Recreation

Contact Hamilton

http://contacthamilton.com/

Fermata Music Therapy – Hamilton

http://www.fermatamusictherapy.com/

Salt Water Public Swimming 

Dundas Ontario

http://www.swimmersguide.com/ViewFacility.aspx?fid=19069

Links

Different Paths

The Institute for The 

Achievement of Human Potential. Philadelphia 

U.S.A.   (IAHP)

http://iahp.org/

The Developmental Profile 

by Glenn Doman

http://www.iahp.org/ja/node/325

Svetlana Masgotova:

Educational Institute

http://masgutovamethod.com/

Local Svetlana Masgotova Method

Joan Agosta – Guelph

http://www.joanagosta.ca/

The Little Room – Active Learning        Dr. Lilli Neilsen

http://www.lilliworks.org/

Alternative Therapy

Jennifer Song – RCST

http://www.jennifersong.ca/

Footprints Therapy: Tema Stein  

Cranial Sacral Therapy/ Osteopathy

http://www.footprints.ca/ourteam.htm

White Pines Naturopathic Clinic:

Dr. Melissa Howe: Bowen Therapy

http://www.whitepinesclinic.ca/

Empowering

Team Hoyt – Inspirational story 

http://www.teamhoyt.com/

2012 Sports Kids of the Year: Brothers 

Conner and Cayden Long – Sibling love

http://www.sikids.com/blogs/2012/11/20/sportskids-of-the-year-conner-and-cayden-long

Baby Jesse – Truly an Incredible 

little boy

http://jessearrigo.com/

Pray for Nathan

http://www.prayfornathan.org/alternative-therapies

Chasing Rainbows

http://www.kateleong.com/