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
Life without Compromises
Little Bear Sees – Helping Visual Impaired Children Learn to See
March of Dimes Canada
Respite Services
SafeHaven
Three To Be
Three to Be – Parent Advocacy Link
Brenda Ferland Agnew – Inspiring Blogger
Funding and Equipment
Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD)
https://www.respiteservices.com/Waterloo/index.aspx?ArticleID=340&lang=en-CA
Easter Seals
For the Needy not the Greedy
Non Profit Organization that donates refurbished special needs equipment
The Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity
Presidents Choice – Children’s Charity
http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s52101
United Health Care
Recreation
Contact Hamilton
Fermata Music Therapy – Hamilton
Links
Different Paths
The Little Room – Active Learning Dr. Lilli Neilsen
Alternative Therapy
Jennifer Song – RCST
Footprints Therapy: Tema Stein
Cranial Sacral Therapy/ Osteopathy
Empowering
Team Hoyt – Inspirational story
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
Pray for Nathan
Chasing Rainbows