Guide to autism products and books related sensory processing disorder (SPD) symptoms. I have decided to put together a page dedicated to giving information about recommended products and autism books. Feel free to add your own recommended items in the form at the very bottom of this page as well!
This is a great book for older children that are able to read and/or parents to use with children that tend to have difficulty with sensory stimulation. It provides a helpful quiz for each sense that allows you to easily decide whether your child is having difficulties with that particular sense. Then it lists fun activities for children to do that help with sensory integration related to that sense. My son loves doing them as a daily part of his sensory diet!
Temple Grandin is an accomplished writer, speaker and doctor of animal science. She is also an adult female with autism. Her books provide parents with a deeper look into the mind of a child with autism. I really enjoyed reading this book and if you get a chance you should also check out the movie Temple Grandin based on her life.
Honestly, I have to say I think this is the greatest invention since sliced bread!! It can easily be used as an ADHD, SPD, autism product or for any child. I use it with my son along with other transition strategies and it is absolutely wonderful! In fact sometimes he will put it on himself if I say “Give me 5 more minutes” before I am able to help him with something. I use it to say when an activity will be over or when one will begin. If your child has a difficult time ending or starting certain activities this works very well in eliminating those struggles.
Ellie Bean the drama queen is an illustrated children’s book about a little girl with sensory issues. It does a great job of describing how different sensations affect her and explaining reasons for what others may view as difficult behavior.
I think this is not only a good book to read to children with sensory challenges to show they are not alone, but to also have for grandparents and family members to read to a child that helps aid in their understanding as well. I found this to be especially good when you have family members that think your are just trying to ‘justify’ a child’s behavior by saying they have sensory processing disorder.
I love this book! With autism statistics increasing substantially every year, I think this book is a must have for teachers and educators to explain they symptoms of children with autism to his/her classmates.
As a parent of a child with autism you may even consider getting this autism product to have your child’s teacher read to a class when your child is transitioned into a mainstream classroom. It does a great job of explaining different behaviors children with autism may exhibit and appropriate ways to respond to those scenarios. It also comes with a CD of coloring pictures that can be printed off!
This is a wonderful book that I think can be used with any child. It’s divided into activities that are energizing, upper-body strengthening, core strengthening, calming or a combination of these. There are bright colored illustrations for the child to see that helps facilitate the activity and each one is also fun for the child! The book also can stand in an upright manner to allow it to be easily seen while engaged in the movements. Parents, teachers and occupational therapists will find this autism product very beneficial.
For a family that is part of a church community, I think that it is very important for there to be support within their congregation about teaching their child about God. Children with autism symptoms learn differently than other children and religious education services do not always account for those differences. This autism product provides 15 ready to use scripture lessons that are based on visual and tactual activities aiding in their learning.
It also allows instructors to be trained on how to teach effectively by explaining how children with autism learn. Definitely a must have for any congregation that is serving children with autism. One important note – some of the lessons involve snacks/treats, but some children with autism signs may be on gluten free casein free diets. So, be sure to always check with parents first.
You may have seen this book on other pages of my site because I think that healing internal health problems is extremely important to incorporate in autism treatments. This book guides parents on how to do this through integrative medicine. Many of the listed treatments I have done with my son, who has issues with sensory seeking and have seen positive results. It also talks about vaccines and their role, as well as different types of diets that can help heal a child.
based on her life.
