Resources

Professional Associations and Foundations

• American Occupational Therapy Association
• Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• American Academy of Audiology
• New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association
• Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association
• Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation

Advocacy and Support

• Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center
• Family Voices
• Pathways
• Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
• NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities
• UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation 
• Tri-State Advocacy Network
• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
• New Jersey Parent Advocates

Apraxia

• Apraxia-Every child deserves a voice

Augmentative/Alternative Communication

• Able Data – Your Source for Assistive Technology Information
• Closing the Gap – Changing Lives with Assistive Technology
• Augmentative Alternative Communication Intervention
• Mayer-Johnson: Your Special Education Super Store

Autism

• Autism Speaks: It’s time to listen
• Autism Research Institute
• Model Me Kids: Videos for Modeling Social Skills
• Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
• Autism New Jersey
• COSAC — New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community
• POAC (Parents Of Autistic Children)
• Autism Society

 Brachial Plexus

• Texas Nerve & Paralysis

Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy Alliance
• United Cerebral Palsy
• Hemi Kids: Support for Children with Hemiplegia
• My Child: The ultimate resource for everything cerebral palsy
• Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association
• American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
• https://cerebralpalsygroup.com/treatment/
• https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/causes/

 Child Development

• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Pathways

Down Syndrome

• National Association of Down Syndrome
• Triangle Down Syndrome Network

Feeding/Swallowing

• Pediatric Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux Association
• ASHA Feeding and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) in Children
• Feeding Matters
• Star Institute
• Feeding Matters

Hearing Loss

• Hearing Loss in Children

Learning Disabilities

• LD Online
• Understood for Learning and Attention Disorders

Prematurity

• March of Dimes
• NICAP Federation: Voice of the Newborn

Play  

• National Institute of Play  
• American Journal of Play  American Journal of Play

Resources

• Do2Learn: A resource for individuals with special needs
• Kids Together-Information & resources for children with disabilities
• Center for Parent Information and Resources
• New Jersey Special Needs Schools

Seating and Mobility

• National Seating and Mobility

Sensory Processing

• Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
• Pathways

Torticollis

• Torticollis

Used Adaptive Equipment

• Back in Action

Visual Impairment

• New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired