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Autism Resources

Health and Safety Resources

Dental Care

• Autism Speaks
  Dental Toolkitfrom Autism Speaks was created to help with oral health.

Emotional, Behavioral and Mental Health

• Schoolpsychiatry.org
  Schoolpsychiatry.org is a joint project of the Massachusetts General Hospital School Psychiatry Program and MADI resource Center
• Healty Transitions New York
  Information on Dual Diagnosis
• MCH Library
  Knowledge Path: Children and Adolescents with Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Challenges, this site contains a large collection of information and resources for professionals, families and schools.

• The Explosive Child: A New Approach to Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, by Ross W. Greene, (2010),  Harper Publishing
• 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child: The Breakthrough Program for Overcoming Your Child’s Difficult Behavior, by Jeffrey Bernstein,  (2006), De Capo Press
• The Feelings Book: the Care & Keeping of Your Emotions, by Lynda Madison & Norm Bendell, (2002), American Girl
• When My Worries Get Too Big by K. D. Buron (2006), Autism Asperger Publishing Company.
• Helping Your Anxious Child by Ron Rapee's (2008), New Harbinger Publications
• Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and it's Treatment by Aureen Pinto Wagner (), Lighthouse Press
• Worried No More: Help and Hope for Anxious Children by Aureen Pinto Wagner (2002), Lighthouse Press

Feeding

• How to Get Your Child To Eat But Not Too Much, by Ellyn Satter, (1987), Bull Publishing Company

Medical Visits and Procedures

• Autism Speaks
  The Blood Draw Toolkit from Autism Speaks helps families prepare their child for the blood draw process.
• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
  Your next patient has autism - a guide for health care providers and families to help children with ASD during medical visits.
• Autism Society
  Preparing a Child with Asperger Syndrome for Medical Appointments - by the Autism Society.

Medicine

• Autism Speaks
  The Medication Decision Aid developed for Autism Speaks by The University of Rochester and Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics in collaboration with Oregon Health and Science University and Texas Children’s Hospital to assist families in the medication decision process.
• North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
  North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System's website on pill swallowing.
• Alberta Children's Hospital
  Alberta Children's Hospital: "Better than a spoonful of sugar: how to swallow pills"
• Taking the Mystery Out of Medications in Autism/Asperger Syndrome: a Guide for Parents and Non-medical Professionals, by Luke Tsai (2001), Future Horizons

Pica (eating non-foods)

• Health Guide Info
  The Health Guide Info site provides a variety of techniques to utilize to decrease pica behaviors
• Autism Speaks
  The Autism Speaks website provides agencies and organizations that provide Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), a training used to help with the prevention of pica behaviors in children with ASD. Simply Click your state and then enter your zip code.

Product Recalls

For information regarding product recalls

• Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Latest product recalls on the CPSC website
• Safe Kids
  http://www.safekids.org/our-work/recalls/

Puberty/Adolescence

• Autism Society
  Information on puberty and your adolescent.
• The Care and Keeping of You, by Valorie Schaefer and Norm Bendell, (1998), American Girl Library

Safety

• AWAARE
  AWAARE Collaboration is an initiative to prevent wandering as well as wandering related fatalities.  This website contains a wide variety of information on how to decrease the risk of wandering, including; different types of tracking materials that children can wear or have on their person, and suggestions of what to do if a child does wander.
• Autism Speaks
  Autism Speaks has a toolkit for creating Safety Plans for children with autism.
• Stop Bullying Now
  Stop Bullying Now is sponsored in part by HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration). It's a site where you will find lots of information on bullying for parents and kids. Includes Spanish content materials for parents.
• Autism Risk Management
  Autism Risk Managementprovides autism training and resources for law enforcement, emergency first responders, parents, educators, care providers, and the autism community. Some resources include: The autism Emergency Contact Form, Autism Travel and Airport Safety, and Disaster Preparedness.
• Project Lifesaver International
  Project Lifesaver International is an initiative to provide training to law enforcement and other public safety agencies on the use of specialized electronic search and rescue equipment, technology and procedures, as well as teaching rescuers how to communicate with people with autism and other disabilities.

• W.A.R.N. - Water Awareness in Residential Neighborhoods Serves as a resource for water safety and drowning awareness.  This website provides prevention and safety tools.
• Task Force on Water Safety for Children with ASD and Related Disabilities
  handout on drowning prevention and autism
• The National Autism Association
  The National Autism Association has put together the Big Red Safety Toolkit

Self Injurious Behavior

• Autism Health
  Autism Health has a fact sheet page covering Self-Injurious Behavior
• Autism Research Institute
  The Autism Research Institute provides a comprehensive guide for parents regarding both the causes and effective treatment interventions for Self-Injurious Behaviors.

Sleep

• Autism Speaks
  Sleep Toolkitfrom Autism Speaks was created to help with sleep.
• Sleep Better: A Guide to Improving Sleep for Children with Special Needs, by V. Mark Durand, (1998), Brookes Publishing
• Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems, by Richard Ferber, (2006), Fireside Publishing.

Toe Walking

• University of Rochester
  A guide dealing with stretches and exercising to help with toe walking, and aquick reference visual chart.

Toileting

• University of North Carolina
  The University of North Carolina's Toilet Training guide for children with autism.
• Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism & Related Disorders: A comprehensive Guide for Parents & Teachers, (1998), Future Horizons.

Vaccines

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  The AAP website offers information on Vaccines and Autism as well as an Overview of the Immunization process
• Vaccinating Your Child: Questions and Answers for the concerned parent.  By Sharon G. Humiston & Cynthia Good, (2000) Peachtree Publishers