Children's Occupational Therapy - useful information and resources

Equipment suppliers

Challenging Behaviour Foundation [PDF 582KB]

Fledglings

Marks and Spencer Kids - easy dressing clothing range

Charity funding

WellChild grants for families

Turn2us grants

Early Help support for families

Sensorimotor skill development programmes

BBC Super Movers

BBC Tiny Happy People

Get Physical!: An Inclusive, Therapeutic PE Programme to Develop Motor Skills by Lois Addy (Published March 2006)

iMoves

Dough Dance/Finger Gym

Dough Disco and Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle

Speed Up!: a Kinaesthetic Programme to Develop Fluent Handwriting by Lois Addy (Published February 2004)Write from the start: Unique Programme to Develop the Fine Motor and Perceptual Skills Necessary for Effective Handwriting book 1 and 2 by Ion Teodorescu and Lois Addy (Published July 1996)

Write Dance in the Early Years: A Pre-Writing Programme for Children 3 to 5 (Lucky Duck Books) by Ragnhild Oussoren (Published 15th January 2010)

Touch typing practice

Professional organisations and guidance

Autism Education Trust

Ordinarily Available Provision [PDF 640KB]

National Autistic Society (NAS)

Owl Blue (advice for people with hidden disabilities)

Bee Unique (Cumbria family support service for children with Autism)

Healthy Parent Carers

Ordinarily Available Provision [PDF 2,168KB]

Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Health and Care Professions Council