Resources

Recommended Materials

Please find below a selection of recommended resources relating to Sensory Processing disorders, Sensory Integration, Dyspraxia and support for those working with clients requiring handwriting improvements.

Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration: Forms, Checklists, and Practical Tools for Teachers and Parents

Book by Carol Stock Kranowitz, Jane Koomar, and Stacey Szklut

A book that provides answers to basic questions about Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration. It is aimed at teachers and shows a teacher how to identify a child with Sensory Processing Disorders. Advice is given with check lists and classroom activities.
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How to Understand and Support Children with Dyspraxia

Book by by Lois Addy

This book helps parents and teachers to understand and support children with dyspraxia. It provides invaluable advice for this complex condition in a clearly written style that is easy to follow. It is part of a series of books on how to understand and support children with special needs.
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The Out-of-Sync Child

Book by Carol Stock Kranowitz

This is a book that helps to recognise Sensory Processing Disorders. It provides practical advice with coping stratergies at home and at school.
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Speed Up! A Kinaesthetic Programme to Develop Fluent Handwriting

Book by Lois Addy

Speed Up! is a kinaesthetic programme to develop fluent handwriting. It is specifically aimed at children aged 8-13 years with poor illegible handwriting. This could be problems associated with DCD, dyslexia or ADHD or just as a result of poor handwriting habits from early on. The book is aimed at therapists, teachers and teaching assistants.
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Write from the start: Unique Programme to Develop the Fine Motor and Perceptual Skills Necessary for Effective Handwriting (3 volumes)

Books by Ion Teodorescu, Lois Addy & James Alexander

This is a programme of over 400 carefully graded exercises and activities to develop the fine motor and perceptual skills required for effective handwriting. It is suitable for pupils with identified fine motor difficulties and can be used for all ages (usual age wave 4-6 years)
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