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Susan Rail, licensed clinical social worker
Remember this important slogan: Practice makes progress!
“Talking Together” series available from Autism Resource Center of South Florida. This is great for social skills-building and is NOT only for autistic kids.
Music children enjoy:
Big Bird’s music – “Everybody Makes Mistakes”
Hannah Montana: “Nobody’s Perfect”
Ask a children’s librarian for suggestions.
Also – Google or Amazon can help find material on “making mistakes.”
Maxine Penn, Clinical Social Worker, psychotherapeutic treatment of children, adolescents, and families
Sara Portman Milner, Co-Founder, Sunflower Bakery; Consultant, Special Needs and Disability Services, Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning, Rockville, MD
Turn to local governments for a variety of support services for people with disabilities
Service providers – search for:
Baking – look at Sugar Plum Bakery in Virginia Beach, VA
“Breadmakers” – video – Gorwald Edinburgh Bakery in Scotland
Sunflower Bakery or send email
Eve Burton, librarian
Margaret Reed McDonald – books of and books about story telling
Explore online:
Nancy Tringali Piho, public relations and marketing consultant in food industry; author, My Two-Year-Old Eats Octopus: Raising Children Who Love to Eat Everything
Healthy From the Start: How Feeding Nurtures Your Young Child’s Body, Heart, and Mind (booklet)
English ,Spanish:
Healthy Eating Strategies for Babies and Toddlers
On the Move: The Power of Movement in Your Child’s First Three Years (booklet)
How to Handle Picky Eaters From Birth to Three
Daniel Pine, M.D., Child Psychiatrist, Chief, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, Chief, Emotion and Development Branch, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program
Begin with your pediatrician (or family practitioner) – ask how to find closest mental health services.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Also, via NIMH:
Anxiety and Depression 301-451-6817 (guest Dr. Daniel Pine’s group)
Irritability, Negativistic and Depressed Behavior 301-496-8381
Leathia West, LCSW-C, psychotherapist, specialist in child development, counselor (Green Acres School)
Ashley Merryman, co-author, (with Po Bronson), Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children
Nurtureshock.com – Site also includes a number of pieces written by Ashley Merryman and Po Bronson
Tips for Promoting Your Child’s Curiosity
Stephen Cozza, M.D., Psychiatrist, Head, Child and Family Program, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University for The Health Sciences
DOD – Department of Defense
DVA – Department of Veterans Affairs
Sesame Workshop – Created a series of packets and DVDs on “Talk, Listen, and Connect.” Includes support for children regarding death of a parent in combat
Center for Study of Traumatic Stress
Courage to Care, Courage to Talk
Zero to Three has a military branch on its Web site with good information to help with very young children in these circumstances
Military Child Education Coalition
Military One Source
Gold Star Wives
Erica Berger, licensed clinical social worker, Alvord Baker and Associates, National Center For the Treatment of Phobias, Anxiety, and Depression
At each, search for “family rituals.”
