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Sensory Integration
(SI/SID/DSI)

Please note: Being listed here is not per se an endorsement of any particular site or email list. I have included annotations for those sites or lists that I am familiar with and strongly recommend.

Sites

The publisher of the SIPT (Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests) runs a program in connection with USC that certifies therapists. They have an international listing of all such therapists that is free and easy to use at: 
http://www.wpspublish.com/Inetpub4/w090308.htm

http://www.sensoryint.com/therap.html is another database with a search engine to find therapists who are certified by Sensory Integration International to administer and interpret the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT).  Unfortunately, it now costs $5 to do a search.

Comeunity’s page of SI information
http://www.comeunity.com/disability/sensory_integration/

Sensory Integration International
http://home.earthlink.net/~sensoryint/index.html

Sensory Integration at About.com
http://specialchildren.about.com/parenting/specialchildren/msubsen.htm?once=true&

Success-in-Motion has a list of resources at
http://www.success-in-motion-therapy.com/Resources.htm

Kid Power Family Resource Support has a section on Sensory Integration
http://www.geocities.com/~kasmom/sid.html

There's an email list for families of children with Sensory Integration Disorder – this is a busy list, so the digest version is suggested:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sid_dsi/

                                          Books on Sensory Integration

Answers to Questions Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration by Carol Stock Kranowitz, Deanna Iris Sava, Elizabeth Haber, Lynn Balzer-Martin, & Stacey Szklut. Sensory Resources.

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction by Carol Stock Kranowitz. Berkley Publishing Group. A very good introduction to SID.

The Out-Of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction by Carol Stock Kranowitz. Perigee. Activities you can do at home to help your out-of-sync child.

Overwhelmed by all the terminology and abbreviations? In addition to the acronyms page at this site, there's an excellent Dictionary for Parents of Children with Disabilities (in PDF format, you need Adobe Acrobat to read it) at http://www.usd.edu/cd/dictionary/.  It is also available as a website (but may take a long time to load) at http://www.usd.edu/cd/dictionary/dictionary.htm
There's a shorter "Glossary and Guide to Acronyms" (also in PDF) by Leslie Packer, Ph.D., at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/Conditions/Glossary2002.pdf
Another dictionary can be found at http://www.feat.org/legal/speddict.htm and another list of acronyms at http://www.feat.org/legal/terms.html. 

Last updated Tuesday March 29, 2005

"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."
       ~ Anne Sullivan (Helen Keller's Teacher)

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