Resources

The Children’s Trust

Tadworth Court

Tadworth

Surrey, KT20 5RU

Tel: 01737 365 000

Fax: 01737 365 001

email: enquiries@thechildrenstrust.org.uk

web: www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk

Respite breaks: www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/childrensservices/shortbreaks/instay.asp

NCH, the children’s charity

85 Highbury Park

London

N5 1UD

Tel: 0845 762 6579 (calls charged at local rate, open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday)

Web: www.nch.org.uk

The National Autistic Society

393 City Road

London

EC1V 1NG

Tel: 020 7833 2299

Fax: 020 7833 9666

E-mail: nas@nas.org.uk

Web: www.nas.org.uk

National Association for Gifted Children

Suite 14, Challenge House

Sherwood Drive

Bletchley

Buckinghamshire, MK3 6DP

Tel: 0870 770 3217

Web: www.nagcbritain.org.uk

IPSEA Independent Panel for Special Education Advice

Defending children’s right to special education provision

6 Carlow Mews

Woodbridge

Suffolk IP12 1EA

United Kingdom

England and Wales (free phone)

Tel: 0800 018 4016

Mon to Thu 10am – 4pm and 7pm – 9pm

Fri 10am – 1pm and 7pm – 9pm

(during school holidays times are reduced)

Scotland (ISEA)

Tel: 0131 454 0096

Tel: 0131 454 0144

Northern Ireland

Tel: 02890 705 654

E-mail: ipsea.info@intamail.com (for information only, not advice)

Web: www.ipsea.org.uk

Sources of research and information

More information on Auditory Integration Training (AIT) can be found on Dr. Guy Bérard’s personal website.

Web: www.drguyberard.com

University of Sunderland

Autism Research Unit

School of Health, Natural & Social Sciences

University of Sunderland

Sunderland, SR1 3SD

Tel: 0191 510 8922

Fax: 0191 567 0420

Email: autism.unit@sunderland.ac.uk

Web: http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/autism/

Myomancy

Exploring the science and treatment of ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia

Web: www.myomancy.com

The Autism Research Institute – U.S.A.

Web: www.autismwebsite.com/ari

Research on AIT: www.autismwebsite.com/ari/treatment/aitsummary

Diagnostic laboratories and medical facilities - UK

Foresight Preconception

178 Hawthorn Road

West Bognor

West Sussex

PO21 2UY

Tel: 01243 868 001

Fax: 01243 868 180

Email: webmanager@foresight-preconception.org.uk

Web: www.foresight-preconception.org.uk

Breakspear Medical Group

Hertfordshire House

Wood Lane

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire, HP2 4FD

Tel: 01442 261 333

Fax: 01442 266 388

Email: info@breakspearmedical.com

Web: www.breakspearmedical.com

Diagnostic laboratories and medical facilities - U.S.A.

Genova Diagnostics

63 Zillicoa Street

Asheville

NC 28801

Tel: +1-800-522-4762 (Mon-Fri, 8am – 6:30pm EST)

Fax: +1-828-252-9303

Web: www.gdx.net

The Great Plains Laboratory

11813 West 77th

Lenexa

KS 66214

Tel: +1-913-341-8949

Fax: +1-913-341-6207

Email: gpl4u@aol.com

Web: www.greatplainslaboratory.com

Professional and special interest organisations

The Developmental Practitioners Association (DPA)

PO Box 4567

Henley on Thames

Oxon, RG9 6XZ

Tel: 07984 269 066

Web: www.brainshift.co.uk

Recommended reading list

Auditory Integration Training (AIT):

Hearing Equals Behavior Updated and Expanded, by Dr. Guy Bérard, MD, and Sally Brockett, MS

Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child’s Life, by Lynn Kern Koegel and Claire Scovell LaZebnik (Paperback - 25 Jan 2005)

Audition égale comportement,(Original French edition 1982) Dr Guy Bérard, ISBN: 2 7160 0097 2.

The Sound of a Miracle, Georgiana’s story

(1991), Annabel Stehli, ISBN: 1 900238 0658.

Dancing in the Rain, 22 USA cases studies

(1995), Annabel Stehli, ISBN: 0 9644838 0 7.

The Ultimate Treasure Hunt

(1996), Adair Renning, ISBN: 0 9648773 0.

Overcoming Autism

(2000), Georgiana Thomas.

The Story Painters

About Dr. Guy Bérard’s Work. (Video)

About Light treatment:

Light Years Ahead: The Illustrated Guide to Full Spectrum and Colored Light in Mindbody Healing

(1996, ed. Brian Breiling, ISBN: 0 89087 762 9.

Light: Medicine of the Future

(1991), Dr Jacob Liberman, ISBN: 1 879181 01 0.

About Neuro-Developmental Difficulties:

Reflexes, Learning and Behavior

A Window Into the Child’s Mind; A non-invasive approach to solving learning & behavior problems (2002), Sally Goddard, ISBN: 0 9615332 8 5.

The Well Balanced Child, Movement and early learning

(2004), Sally Goddard, ISBN: 1 903458 42 0.

Sensory Integration and The Child

(1979/82), A Jean Ayres, ISBN: 087 424 1588.

Stopping Hyperactivity

Nancy E. O’dell & Patricia A. Cook, ISBN: 0 89529 789 2.

About Instrumental Enrichment and Professor Feuerstein’s work:

Instrumental Enrichment: An Intervention Programme for Cognitive Modifiability

(1980), R Feuerstein, Y Rand, M Hoffman, ISBN 0 673 24600 0.

Don’t Accept Me As I Am: Helping “Retarded” People To Excel

(1988), R Feuerstein, Y Rand, J E Rynders, ISBN: 0 306 42964 0.

Changing Children’s Minds: Feuerstein’s Revolution In The Teaching Of Intelligence (1994)

Howard Sharron, ISBN: 1 898149 24 0.

About Educational Kinesiology (Brain Gym):

Personalized Whole Brain Integration

(1985)

Brain Gym: Simple Activities For Whole Brain Learning

(1986), Paul & Gail Dennison.

Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head

(1995), Carla Hannaford, ISBN: 0 915556 27 8.

About dyslexia:

Overcoming Dyslexia

Dr Bevé Hornsby, ISBN: 0 356 211 04 5.

Spelling Made Easy

Sam series, Violet Brand, Brand Books

About hyperactivity:

The Hyperactive Child

Belinda Barnes & Irene Colquhoun, ISBN: 0 7225 0883 2.

Stopping Hyperactivity

Nancy E. O’dell & Patricia A. Cook, ISBN: 0 89529 789 2.

About autism:

The Ultimate Stranger, The Autistic Child

(1974), Carl H Delacato, ISBN: 0 87879 446 1.

Overcoming Autism

(2000), Georgiana Thomas.