Resources

Academic Tutoring

• Ivy League Tutoring

Attention Deficit Disorders

• www.chadd.org

Audiologists

• University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital › Pediatric Specialties

Autism

• Chicagoland Autism Connection
• The Resource Center for Autism and Developmental Delays
• The Autism Program of Illinois
• Autism Now
• Autism Research Institute
• Dr. Sears (topics/vaccines/dr-bobs-definitive-guide-autism-book)

Cerebral Palsy

• www.cerebralpalsy.org
• www.ucp.org
• www.ucpnet.org

Child Development Resources

• www.sensorysteps.net

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

• www.apraxia-kids.org

Chicago Parent Resources

• Neighborhood Parents Network

Down syndrome

• www.ndss.org

Early Communication

• www.hanen.org

Early Intervention

• DHS: For Early Intervention Providers
• Child & Family Connections
• Child & Family Connections #11 Chicago: 1-800-289-7990

Early Literacy

• www.earlyliteracylearning.org

Feeding/ Swallowing

• www.asha.org/public/speech/swallowing/

Health

• www.kidsheath.com

Hearing

• www.asha.org/public
• Hearing & Vision Connections: 1-877-831-8184

Learning Disorders

• http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/communicating-with-an-autistic-child-a-parents-guide.php

Professional Associations

• American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

Sensory Processing

• http://www.sinetwork.org/about-sensory-processing-disorder.html
• Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues [Paperback] By Lindsey Biel
• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition by Carol Kranowitz

Sign Language DVDs for Young Children

• www.signingtime.com

Social Communication

• www.socialthinking.com
• www.scerts.com

Speech and Language

• www.asha.org/public
• https://www.speechpathologydegrees.com/

Stuttering

• www.stutteringhelp.org

Support Groups & Activities

• Special Olympics
• Special Needs Support Groups

Therapeutic Preschools in Chicago

Beard Special Education Center, a public school for children with autism, ages 3-9
6445 W. Strong St.
Chicago, IL 60656
(773) 534-1228, ext. 83230 (principal) or
Luis Columbus, MA (therapist), ext. 83238.

LeepForward:
www.leepforward.com