Useful Resources & Links

Websites & Blogs

• Sqeeky Wheel Website
• Raising Socially Anxious Children (Blog)
• Karen Taylor Good website
• Speaking of Kids Mental Health - Kinark Sponsored Website
• How To Chill - A website for girls

Books

• Intense Minds
• Ross Greene - The Explosive Child
• The Bipolar Child
• Iris the Dragon - Gayle Grass

Articles & Reports

• Report - Out of the Shadows - Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada
• Offord Centre
• The New Mentality
• Every Door is the Right Door - Towards a 10-Year Mental Health and Addictions Strategy - A Discussion Paper
• Today's Parent - Plant a Flower for Awareness
• Globe and Mail Article - Mental Health in the Workplace
• Juvenille Bipolar Research Foundation looking for parents of twins for continuing study
• E-book - Tips for Teachers and Parents

Video & Multimedia

• Song - The Life That's Chosen Me - Karen Taylor-Good
• Watch Hopewell's Video "E.D. and Me"

Government Information & Forms

• Application for the Canada Disability Savings Grant and/or Canada Disability Savings Bond For Beneficiaries Aged 18 or Over
• Disability Tax Credit Application Form
• Personal Health Information Protection Act
• Individual Education Plan Process
• Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities

Provincial Parent Associations that Represent Students with Special Educational Needs

• Association for Bright Children (ABC)
• Asperger's Society of Ontario
• Autism Ontario
• Down Syndrome Association of Ontario
• FASLink Fetal Alcohol Disorders Society
• Integration Action for Inclusion in Education and Community
• Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
• Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders (OAFCCD)
• Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Ontario
• Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada
• VIEWS for Children who are Blind or have Low Vision
• VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children

Provincial Associations Deal with Education

• People for Education
• Society for Quality Education