Strong Sitting

Strong sitting is a strategy that helps children increase brain function in the frontal lobe. It helps a child reduce anxiety. Strong sitting is done with many children who have reactive attachment disorders.

DIR Floortime Links

http://www.floortime.ning.com
http://www.coping.org/intervention/floortm.htm
A great site for almost any issue. This link is a good basic look at Floortime and Floortime sessions.
http://www.floortime.org This is the DIR Floortime web site with Stan Greenburg. You can listen to lectures by Stan Greenburg weekly live every Thursday at 10:30. There is an archive of lectures as well.
http://www.icdl.com This is the group who has a certification program for DIR Floortime. It also presents 2 huge conferences, one in the spring and one in the fall, in Washington DC

Attachment Info and links

Scottish Authority on Attachment disorders Helen Minnis pod cast

More links for kids and parents

http://www.assupportgrouponline.co.uk/whatitsliketobeas.htm

http://www.geocities.com/environmental1st2003/Main1.html

http://www.wrongplanet.net/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7108/dealing_with_aspergers_syndrome_in.html

Kid links, self understanding

Links for kids and their parents

aspiefrommaine/>whatisnormalanyway.htm! Information from a girl diagnosed with Aspergers. Advice to other kids on the spectrum

http://www.aspergianpride.com/

http://www.mugsy.org/wendy/esteem.htm

http://www.normalfilms.com/ A documentary film for purchase written and made by a teen with autism