{"id":8188,"date":"2025-10-29T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/?page_id=8188"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:29:56","slug":"websites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4><u>Websites with Play Idea Lists for Young Children<\/u><\/h4>\n<p>These websites list ideas for indoor and outdoor games and crafts to play with toddlers and preschoolers. Some list additional information on topics such as health and nutrition and\/or offer general parenting tips.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kids Fun and Games\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kids-fun-and-games.com\/index.html\">www.kids-fun-and-games.com\/index.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BabyCenter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.babycenter.com\/preschooler-games-activities\">www.babycenter.com\/preschooler-games-activities<\/a>\u00a0*<\/li>\n<li>Family Education\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyeducation.com\/home\">www.familyeducation.com\/home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>Picture Exchange Communication System<\/u><\/h4>\n<p>The Picture Exchange Communication System is a unique alternative\/augmentative communication system for individuals with disabilities. There is a great deal of research supporting its efficacy in helping children with disabilities begin to initiate communication, and in supporting the development of more complex forms of communication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pecs.com\/\">www.pecs.com<\/a>\u00a0*\u00a0\u2013 This website will familiarize you with the way PECS work, offer a variety of resources using PECs, from iPad apps, to CD-ROMs with printable symbols, as well as information workshops and training near you.<\/p>\n<p>The Picture Exchange Communication System Training Manual by Lori Frost and Andrew Bondy<\/p>\n<h4><u>Websites for Ordering Educational Toys, Teaching Materials, Adaptive Materials, and Visual Tools<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Different Roads to Learning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.difflearn.com\/\">www.difflearn.com<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Lakeshore Learning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakeshorelearning.com\/\">www.lakeshorelearning.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Southpaw Enterprises\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southpaw.com\/\">www.southpaw.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Therapy Shoppe\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therapyshoppe.com\/\">www.therapyshoppe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abilitations\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abilitations.com\/\">www.abilitations.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Special Needs Toys\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.specialneedstoys.com\/\">www.specialneedstoys.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Super Duper Publications\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.superduperinc.com\/\">www.superduperinc.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Autism Resources\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalautismresources.com\/\">www.nationalautismresources.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Everyday Health\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/autism\/toys-and-games.aspx\">www.everydayhealth.com\/autism\/toys-and-games.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Treezy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treezy.co.uk\/\">www.treezy.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pre-Ed publisher.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.proedinc.com\/\">www.Proedinc.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>Web Resources<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpmegrownational.org\/\">www.helpmegrownational.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Help Me Grow<\/em>\u00a0is a system that connects at-risk children with the services they need<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov\/hslc\/tta-system\/ehsnrc\">http:\/\/eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov\/hslc\/tta-system\/ehsnrc<\/a>\u00a0<em>Early Head Start\u00a0<\/em>provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and pregnant women and their families.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easterseals.com\/\">www.easterseals.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Easter Seals offers a huge range of information and services for children with disabilities. In particular,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.easterseals.com\/mtffc\/\">http:\/\/www.easterseals.com\/mtffc\/<\/a>\u00a0\u201cMake the First Five Count\u201d is a program that raises awareness for children at risk for a variety of disabilities. Here you can find resources such as The Ages and Stages Questionnaire, a free online screening tool for parents to track their child\u2019s developmental milestones.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.p2pusa.org\/\">www.p2pusa.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 This organization matches each parent looking for information and support with an experienced parent of a child with special needs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siblingsupport.org\/\">www.siblingsupport.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 This website offers information about workshops, conferences, publications, and other opportunities for siblings of children with disabilities to become educated and connect with one another.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerotothree.org\/about-us\/areas-of-expertise\/free-parent-brochures-and-guides\">www.zerotothree.org\/about-us\/areas-of-expertise\/free-parent-brochures-and-guides<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 This website includes many parenting resources including a comprehensive list of early developmental milestones and ideas for supporting and optimizing your child\u2019s early development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>Autism-Specific Web Resources<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/\">autismspeaks.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 this website is one of the most comprehensive resources for families including state by state information on local resources and services, and offers a 100 day kit to help families navigate the first 100 days after diagnosis, as well as providing news on current autism research and advocacy and toolkits for parents of newly diagnosed children.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feat.org\/\">feat.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 this website will link individuals to the Families for Effective Autism Treatment organization in their particular state, which will have information on local resources, treatment providers, and events, and in person and online support groups for parents and other ways for parents to connect and share resources<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensdisabilities.info\/autism\/index.html\">childrensdisabilities.info\/autism\/index.html<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Lists support groups for parents of children with ASD<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismsciencefoundation.org\/\">http:\/\/www.autismsciencefoundation.org<\/a>\u00a0*\u00a0\u2013 ASF funds autism research and also provides useful information for parents on autism and evidence-based treatment options<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethinkfirst.com\/\">https:\/\/www.rethinkfirst.com<\/a>\u00a0web-based teaching tutorials on ABA, video images of teaching interactions, and teaching objectives, available for a monthly subscription<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWebsites with Play Idea Lists for Young Children These websites list ideas for indoor and outdoor games and crafts to&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/websites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Websites&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":487,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8193,"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8188\/revisions\/8193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parenttraining.chip.uconn.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}