Resources
At Kids N Play OT, we love sharing tools and ideas that support your child’s growth beyond the clinic. Below you’ll find some of our favorite programs, links, and books to help your family explore sensory regulation, play, and learning at home and in the community.
🔗 Quick Links
Explore trusted resources and programs that support self-regulation, sensory processing, communication, and emotional growth:
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Zones of Regulation- A structured framework that teaches self-regulation through attention, practice, and reflection.
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​The Alert Program- “How does your engine run?” — a playful approach to helping children identify and shift their level of alertness.
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​Vital Links- Home of Therapeutic Listening®, a music-based tool designed to enhance sensory processing, regulation, and motor function.
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Speech Language Pathology Services- Partnered with Larissa Peizer, M.A., CCC-SLP, offering speech-language pathology services in Portland, Oregon to support communication and social connection.
📚 Books
A selection of insightful, parent-friendly reads on sensory processing, emotional regulation, and child development:
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Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors, Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work by Robyn Gobbel, MSW
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Smart by Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson, EdD, and Richard Guare, PhD
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The Out-of-Sync Child, Third Edition: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Differences by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
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Growing an In-Sync Child, Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow by Carol Kranowitz, M.A. and Joye Newman, M.A.
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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.