Book Reviews

(2012) This Entire Set is Very User Friendly, by Elise Ronan

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Published June 30, on PracticalAutism.com

There is no doubt that this entire set is very user friendly. The cards are listed in groups of beginner, intermediate and advanced. Each individual card comes with an explanation of the purpose of the activity. Every card has a supply list, which can include anything from “yourself” to a mini-trampoline to typical household items to requiring a trip to the hobby shop…NOT TO WORRY…there are so many activities to chose from that no budget gets overwhelmed.

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(2012) Help Children Develop to Their Full Potential, by Lorna d’Entremont

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Published July 17 on Sentio Life Solutions / Special Needs Book Review

What can parents do to help children develop to their full potential? Remember Joye Newman and Carol Kranowitz and their highly regarded book, Growing an In-Sync Child? Now these experts in child development have come out with In-Sync Activity Cards.

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(2014) A Wealth of Activities, by Jennifer A. Janes

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Published May 7, on Jennifer Janes’ blog

I was interested in In-Sync Activity Cards: 50 Simple, New Activities to Help Children Develop, Learn and Grow! as a tool to help me quickly find activities that would meet the sensory needs of my daughter. I wasn’t disappointed.

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(2010) Being an Editor: A Feast for All Senses, by Marian Lizzi

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May 4, published in Perigee Bookmarks: Improving Your World One Book at a Time

In my (gulp) twenty years as an editor of nonfiction, I’ve learned countless things from the authors I’ve worked with….  One of the most fascinating things I’ve learned comes from what also happens to be the first book I edited when I came to Penguin in the summer of 2004 — the revised edition of a special-needs bible called The Out-of-Sync Child, which has sold more than 750,000 copies to date.

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(2010) Help Your Child Develop Motor Skills, by Amy Phelps

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Published April 29, online at MOVParent.com, and in the May issue of Mid-Ohio Valley Parent Magazine: Your Partner in Parenting

Child development occurs at different stages, but what can you do to help your child if he or she is a little behind, or “out of sync”? Based on the authors’ experiences working with children, this book gives you many different, fun activities to do with your children to help fine-tune their development skills.

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(2005) “Great SI Resources for Families” — Review by Trinell Bull

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Published in Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners (February 21, 2005) Finally, a book written in […]

(2005) “A Wonderful Book” — Review by Jillian Copeland and Lois McCabe

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Published in Washington Parent’s supplement, “All Kinds of Kids” (Spring/Summer, 2005) The Goodenoughs Get in […]

(2002) Review of The Out of Sync Child Has Fun by Maureen Bennie

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Carol Kranowitz, a former preschool teacher, made us aware of sensory integration dysfunction in children in her first book The Out Of Sync Child. After the success of that book, she then came up with hands-on ideas to help with sensory integration dysfunction. The result is The Out of Sync Child Has Fun, packed with interactive games and activities to help integrate the sensory system for children ages 3 to 12.

(1999) “A Great Start” — Review by Lee Pennington Neill, PhD

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Published in Sensory Integration Quarterly, a publication of Sensory Integration International, Inc. (Spring/Summer 1999) Carol […]

(1999) “Optimistic Appraisal of Children” — Review by Marcia Rubinstien, M.A., C.E.P.

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Published in The Support Report, A Newsletter for Families with Unique Children (A Publication of […]

(1998) “A Winner!” — Review by Tricia and Calvin Luker

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Published in The Support Report, A Newsletter for Families with Unique Children (A Publication of […]