Child Development Programme
37 Palmetto Rd.
Devonshire DV 05
PO Box HM 1185 Hamilton HM EX
Tel: 295-0746
Fax: 295-5051
Email: jmanders@gov.bm

Children from birth to 4 years old and their parents are served by the Child Development Programme. A variety of support services, including behavior management, occupational and physical therapy and psychological services are offered free of charge to parents. Two year olds are assessed by CDP to determine whether their physical, psychological, social and emotional well-being are in target. Where there are concerns, CDP either refers the child and parent for additional support or supplies that support from within its own ranks.

Tomorrow’s Voices
155 South Road
Smith’s
297-4372
tomorrowsvoices@northrock.bm

Tomorrow’s Voices is a VB ABA centre offering 1:1 services to children with autism. The center runs year round.

Windreach Recreational Village
238-2469
http://www.windreach.org/bermuda/

WindReach Recreational Village is a fully accessible 9 acre site located in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, featuring a multi-purpose Activity Centre, Animal Zone, Sensory Trail, Raised Gardens, Playground, a fully accessible campground and Picnic area.

Bermuda Riding for the Disabled
http://www.brd.bm/

Therapeutic riding for children with special needs and disabilities.

Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/

Autism Speaks is dedicated to increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders, to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism, and to advocating for the needs of affected families. Founded in February 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, the grandparents of a child with autism, Autism Speaks later merged with the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) and Cure Autism Now (CAN) bringing together the nation's three leading autism advocacy organizations.

Autism Society of America (ASA)
http://www.autism-society.org/

ASA exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. They do this by increasing public awareness about the day-to-day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.

First Signs
http://www.firstsigns.org/

First Signs is dedicated to the early identification and intervention of children with developmental delays and disorders. The organization provides a wealth of resources ranging from healthy development to concerns about a child; from the screening and referral process, to treatments for autism spectrum disorders. Their stated goal is to improve screening and referral practices and to lower the age at which young children are identified with autism and other developmental disorders.

National Autism Association (NAA)
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/

NAA's mission is to educate and empower families affected by autism and other neurological disorders, while advocating on behalf of those who cannot fight for their own rights. They aim to educate society that autism is not a lifelong incurable genetic disorder but one that is biomedically definable and treatable. Their efforts include raising public and professional awareness of environmental toxins as causative factors in neurological damage that often results in an autism or related diagnosis.

Floortime Repository
http://www.floortimerepository.com/

Floortime Repository features everything from free Pecs, social stories videos conferences and much, much more.

Sensory Critters
http://www.sensorycritters.com/

Weighted blankets, vests, lap pads, neck wraps, tactile therapy, vestibular therapy products

American Music Therapy Association
http://www.musictherapy.org/

Music is a form of non-verbal communication that increases social skills, language development, interaction, expression, organizational processing, and encourages spontaneous creation and improvisation.

Floortime
http://www.floortime.org/

The DIR (Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based)/Floortime approach provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and treating children challenged by autism spectrum and related disorders. It focuses on helping children master the building blocks of relating, communicating and thinking, rather than on symptoms alone.

Video Modeling
http://www.necc.org/about/ourproducts.asp

Video modeling is a teaching methodology that has been shown to produce rapid acquisition of a variety of skills in children with autism. Because children with autism often fail to develop the rich repertoires of pretend play seen in typically-developing children, teaching play is a critical component to an effective treatment plan. Researchers have demonstrated that children can learn daily living skills, how to have conversations and perspective-taking using video modeling. Now, evidence supports the use of video modeling to teach play skills like game playing and pretend play.

RDI
http://wwwrdiconnect.com/

RDI™ is an intervention for individuals on the autism spectrum that targets social interaction and dynamic thinking skills. Traditional social skills programs focus on scripts and rules that often do not apply in real life situations.

Geneva Centre
www.autism.net

Geneva Centre for Autism is a Canadian and international leader in the development and delivery of clinical intervention, support and training for individuals, families and professionals.

The Carbone Clinic
http://www.drcarbone.net/

Our mission is to provide evidence-based behavior analytic services to learners with autism and other developmental disabilities through direct services and training of family members and educators. We accomplish this by insuring that the learner’s progress occurs through the arrangement of teaching environments which are mostly positive and arranged to ultimately allow the learner to continue to develop language and other skills in typical community and family settings.

Picture Exchange Communication System
http://www.pecs.com/

Developed by: Andrew S. Bondy, Ph.D. & Lori Frost, M.S., CCC/SLP
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) was developed in 1985 as a unique augmentative/ alternative training package that teaches children and adults with autism and other communication deficits to initiate communication.

Oral Motor Therapy
http://speech-language-therapy.com/oralmotortherapy.htm

Exercises for the mouth, or what some Speech Language Pathologists (Speech and Language Therapists) call "oral motor exercises", "oral motor therapy" or "oro-motor work", are, in some clinical settings, a prominent component of intervention for children with speech sound disorders. The activities, which may include sucking thickened drinks through straws, blowing cotton balls, horns and "windmills", chewing plastic and rubber objects, licking peanut butter from around the mouth, and playing with 'oral motor tools and toys', sound like they might be fun. Nothing wrong with that! Therapy should be fun!

The Center for Autism Treatment, Inc.
http://www.centerautismtreatment.org/home/

We strive to work in partnership with families and other professionals involved in your child’s programming. We feel this team approach is vital to maximizing your child’s potential.

Under the leadership of Tamara Kasper MS/CCC-SLP, BCBA our team of skilled program supervisors and senior therapists design personalized intervention plans utilizing applied behavior analytic (ABA) therapy with emphasis on Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior

The Center for Autism Treatment, Inc. (The Center) offers a full spectrum of services provided by a team of experts. Our mission is to provide the highest quality services for children with autism spectrum disorders using methods and procedures that have been proven effective through research and real world application. We are dedicated to impacting your child’s future by improving motivation, communication, interaction, learning, and independence.

The Gray Center
http://www.thegraycenter.org/

for Social Learning and Understanding is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and those who work alongside them to improve mutual understanding.

We approach the social impairment in ASD as a shared impairment. We work to improve social understanding on both sides of the social equation, helping individuals with ASD to communicate and interact more successfully with the people with whom they live and work

The GFCF Diet
http://www.gfcfdiet.com/

Info on Gluten Free Casein Free Food, shop online, cookbooks, vitamins, and info on where to begin with Dietary Intervention Treatment For Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Kirkman Labs
http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/

Kirkman produces specialty nutritional supplements for those with special dietary needs, which can be ordered online. Specializes in casein free, gluten free, hypoallergenic supplements.

Defeat Autism Now (DAN!)
http://www.defeatautismnow.com/

A project of the Autism Research Institute, DAN! meetings bring together physicians and scientists from around the world to develop advanced methods of diagnosis and treatment. DAN! Conferences and practitioner trainings are held twice a year.