Links

Below are some links to various websites that may be useful.

Child Development
Raising Children Network – The Australian Parenting Website. Includes information to support parents raising a children with autism
http://raisingchildren.net.au/

Child Care Aware – Articles on various topics of child development
http://www.childcareaware.org/en/subscriptions/dailyparent/

Occupational Therapy
OT Australia WA
http://www.otauswa.com.au/

Speech Pathology
Speech Patholgy Australia
http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/

Smart Talk Speech Pathology
http://www.smarttalk.net.au/

Disability
Disability Services Commission
http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/index.html

Local Area Coordinator - Search for your nearest LAC. LACs operate as service coordinators, assisting people with the disabilities and their families/carers to plan, select and receive needed supports and services.
http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/forindividuals/lacd.html

Disability First Stop - directs families towards the appropriate agencies to give them the support they need when a family member has been diagnosed with a disability

Autism
FaHCSIA – Helping Children with Autism Funding
http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/progserv/people/HelpingChildrenWithAutism/Pages/default.aspx

Autism Association of Western Australia
http://www.autism.org.au/

Friends of Autism
http://www.friendsofautism.org.au/

Autism West
http://www.autismwest.org.au/

Early Intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder:Guidelines for best Practice. Margot Prior and Jacqueline Roberts
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/D9F44B55D7698467CA257280007A98BD/$File/autbro.pdf

ADHD
LADS society - Learning and Attentional Disorders Society. It provides support, information, advice for parents who have children with ADHD.
www.ladswa.com.au

Gifted and Talented Children
Thinking Ahead
http://www.thinkingahead.com.au/

The Gifted and Talented Children’s Association of WA
www.gatca.org/