OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
ABLEDATA Database of Assistive Technology - Sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), the database contains information on more than 29,000 assistive technology products (over 19,000 of which are currently available), including detailed descriptions of each product including price and company information.
http://www.abledata.com/text2/search.htm
American Occupational Therapy Foundation - Offers scholarship information, news & upcoming events, a library, doctoral network, articles on research, and the Occupational Therapy Journal of Research (current issue available and back issues searchable).
http://aotf.org/
American Occupational Therapy Association - Information on educational and professional issues, their publications (some articles in the Journal of Occupational Therapy Students and the American Journal of Occupational Therapy are full text), OT in the news, and other information for consumers as well as OTs.
http://www.aota.org/
Fact Sheets on Early Childhood - Information on pre-school skills, assessment for ages 0-3, spoken language, and prereading activities published by the Learning Disabilities Association of America.
http://www.ldanatl.org/factsheets/
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS) - "NECTAS is a national technical assistance consortium working to support states, jurisdictions, and others to improve services and results for young children with disabilities and their families. Our consortium is composed of the following six organizations: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (the NECTAS coordinating office); Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Federation for Children with Special Needs, Boston, Massachusetts; Georgetown University Child Development Center, Washington, D.C.; National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), Alexandria, Virginia; and ZERO TO THREE, Washington, D.C."
http://www.nectas.unc.edu/default.asp
Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. - POTA has links for legislative information (including links to state legislators), continuing education, and a calendar of events.
http://www.pota.org/
Sensory Integration Resource Center - "Our mission is to post quality resources about sensory integration for individuals with SI problems as well as the family members, friends, therapists, physicians, teachers and researchers who care about and work with them. "
http://www.sinetwork.org/index.htm
ZERO TO THREE - "We are a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers."
http://www.zerotothree.org/
