Welcome to Area 8

SYNDROMES LINKS
where to find help for kids

There are a lot of organizations helping children - but it's not always easy to find the one you need when your child needs help.

In our Syndromes Links index we've put together a massive list of different organizations helping kids - alphabetical by the condition, rather than the organizations, so it's easier to find what you're looking for.

This index is already becoming a significant resource, with links to organizations helping with common conditions like dyslexia, asthma and eczema, but also a huge range of syndromes and remedies such as Conductive Education [linked to a massive listing of organizations worldwide], ADHD [a saga written by a parent who worked steadily through all the options to find ways of liberating a child from the restrictions of ADHD, rather than using Ritalin], brain-injured children, specialised seating for disabled children, accommodation for parents whose children are in hospital, profound handicaps, rare diseases ..... the list is endless.

The Syndromes Links index also includes a significant Educational Psychology resource - free advice by e-mail from qualified Educational Psychologists plus free-to-print strategies ("pre-prepared interventions") for teachers and parents dealing with special educational needs - provided free by Tim Francis and colleagues in the UK.

Other themes include Cot Death with a link to the website of a forensic scientist in New Zealand, Jim Sprott, who campaigns actively for the endorsement of mattress-wrapping and associated measures for cot death prevention - "Mattress-wrapping for cot death prevention, which has been publicised in New Zealand for over four years, has had a 100% success rate ... there has been no reported cot death among the tens of thousands of babies who have slept on mattresses wrapped to the Cot Life 2000 specifications."

Take a look at the Index [click here to access] and you'll see the huge range of links already in place, including a link to the on-line Contact a Family Directory of rare syndromes and related support groups.

Other areas of Project HappyChild, such as Area 2, The Project HappyChild Directory, and, in Area 6, Appeals & Projects helping children worldwide, may also be helpful, and in FOCUS [also Area 6] there are several organizations linked with playgrounds and playing fields, including playground facilities for disabled children.