Annie's Centre Products and Resources

A new range of products for children, parents and professionals is coming soon! Read more below about some of the products we are developing for you:

      • Annie's Centre Children's Books
      • Sensory Processing: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
      • Anxiety Treatment Program for Children with Autism

Annie's Centre Children's Books

A series of FUN, SHORT and EASY-TO-READ stories about a group of animal characters and their special needs.

Enjoy their adventures by reading to your child about how each animal learns to face and overcome their learning, developmental or emotional challenges.

Research shows us that reading with children enhances their language skills.

Imagine reading a fun story with your child that also teaches them to recognize and understand emotions.

Come and join Wally the Worried Wallaby and Carli the Confident Koala as they experience the same daily challenges that your children face.

The Annie's Centre Children's Books series will be launched in late 2008. Our first book in the series, "Wally the Worried Wallaby in Dog Gone Trouble" is nearly ready!

Please contact us to register you interest in accessing these fun stories to read with your children, once they are published.

Sensory Processing: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Dr Annie and our Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Sheree Tyrrell have put together this manual for parents and professionals

All of us process information using our senses. However, some children have difficulty making sense of that information and knowing how to respond to it. Consequently, these children usually experience some of the following difficulties:

• Poor concentration
• Poor co ordination
• Restlessness
• Fidgeting
• Avoiding certain tastes or textures
• Resistance to changes in their routine
• Exaggerated emotional responses

Using our Sensory Processing Guide, you will be able to:

• Determine what kind of sensory processing difficulties your child might have
• Understand why your child experiences these difficulties
• Work out whether your child has a low or high tolerance for sensory information
• Develop appropriate activities and exercises to use with your child to address their sensory processing difficulties

Please contact us to register you interest in purchasing our Sensory Processing Guide for Parents and Professionals.

Anxiety Treatment Program for Children with Autism

Annie's Centre, in conjunction with Macquarie University and Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia), will be publishing the FIRST, Anxiety Treatment Program for Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger's! This publication will be the first of its kind both in Australia and internationally! The program is based on research that Dr Chalfant conducted and published internationally in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

The program is designed for use by clinicians and therapists. You will be able to use the program for either individual support or group intervention programs with children. A comprehensive clinician's manual will be provided. Separate handbooks for children and parents will also be provided. The handbooks will include copies of handouts, homework tasks and related visual supports and materials.

The focus of the program is on children with Autism who have low support needs. However, components of the program can be easily adapted to those children who have high support needs or more moderate Autism. Please contact us to register you interest in accessing the programs or in accessing anxiety support for your child at our centre.