Cheerful Chatter’s
Favorite Resources

Our Recommended Tools, Books & Activities to Support Your Child’s Development. Whether you're looking for expert reading material, developmental toys, or local activity groups, this curated collection of trusted resources will help you reinforce progress at home. We do not earn commissions from these links—just sharing what works!

Speech Clarity (Apraxia)

Logo for Apraxia Kids with colorful design and text.
Logo of Child Apraxia Treatment with a butterfly icon, with the tagline "Once Upon a Time Foundation" underneath.
ProMT Institute logo featuring a silhouette of a person's head with a finger on lips, with colored sound waves and text indicating it is a non-profit organization.

Late Talkers & Language Development

Cover of a teaching guide titled 'Teach Me To Play WITH You!' featuring a photo of a woman and a young boy, and smaller images showing children playing and learning activities.

Teach Me To Play With You (Easy Games, Songs and Play activities to Teach Social Interaction to Toddlers and Young Preschoolers with Language Delays)

Cover of the children's book "The Pout-Pout Fish" by Deborah Diesen with illustrations by Dan Hanna, featuring a blue fish with a pouty expression in front of coral and underwater scenes.
Colorful wooden dollhouse with multiple rooms and miniature furniture and accessories.

The Pout Pout Fish Series

Wooden Dollhouse by Hape

Dyslexia awareness logo with a stylized figure integrated into the word 'DYSLEXIA'

Reading, Writing, Dyslexia & Dysgraphia

Autism & Sensory Processing

Book cover with the title "Let Me Hear Your Voice" and subtitle "A Family's Triumph Over Autism" by Catherine Maurice. The cover features a window with sunlight casting shadows.

Let Me Hear Your Voice:
A Family's Triumph over Autism

Book cover titled 'Asperger's... What Does It Mean To Me?' featuring a black-and-white sketch of a young boy with short hair, with pink and yellow accents and text about self-awareness and autism education.

Asperger's What Does It Mean to Me?

Cover of the book titled "The Out-of-Sync Child" by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., featuring a child's face with a focus on an eye, with a yellow sticker that says "Revised and Updated Edition".

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder

Blue circular logo with a yellow smiley face in the center. Text around the face reads 'FACES 4 AUTISM' and 'SINCE 2002.'

A non-profit organization & support network

Social Skills & Peer Relationships

Book cover titled 'The Science of Making Friends' by Elizabeth A. Laugeson, Psy.D., featuring a group of three young people sitting on grass outdoors, engaging in conversation.

The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults

Book cover titled "Friends Forever" by Fred Frankel, PhD, featuring a smiling girl and boy hugging, with a yellow background.

Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make and Keep Good Friends

Book cover titled 'How Not to Be a Dick: An Everyday Etiquette Guide' by Meghan Doherty, featuring a simple line drawing of a girl and boy playing and high-fiving.

How Not to Be a D*ck: An Everyday Etiquette Guide

Book cover titled "Solving Executive Function Challenges" with a smiling boy holding a soccer ball and giving a thumbs-up, surrounded by images of kids and adults, and a red box with text about helping kids with autism

Solving Executive Function Challenges:  Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target

Behavior & Discipline

Cover of the book titled "Magic: The New 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting" by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD. It highlights that over 2 million copies are sold and describes the book as a parenting guide for tantrums.

1-2-3 Magic: Gentle 3-Step Child & Toddler Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting (Positive Parenting Guide for Raising Happy Kids)

Activities & Programs for Special Needs

Heart of Surfing logo featuring a heart with a wave, a surfboard, and a heart-shaped sun, with text 'Heart of Surfing' and 'A Joyride for Special Needs Families'.

Heart of Surfing

Offers a variety of indoor and outdoor recreation activities for special needs individuals aged 5 to 95 and their families (Based in Ocean City, NJ).

Logo of Marriton Recreation Council with illustrations of a baseball, football, basketball, and soccer ball.

Sports Unity Program

Organized Sports for Special Needs Children and their Buddies​ (Based in Marlton, NJ).

Education, IEPs & Advocacy

Health Insurance & Support Resources

Logo of Small Steps in Speech with red cursive text 'Small' and blue text 'Steps in Speech' along with a light blue footprint and the tagline 'Helping children communicate one Small Step at a time'.
United Healthcare children's foundation logo with stylized colorful shapes.
Logo of Project Lifesaver featuring a police badge and a blue and yellow compass design with the words 'PROJECT LIFESAVER Bringing Loved Ones Home' and a tagline 'The Original 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization'.