Comeunity:
Speech and Language Dysfunction in Children
www.comeunity.com/disability/speech/
Great selection of articles and overrview of resources for parents of
children with speech or language dysfunction.
See reviews of recommended speech books.
Children's Disabilities has many articles on speech and communication, plus more resources for speech problems in children.
Apraxia Kids
www.apraxia-kids.org
Exceptional collection of original articles from experts on speech and
language disorders. Also FAQs, things to do at home and the website
for very active Apraxia Kids email support list.
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA)
www.asha.org
Professional society for audiologists, speech-language pathologists,
and speech, language, and hearing specialists. Factsheet topics include
communication disorders and stuttering.
National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
www.nidcd.nih.gov
Factsheets on voice, speech and language.
Communicating Partners
www.jamesdmacdonald.com/
Dr. James MacDonald's website provides experienced advice on ways to
encourage your child with special needs to communicate. Conclusions
and case studies from his 25 years of theraputic research experience
as a speech therapist cover a variety of communication issues for children
with Down's Syndrome, Autism, and Behavioral issues. You can order his
book Communicate with Your Child via the website as well.
Questions
and Answers About Phonological Disorders, Articulation Disorders, Developmental
Dyspraxia, and the Dysarthrias
members.tripod.com/Caroline_Bowen/home.html
Caroline Bowen, Speech Pathologist, explains phonological speech disorders
in this comprehensive site. See her new discussion
on lisping.
Semantic
Pragmatic Disorder
www.hyperlexia.org/sp1.html
Children with difficulties related to language comprehension and conversation.
Although the primary focus is on children with autism, this detailed
article is useful for any child whose speech and comprehension difficulties
interfere with personal interactions.
Building
on Language Skills
Emory Developmental Continuity Program
www.emory.edu/PEDS/NEONATOLOGY/DCP/3yrlang.htm
Practical suggestions for helping your preschooler with communication
and language skills.
Premature
Infants & Speech-Language Skills
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), on Health Touch
www.healthtouch.com/bin/EContent_HT/showAllLfts.asp?lftname=ASLHA062&cid=HT
Higher incidence of speech and language problems in children born premature.
Speech
Pathology Associaion of Austrialia
avoca.vicnet.net.au/~sppathau/
FAQS include Helping
Your Baby to Talk., The
Sound of Speech, The
Sound of Speech
From
Illegible to Understandable: How Word Prediction and Speech Synthesis
Can Help
www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/word_prediction.html
Article by Charles A. MacArthur describes a multi-modal reading instruction
program including phonics, reading, book discussion, story retelling
and computers. On LD-Online.
Late
Blooming or Language Problem?
www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/speech-language/asha_lateblooming.html
Clues to differentiate between a language delay and a language disorder.
