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Many children grow up with speech and language developmental delays, which can extend into adulthood if untreated, making it difficult to do well in school and in the workplace. Communication is a crucial part of daily living, and speech disorders, from stuttering to apraxia of speech, can significantly hinder a person’s ability to excel. Speech-language pathologists study for years to uncover the origins of speech development delays, and how to get past them. Many speech-language pathologists and parents of children with apraxia of speech have taken to blogging to share resources, teaching tips, and technology recommendations for making speech development easy and fun. These sites are the best we could find for anyone with an interest in speech-language pathology.

Since 1998 speech-language-therapy dot com has provided information and resources to consumers,
Speech-Language Pathologists and students worldwide. The content reflects the professional, clinical, teaching and research activities of the site owner Caroline Bowen who has special interests in children's speech sound disorders and the role of families in intervention.  The intended audience for speech-language-therapy dot com is families and others close to children with communication difficulties, and people working in the field of communication sciences and disorders. Its mission is to provide useful, theoretically sound, and where possible evidence-based information about human communication disorders.

This site contains a host of links, articles, ideas, and activities regarding speech and language disorders.

Carrie Clark the founder of Speech and Language Kids.  Over the past 4 years, SLK has become the place where speech-language therapists go for answers!  She is a speech therapist located in Columbia, Missouri and dedicates her time to creating awesome activities and breaking down the current research into easy-to-follow plans. That means you will easily be able to pick up one of her activities or resources and quickly put it into action right away.  Plus, her materials can be shared with other people on the child’s team, including teachers, parents, caregivers, baby-sitters, and therapists so that everyone will understand what’s going on and can help the child make faster progress.

Childhood Speech & Language (CSL) provides pediatric speech and language therapy to children throughout the Seattle metropolitan area.  Their website includes an excellent resource page with information on speech, language, and learning disorders, therapy programs, and medical/genetic disorders.

The speech-language resources website is a gateway to information that will allow you to better understand language and literacy difficulties in school-age children.  You will gain access to materials and exercises (most of it free) that have been developed from years of working with children with language and literacy difficulties.  Many of the activities are focused on text-based intervention. Other activities are more traditional oral language resources and games.  You are given step-by-step guides on how best to use the worksheets and programs from beginning to end.   On the free language therapy pages you will find many techniques on how best to engage your students using language learning facilitation techniques.  ​By using the techniques listed on this website you will be better placed to teach students vital oral language skills. 

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iCommunicate provides a wealth of information about a wide variety of speech and language disorders (such as apraxia, phonological delay, aphasia, dysarthria, stuttering etc), communication development, hearing impairment, autism, brain injury, stroke and acquired adult communication difficulties, special needs and learning difficulties, and assistive communication (AAC).

The webpage is one section of Judith Kuster's Net Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences. The internet is FULL of materials that can be adapted to speech-language therapy. Be aware that URLs change and disappear and other sites are available and will become available. These sites are provided simply as good examples.

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Reading Rockets offers a rich library of classroom strategies, articles, parent tip sheets, FAQs, videos, research briefs and more — providing research-based and best-practice information for educators, parents, and others who work with young readers. Before children learn to read, they learn the sounds of language by listening and speaking. These skills provide the foundation for later literacy. Many students who struggle with reading have language-based difficulties including spoken language.

This topical guide on speech-language resources for early intervention practitioners will introduce you to important books, videos, and information resources available from the EI Clearinghouse.