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12: Communication: Speech and Language

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Speech and Language Development. Lists of behaviors to expect from typically developing children, from birth to 3 years, and suggestions for helping childrens speech and communication development.
The O.A.F.C.C.D. Parent Resources Index. General information about communication, suggestions for helping preschool and school-age children with communication disorders, and other resources, from the Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders.
Traumatic Brain Injury: Cognitive and Communicative Disorders. A look at the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on childrens communication, from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, within the National Institutes of Health.
Frequently Asked Questions: Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools-Speaking, Listening, Reading, & Writing. From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Behaviour in Children with Language Disorders: A Handout for Parents. Advice from the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
General Information About Speech and Language Disorders. A fact sheet compiled by the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
Lets Talk About It: Fostering the Development of Language Skills and Emergent Literacy. Suggestions on fostering childrens language and literacy development for parents and teachers from PBS. Also includes information about bilingualism in school.
How do speech pathologists work in a multilingual and culturally diverse society? Frequently asked questions, answered by the Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited.
Children and Bilingualism. Information for parents about bilingualism (and its effects on speech and language development), from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Communication Facts: Incidence and Prevalence of Communication Disorders and Hearing Loss in Children2002 Edition. Statistics compiled by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Common Voice Disorders. Short descriptions and photographs provided by the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center.
Voice Disorders In Children. Answers and advice for parents from the Center for Speech, Language, and Occupational Therapy, in California.
Children with Communication Disorders. Information about prevalence, identifying characteristics, and educational implications of communication disorders.
Voice therapy for children. A clear explanation of speech-language therapy procedures.
Managing Speech Disorders: An Introduction to Speech Pathology and Resonance Disorders. From Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta.
Home page of the Dyspraxia Foundation, a charity organization in the United Kingdom. The web site provides information on dyspraxia in children; its effects on daily life, behavior, and education; and advice for parents.
What Is Stuttering? Characteristics, causes, treatments, practical information, and helpful links, from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Children Aware of Stuttering as Early as Age Three: Negative Evaluation of Disfluent Speech Observed from Age Four. A summary, from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, of a study reported in the April 2001 issue of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Information About Stuttering. Pages for families, children, and professionals.
Information about Landau Kleffner Syndrome and its treatment, from Englands Friends of Landau Kleffner Syndrome.
Case studies of children with Landau Kleffner Syndrome.
ProServ: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs. Provided by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Speech Paths, an online resource for speech-language pathologists.
How To Think About a Speech-Language Evaluation. Tips for parents, from the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association.
Early Intervention Strategies in Communication Disorders. An article published in Jacksonville Medicine (March 2000).
Home page of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids (YAACK), which provides information on AAC to parents and professionals caring for young children with communication disorders.
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