Examples of Imagery Used in Disney Movie Scripts
Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted For Therapy
a collection of resources by Judith Maginnis Kuster
The following is one section of Judith Kuster's Net Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences (www.communicationdisorders.com). The internet is FULL of materials that can be adapted to speechlanguage 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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Examples of "interactive" sites
(Updated April 30, 2020)Many of the examples below are also easily adaptable to interactive whiteboards such as SmartBoard, ActivBoard, eBeam, Mimio, Webster, Polyvision, Numonics, Interwrite, and Starboard.
- Robo~Bee - find the word that best completes the sentence (http://www.wordcentral.com/games/robobee.html)
- Nina Loves to Name Things (http://teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/bll/nina/index.htm)
- I Spy (http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/games/index.htm)
- Lecky activities and tons of other interactive activities for preschoolers (www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html)
- The Subservient Chicken is back!!! (http://oneweakness.com/subservient-chicken)
- What's in the Bag? (www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html)
- Star Fall ABC's (http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f)
- Jigsaw puzzles (http://www.dltk-kids.com/puzzle.htm)
- Houghton Mifflin Spelling Match (www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/hmsv/smg/smg.thtml&game_file=game_6_30&grade=6&unit=30)
- A Touch of Class - an interactive categorization activity (www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html)
- Primary Games (www.primarygames.com/index.html) - includes Word Lab and many more
- FunBrain (www.fekids.com/kln/games/whomp) - many online games but scroll down on the first page and skip the ad (shop button)
- Age Calculator (http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/age.html)
- Literacy Center Education Network's pre and early reading curriculum (www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm) provides over a million free lessons following a "Modified Montessori approach to teaching reading." The Parent and Teacher section is divided into subject areas where lessons can be chosen for specific purposes.
- Word Dice (www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html) - scroll down past the first few games
- Games Centre, (http://www.abc.net.au/abc3/games/)just a lot of free interactive games from Australia.
- Dress Up activities - many links to dress up dolls, rooms, cities, robots, and much more (http://www.dressupgames.com/) - click the DressUpGames logo in the top left corner
- The Magic School Bus many games and activities (http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/index.htm)
- Scary Spuds (www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html)
- Candlelight Stories Stellar Speller (www.candlelightstories.com/Games/StellarSpeller.htm)
- Arthur's Games and more (https://pbskids.org/games/)
- ABC Teach online educational games (abcteach.com/directory/educational_links/educational_games/).
- Awesome Library's links to interactive online activities (www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/New_and_Exciting/Games.html) is worth exploring.
- Word Central games (www.wordcentral.com/games.html).
- Whacky Web Tales (http://www.eduplace.com/tales/) - madlibs
- Sesame Street interactive activities (http://www.sesamestreet.org/)
- Zimmer Twins Make a Movie (www.zimmertwins.com/) - create or finish a story
- Quizlet (quizlet.com/languages-and-vocab/) has many language and vocabulary free, online flashcards, and the option to make your own. (There are even flashcards for Communication Disorders students to practice!)
- Cookie Language Lesson Games for Pre-K through First grade.
- Primary Interactive (English) and Primary Interactive (Early)
- Jumble Kids figure out words from jumbled letters (www.uclick.com/client/mwb/tmjkf/)
- Language Study Stacks (www.studystack.com/category-6) contains flashcards, hangman games, word search, matching and other activities. You can also create your own set of flashcards to add to the site.
- Everyday Life (http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife) - interactive lessons to experience everyday challenges faced by adults.
- Free Online Learning from the Goodwill Community Foundation. (http://www.gcflearnfree.org/).
- Belmikri has several preschool and kindergarten games to learn letters, numbers, colors and shapes.
- Online coloring activities and downloadable coloring pages/books
- TheColor.com has over 1000 fun online coloring pages. (www.thecolor.com/)
- 321 Coloring Pages (www.321coloringpages.com/)
- Twisty Noodle - lots of nice coloring pages and worksheets arranged in themes - for preschool though first grade.
- Coloring Book (coloring.com)
- Sarah's Coloring pages (http://www.coloringpages7.com/)
- 48 Mother Goose and nursery rhyme pages to print out and color Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes Coloring Book (www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/rhymesbook/)
- Non-Flash Activities for your iPAD. Many Interactive Activities online require FLASH, which is an Adobe software program that is not supported on iPADs. But there are many freely available interactive educational activities online that do NOT require FLASH and these can be used on iPADs through the web browser which is part of an iPAD's system. A few examples are below as well as an extensive list from an excellent English as a Second Language site. Check interactive activities throughout this entire site to find additional examples. These resources will of course also work on your computer.
- Non-Flash Things for ESL Students
- Free Rice - vocabulary quiz.
- Words at Play from Merriam-Webster
- Vocabulary quiz from vocabulary.com
- Uncovering additional interactive white board activities (which can also be used as online interactive sites on your computer).
- Engaging Learners the Smartboard Way (http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/)
- Mrs. Hurley's ESL Smartboard Favorites (www.mrshurleysesl.com/smartboards/smartboardfavorites.html)
- Smart Exchange lesson plans for your SMART board (http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=01)
- iSmartboard.com - Smartboard lessons, games and activities by grade level. (Check under "reading lessons") (www.ismartboard.com/third-fourth-fifth-grade/3-4-5-reading-smartboard-lessons/)
- PBS Kids Interactive Whiteboard Games (http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/)
- Topmarks - "The best, free Interactive Whiteboard Resources" - literacy resources. (www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=38)
- Check the ESL sites for interactive games and exercises for vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, etc. for example ESL Fun Games Online (www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/index.html) for a variety of interactive games and exercises as well as many printable, and ESL Exercises Online: Interactive Materials for Learners (www.englishmedialab.com/)
- A Web Whiteboard - online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone to draw sketches, collaborate with others and share them with the world. Free. Works on all modern browsers. No installation needed. (http://awwapp.com/)
- BIGbot - identify synonyms and antonyms (www.wordcentral.com/games/bigbot.html)
Examples of reproducibles and activities that can be adapted for therapy
(updated April 30, 2020)- Ms. Lane's SLP Materials is FILLED with many reproducibles in various disorder areas.
- colorful Free Printable Kindergarten Worksheets (https://www.kindergartenteacherresources.com/)
- Kindergarten Worksheets and Printables (www.education.com/worksheets/kindergarten/)
- Animal Concentration Cards (www.bry-backmanor.org/animalconcentration.html) from Bry-Back Manor
- File Folder Games (www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/filefolder.shtml) and other printables are available from Preschool Printables (www.preschoolprintables.com)
- File Folder Fun (http://filefolderfun.com/)
- Over 20,000 worksheets (https://www.education.com/worksheets/)
- Kizclub (www.kizclub.com) has a variety of activities and printables.
- DLTK's Printable Crafts For Kids Books, crafts, sequencing activities and a lot more! including "Sponge Bob." (www.dltk-kids.com)
- Three Little Pigs felt board - (http://www.preschoolprintables.com/felt/3pigs/feltpigc2.shtml) Additional felt board items (http://www.preschoolprintables.com/felt/felt.shtml)
- Dominoes (www.senteacher.org/Enlarge/22/Dominoes.xhtml) from SEN Teacher free printables (www.senteacher.org/Print/)
- Free-reading.net - excellent alphabet flashcards and SO MUCH MORE!!(http://free-reading.net)
- School Express - 15,000 free worksheets (http://schoolexpress.com/fwsindex.php)
- Preschool Worksheets
- Early Learning Activities from Shelley Lovett
- Five Green and Speckled Frogs from DLTK's educational activities for kids
- ABC Teach (abcteach.com/) has free Printable activity sheets and project helpers
- Dot to Dot (www.kidsrcrafty.com/dot-to-dot.htm)
- The Attic (www.bry-backmanor.org/activitypages.html)
- Chateau Meddybemps (www.meddybemps.com) - young writer's workshop
- Little Explorers Picture Dictionary with links (www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html) has nearly 2500 entries, and suggested activities for early readers and grades 2-3
- Printables and Worksheets (atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/index.shtml) Check the Story Starters (atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/Story_Starters/index.shtml)
- LearningPage.Com (www.learningpage.com) is filled with reproducibles for teachers, parents and homeschoolers. (a subscription site, but has free samples)
- RHL School's reading comprehension worksheets (rhlschool.com/reading.htm), Grammar worksheets (www.rhlschool.com/english.htm), and more sections to explore.
- edHelper.com (www.edHelper.com) has free examples of Worksheets, Lessons, WebQuests, Teacher Tools, Spelling, Puzzles, and Vocabulary Worksheets.
- Kid's Page Archive (www.tlsbooks.com/kidspagearchive.htm) - free printable worksheets
- Alphabet Chart (http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/printouts/Alphabet%20Chart.pdf) - find/draw pictures or think of words in various categories.
- Lunchbox notes (www.readingrockets.org/books/fun/notes)
- Kindergarten Worksheets
- Cookie Language Worksheets many reproducible worksheets for young children
- Reading and Literacy Skills - HUNDREDS of pages of worksheets, grades K-3 (http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/index.html)
- 100 free printable items from Kathryn Whitaker (www.practicalautismresources.com/printables)
- Math Worksheets Land (http://www.mathworksheetsland.com/) - Core aligned by grad level. Many appropriate worksheet for language concepts in the Preschool Math Worksheets section (http://www.mathworksheetsland.com/prek/)
- Samples of One Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers by Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner
- Conversation Starters for Kids
General collections
(updated May 7, 2020)- Cherry Carl is a retired teacher and Language Arts Specialist and Reading Specialist Instructor and has incredible materials online
- Carl's Corner (http://www.carlscorner.us.com/) - site is FILLED with wonderful links and materials. Some are commercially available, but many are free including
- "Board Games Grove" (www.carlscorner.us.com/Games.htm)
- 25 Alphabet Activities for Kids (http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/05/25-alphabet-activities-for-kids.html) from No Time for Flash Cards (http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/)
- Speech and Language Therapy Resources (https://en.commtap.org/)
- A nicely done site by Carrie Clark contains Free Speech Therapy Materials for a variety of disorders.
- Activities and Templates
- Speech Teach UK Downloads (www.speechteach.co.uk/p_general/downloads.htm)
- Teach the Children Well - amazing collection of links (www.teachthechildrenwell.com/)
- resourceSETStudent and Classroom Resources (https://w3.setbc.org/students/Pages/Student-Resources-Library.aspx)
- Gamequarium (http://www.gamequarium.com/) - amazing site you'll spend hours on!
- Primary Resources (www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm) from the UK has lots of resources, including
- Adjective cards in pdf format (http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/adjectivecards.pdf)
- Add an Adjective PPT
- Kids Online Resources (http://www.kidsolr.com/)
- Jig Saw Planet many different levels (https://www.jigsawplanet.com/)
- SpeakingofSpeech materials exchange (https://www.speakingofspeech.com/material/view-materials) check the goal bank for many different disorders.
- Internet4Classrooms (www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm) - totally amazing site you will get lost in for hours!
- KidsOLG - Early Childhood and Education resources (http://www.kidsolr.com/earlychildhood/index.html) - enormous site of links to explore
- Read Write Think - incredible resource to explore - for all grade levels (http://www.readwritethink.org)
- Carol's Speech and Language Disorders Idea Exchange (www.angelfire.com/nj/speechlanguage/index.html) by Carol Casserly
- Speech Therapy Activities (www.speechtx.com/) by Jennifer Mitchell
- Freida van Staden's Page (members.tripod.com/Freida_vanStaden/SLPresources.htm)
- Speech Therapy Ideas and Activities (www.angelfire.com/nm2/speechtherapyideas/) by Robyn Wellman.
- The WONDERFUL Caroline Bowen's speech-language-therapy dot com includes wonderful suggestions from practicing clinicians.
- Awesome Library (www.awesomelibrary.org/) has many links to explore for materials.
- Learning A-Z (https://accounts.learninga-z.com/accountsweb/marketing/allInOne.do?campaign=freesamples)
- Speech Therapy Games and Activities (www.speechteach.co.uk/p_resource/speech/speech_intro.htm)
- Mrs. Alphabet features a nice variety of alphabet activity ideas (www.mrsalphabet.com/alphabet.html) - be sure to check the links page on this site! (mrsalphabet.com/links.html)
- Free Education Worksheets (http://www.education.com/worksheets/) - K-High School
- Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County's Links to Favorites materials are freely available (http://dsfoc.org/learning-program/lp-favorites
- Making Learning Fun (http://www.makinglearningfun.com/) includes
- Recipes (www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/recipes.htm)
- All About Me book (http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/AllAboutMeNotebook.htm)
- Read Write Think Activities includes
- Construct a Word (http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/construct-word-30003.html)
- Picture Match (http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/picture-match-30004.html)
- Pete's PowerPoint Station
- Super Teacher Worksheets (http://superteacherworksheets.com/)
- Super Teacher Ideas (www.superteacherideas.com/)
- Speech therapy ideas (www.speechtherapyideas.com/)
- Preschool Printables (http://preschoolprintables.info/)
- ABCYA (www.abcya.com/) has several educational activities at various grade levels.
- Autumn Links directly to many Quia language activities and other resources as well as PowerPoint Books for speech and language
- Early Learning HQ (www.earlylearninghq.org.uk/)
- Skillwise English - reading, grammar, speaking and listening, and more - activities for adults
- 15 Literacy interactive resources for Primary/Elementary Schools (http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html)
- 20 Literacy interactive resources for Primary Schools - resources and activities for your IWB (http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html)
- iSLCOLLECTIVE - 50,000+ free ESL, EFT worksheets made by teachers for teachers. Available in English and other languages. Must register. (https://es.islcollective.com/)
Additional "Kid Stuff"
(section updated April 30, 2020)
Below are a few links to toys, books, and television programs popular with young children. Searching these sites will often turn up activities that can be adapted for therapy.
- Berenstain Bears (www.berenstainbears.com/)
- Nickelodeon (www.nick.com) and Nick Jr. (www.nickjr.com)
- PBS Kids (pbskids.org/) has many good activities (http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/aboutface/index.html)
- Learning Resources "to help you make the most of PBS KIDS and support your child's learning every day. (pbskids.org/learn/)
- Sesame Street Workshop (sesameworkshop.org)
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (pbskids.org/clifford)
- Arthur (pbskids.org/arthur)
- Zoboomafoo (www.pbs.org/zoboo)
- Commercial sites but may have some free activities
- Hasbro (www.hasbro.com) check for the free materials
- Fisher-Price (www.fisher-price.com/us)
- Barbie.com (play.barbie.com/en-us)
- Disney.com (disney.go.com/index) - E Cards, stories, activities. Check here
- Seussville (www.seussville.com/seussville)
A virtual library - the Children's Corner
(Section updated April 30, 2020)- Bibliography of Books with Rhyme and Repeated Lines (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/repetitivebooks.html) collated by Judy Kuster and linked to Amazon and other resources.
- Books for Specific Phoneme Practice by M. Fish, (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/phonemebooks.html) linked to Amazon.
- Bibliography of Books, Stories and Games that Reinforce Speech Sound Targets (http://crokebeck.tripod.com/articbks.htm/homepage.html)
- A Bibliography of Children's Books That Focus on Language Goals by Bonnie Lund (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/languagefocusbooks.pdf)
- Pinterest of books for children with various disabilities by Glenda Anderson
- Online Books for Children about Specific Speech-Language-Hearing Disorders
(Section updated April 30, 2020)
- Sometimes I Just Stutter by Eelco de Geus (https://www.stutteringhelp.org/sites/default/files/Migrate/sometimes_stutter.pdf)
- Trouble at Recess (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/book0034.pdf)
- Izabella: The Story of the Princess Who Stuttered by Beata Akerman (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/akerman.pdf)
- Everyone's Different by Alan Badmington (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/badmington7/badmington27.html)
- The Can't Be Seen Who Couldn't Squawk by Dale Williams (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/williams.pdf)
- Tarby Rockets to Slower Speech by Craig Coleman and Mary Weidner (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad12/papers/therapy12/colemanbook.pdf)
- Changing the Words Around by Alan Badmington (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/badmington.pdf)
- Jeremy and the Hippo by Gail Wilson Lew
- Benni (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/benni/benni.html) (in German)
- Charlie Who Couldn't Say His Name (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/charlie.pdf) by Davene Fahy
- Oliver Gets Hearing Aids (https://successforkidswithhearingloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Oliver-Gets-Hearing-Aids.pdf) by Maureen Cassidy Riski and Nikolas Klakow, illustrated by Nicolas Bakery Polygone
- Oliver Gets FM (https://successforkidswithhearingloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Oliver-Gets-FM.pdf) by Maureen Cassidy Riski, from Phonak
- The Treasure Hunt - a YouTube "book" about a child who has a grandfather with aphasia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq12cMUZPg4&feature=share The Treasure Hunt)
- When Grandpa Comes Home - freely available book about stroke survivor. Nicely done! (http://www.strokecenter.org/patients/caregiver-and-patient-resources/when-grandpa-comes-home/)
- My Name is Sean 20 page picture book about a little boy who has Down Syndrome (http://mynameissean.shutterfly.com/pictures/15)
- Nursery Rhymes and Songs
(section updated April 30, 2020)
- The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright, beautiful PDF of this entire classic (www.gutenberg.org/etext/10607)
- NiteOwl's Nursery Rhymes Coloring Pages(http://web.archive.org/web/20080703055328/http://www.niteowl.org/kids/index.html)
- Our Favorite Nursery rhymes (web.archive.org/web/20080324144421/http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/rindex.htm) includes music and some pictures to color.
- Children's Songs - lyrics and midi format (www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm)
- Nursery Rhymes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery_rhyme)
- KIDiddles: The Best in Children's Music (http://www.kididdles.com/) - free but you must sign-up
- Nursery Rhyme Sequence Cards (http://web.archive.org/web/20070120071233/http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/Foundation/nurseryrhymes/resources.htm)
- Alphabet Books
(Section updated April 30, 2020)
- Animated ABC book (www.magickeys.com/books/alphabet/index.html) by Rolando Merino - cute!
- 50 Fantastic Alphabet Books (http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/03/50-alphabet-books.html)
- Magazines
(Section updated April 30, 2020)
- Time for Kids (www.timeforkids.com/)
- American Girl Magazine (www.americangirl.com/)
- Sports Illustrated for Kids (http://www.sikids.com/)
- National Geographic for Kids (www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html)
- Short articles/stories and books
(Section updated April 30, 2020)
- Kizclub books has story book patterns in color or black and white (http://www.kizclub.com/stories.htm) for bulletin boards or to reinforce and retell the story.
- Reading A to Z (readinga-z.com) is a subscription site, but also has many free downloadable books.
- The Fisherman and his Wife (http://web.archive.org/web/20080705104417/http://www.ipl.org.ar/youth/StoryHour/Fisherman/fish.html)
- Bibliomania
- Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page). Be sure to check the Children's bookshelf for many classics you may have enjoyed! (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_Bookshelf)
- Children's books online, the Rosetta Project (www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm#top)
- Online Children's Stories (www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html)
- Aesop's Fables - (www.umass.edu/aesop) nicely illustrated. ine options that are cross platform (www.billybear4kids.com/story/books.htm).
- Story Place - books in English or Spanish (www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp)
- Childrens' Storybooks Online (www.magickeys.com/books/index.html) is a delightful site filled with illustrated nursery and stories
- American Folklore (www.americanfolklore.net)
- Books Online (digital.library.upenn.edu/books)
- Awesome Library (www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Literature/Elementary_Literature.html)
- Online collection of Aesop's Fables (www.aesopfables.com/aesopsel.html)
- Beantime Stories (www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html)
- Tar Heel Reader - "a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches.
- Story Jumper Books (www.storyjumper.com/book/browse)
- Symbol World had lots of good Stories (http://www.symbolworld.org/categories/show/1)
- Just Books Read Aloud (http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com)
- Bill Zimmerman's Make Beliefs Printables! - 350 free printable in various categories and Free E-Books
- International Children's Digital Library - "A Library for the World's Children"
- Libby borrow and read ebooks and audiobooks from your local public library for FREE! Get app or use it on your web browser
- Electronic books - read-along or listen to
(Section updated April 30,2020)
- Gutenberg project audio books (www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1)
- Storyline Online - famous actors read children's stories (www.storylineonline.net/)
- Clifford's Interactive Storybooks (http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/games4a.htm) with lots of additional activities.
- StarFall (http://starfall.com) - features interactive books.
- Aesop's Fables (www.aesopfables.com)
- Explore more examples on Teacher Tap - Electronic Books and Online Reading (http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm)
- Preschool Library Story Place (www.storyplace.org/)
- Tumble Book Library (many libraries have this as a patron privilege. Some have it linked for anyone to access. When this page was made, the following URL provided free access. (http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/FreePortal.aspx) If this library no longer provides free access, type "Tumble Books" into Google and search for a library that allows access, of if your local library has Tumble Books, use your own library card!)
- Read With Me eBooks (http://readwithme.cast.org/) - free interactive books for parents and teachers of young children
- Short podcasts and audio books
(Section updated April 30,2020)
- Children's Story Podcast (http://storynory.com/) - free audio story every week
- Breaking News English - Current, ready-to-use EFL/ESL Lesson Plans & Podcast (www.breakingnewsenglish.com/) - script included.
- Science Update (www.scienceupdate.com) - one minute pod casts
- The Story Home (http://thestoryhome.com/), children's audio stories
- Online Audio Storie - Free
- Books Should Be Free free audio books from the public domain (http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/)
- Movie Trailers, Vlogs, and Animated stories
(Section updated April 30, 2020)
- Movie List (www.movie-list.com) and Quicktime movie trailers (www.apple.com/trailers) have movie trailers for stimulating conversation.
- You Tube (www.youtube.com/index) or Google Videos (http://video.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wv) are resources where you can watch and share your videos worldwide. Finding short, appropriate videos can be conversation starters to use in treatment. They are video-streamed and should be previewed prior to using them.
- Use KeepVid to download videos to your computer, free. A few examples:
- Garfield and Friends QUICKIEs - download them now in case they are taken off-line!
- People Who Stutter, Inspire (www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9wkAhkQl54)
Examples of actual Clinical Materials/Ideas on the Internet
(Section updated May 2, 2020)
- Diagnosis of language disorders
(Section updated May 2, 2020)
- The Rice/Wexler Test of Early Grammatical Impairment (Rice/Wexler) is an individually administered clinical tool that can be used for the identification, diagnosis, screening, and follow-up evaluation of grammatical deficits in young children, ages 3 through 8 years, who speak Standard American English (SAE). (http://web.archive.org/web/20150317005304/http://www2.ku.edu/~cldp/MabelRice/screener_pack/)
- The Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI) (http://www.rehabmed.ualberta.ca/spa/enni/) is norm-referenced narrative assessment instrument for collecting language information from children aged 4 to 9 through storytelling, by Phyllis Schneider, Rita Vis Dube', and Denyse Hayward. Contains several stories without words. Norms from a sample of 377 children are included for a number of analyses, including story information, referring expressions, and standard language analyses such as number of different words, Mean Length of Communication Unit, and Subordination Index.
- Speech and Language Milestones by Gard, Gilman, and Gorman (1993) provides a comprehensive list (http://edchapman.tripod.com/ParentLinks.html#production)
- Communication Matrix is "an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals." First published in 1990 and revised in 1996 and 2004 by Dr. Charity Rowland of Oregon Health & Science University, "t was designed primarily for speech-language pathologists and educators to use to document the expressive communication skills of children who have severe or multiple disabilities, including children with sensory, motor and cognitive impairments."
- Perkilou's Percentages Guide (http://web.archive.org/web/20160309204549/http://www.speechtherapygames.com/Freebies/percentagechart.pdf)
- Common Core Teacher Rating Scales for Language Evaluations (http://chapelhillsnippets.blogspot.com/2012/04/common-core-teacher-rating-scales-for.html) from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
- General Language Sites
(Section updated May 2, 2020)
- Strategies for Language Intervention from The Speech Stop by Ana Paula Mumy, M.S., CCC-SLP has many excellent free files in PDF format"
- CRAM is a free site with many prepared online flashcards in many categories with the option to create your own. Check especially Education (lower grades, phonetics!, vocabulary, medical terminology, etc.)
- Targeted Word Lists for Speech Therapy Practice (http://www.home-speech-home.com/speech-therapy-word-lists.html) for language, from HomeSpeechHome.com
- I Love Languages - amazing site with links to information about all the world languages. Check English, Sign Language, Spanish, etc. for many language-related activities! (http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php)
- word/language games (www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html) - created on QUIA by Tracy Gefroh Boyd
- sequencing games (www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html) - created on QUIA by Tracy Gefroh Boyd
- Excellent resource guides for classroom teachers (http://web.archive.org/web/20161214210335/http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca:80/specialed/sped_res_docs.htm) of children with special needs, including hard of hearing and deaf students, Understanding the Needs of the FAS/E Student, children with autism, ADHD, children with special learning disabilities, etc. from the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Skills and Training.
- MES English - free printable for teachers of young learners. (www.mes-english.com)
- Figurative language
- Paint by Idioms (www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html)
- The Idiom Connection (idioms.in/)
- Eye on Idioms (www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/)
- Do You Know What It Means? - a webquest on figurative language for 3rd graders by Sharon Hart (http://web.archive.org/web/20080814234020/http://bugges.wcpss.net/Do%20You%20Know%20What%20It%20Means.htm)
- A Gold Mine of Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Worksheets (www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm) has over 50 sample phonics and phonemic awareness worksheets.
- Language therapy ideas (web.archive.org/web/20130216094933/http://www.nciOHIO.com/therapy.htm)
- ParentPals.Com (www.parentpals.com) is a gifted and special education Web site for parents, includes Internet educational and treatment games to enhance learning and language skills (www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Special_Education_Games/index.html) organized in levels of difficulty.
- Listen Up (www.listen-up.org/) has links to many handouts and material sites for parents as well as language stimulation and therapy ideas
- Additional child language therapy ideas (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/languagerx.html)
- A Guide to Learning Disabilities for the ESL Classroom Practitioner
- Language Activities (www.speechtx.com/language.htm)
- The Educator's Reference Desk Language Arts Lesson Plans contain many ideas. (www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts)
- Sight Words is a treasure trove of "free resources to teach you child to read" Activities included are for Phonemic Awareness and Sight words flash cards activities. (http://www.sightwords.com/)
- Working on vocabulary
(Section updated May 2, 2020)
- Word Lists for Common Core Vocabulary, Tier I, II and III words
- The Internet Picture Dictionary - in several languages! Can make flashcards or use online activities.
- Free Rice - donates 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program for each vocabulary word you get right!
- World of Words vocabulary games by Lonn Swanson (www.quia.com/pages/worldowords.html)
- Online version of Twenty Questions - (20q.net)
- Akinator (en.akinator.com/) - twenty questions to guess a famous character
- Vocabulary University (www.vocabulary.com/) has many activities such as Fill-in-the-Blanks, Definition Matching, Synonym & Antonym Encounter, Word Find and Crossword for older children and adults.
- Crickler (crickler.com/crickler.html) - a new type of crossword puzzle that gears itself to your level.
- Various printables (http://web.archive.org/web/20070807031517/http://speakingofspeech.com/generic.html?pid=26) from Materials Exchange.
- There are a variety of types of Hangman available online.
- Quia's Online Autumn Hangman (www.quia.com/hm/1726.html) - an easy version, available in "Flash" or "html" version.
- Genuine Class Hangman (www.genuineclass.com/games/hangman.html)
- Hangman Games for ESL Students (www.manythings.org/hm/) - has many subject choices in both CGI (older) and Flash (newer) versions.
- SuperKids hangman (superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/hangman/) includes idioms, SAT vocabulary words, TV shows from different decades, U.S. Presidents, State Capitals, and much more!
- Playaholics (web.archive.org/web/20030215052352/http://www.hangman.no/") in English or Norwegian has three levels of difficulty and an interesting selection of topics, including "frequently misspelled words."
- Triumph Hangman (http://triumphpc.com/hangman/) uses challenging words.
- The Problem Site (www.theproblemsite.com/games/hangman.asp) The vocabulary is not easy! My first word was "approximating."
- Bill's Games Hangman (www.billsgames.com/hangman/index.html) allows choice of topic, number of guesses, and a happy face or growing plant as the "hangman." The clinician can even enter a word for the client to "discover." This one rates 4 stars!
- Bones Hangman (http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/n/) where "you diminish the dreams of a sleeping dog" with each incorrect guess.
- Music hangman (www.renoweb.net/rlam/game.htm) gives only one minute to figure out the music-related words.
- Cleft the Spelling Clown (for PC) (www.akidsheart.com/threer/spellclowndes.htm) is a hangman type game that pops balloons. You can add up to 10 spelling lists of your choice.
- Grey Olltwit's Hangman (for PC) (www.greyolltwit.com/hangman.html) includes a variety of categories.
- Hangman (http://bab.la/hangman.php)
- Collective nouns and a whole lot more (www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html)
- SpellaRoo (www.funbrain.com/games/spellaroo).
- The Merriam-Webster site (m-w.com) - go to the menu for many vocabulary treasures.
- Word Turtle provides a list of words which it will then hide in a puzzle in different levels of difficulty (www.funbrain.com/detect/). You can play it on the computer or print it out on paper.
- Robo Word Scramble (www.ohio-distinctive.com/toybox/scramble.html)
- Vocabulary University (www.vocabulary.com/)
- Learning Chocolate (www.learningchocolate.com/) provides free vocabulary learning material
- Action pictures - here (www.beststart.org/haveaballtogether/resources/have_a_ball_stickers_ab_lr.pdf) and here (www.beststart.org/haveaballtogether/resources/have_a_ball_sticker_sheet.pdf) - run off of sticker-backed paper to put on activity calendar, use as reinforcement, make flashcards, etc.
- Word Finder - activity to figure out scrambled words (http://wordfinder.yourdictionary.com)
- Fun English Games (www.funenglishgames.co) has many good activities including
- Words and Vocabulary many suggested activities and online games including hangman (www.funenglishgames.com/topics/wordsvocabulary.html)
- Fun Word Games (www.funenglishgames.com/wordgames.html)
- knoword provides the definition and first letter, you guess the word. Timed. (http://www.knoword.org/)
- lexipedia interesting web of definitions of words (http://lexipedia.com/)
- Test your vocabulary How many words do you know? (http://www.testyourvocab.com/)
- English Vocabulary Games (www.vocabulary.co.il)
- Working on Morphology/Syntax
(Section updated May 3, 2020)
- Grammar: Khan Academy Excellent lessons on all parts of Standard English Grammar. Includes 90 practice exercises
- Mark's English School (www.marks-english-school.com/games.html)
- Grammar Crackers games/activities by Lonn Swanson (www.quia.com/pages/grammarcrackers.html)
- Funbrain (www.funbrain.com) - educational activities for kids including grammar gorillas and what's the word, sign the alphabet
- Whacky Web Tales (www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html) - good for working on parts of speech
- Kizclub activities (www.kizclub.com)
- Big Dog's Grammar (http://aliscot.com/bigdog/)
- OWL Online Writing Lab from Purdue University (web.archive.org/web/20070831140759/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html)
- Webster Comnet Guide to Grammar and Writing (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/) is an information treasure. Includes Royal order of adjectives (grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm)
- English Grammar.
- HyperGrammar writing centre (www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html)
- Daily Grammar Lesson Archives (www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml) provides information about grammar with short "quizzes."
- activities at various difficulty levels (www.learningplanet.com/) including a memory games, word search puzzles, crossword puzzles, and "Rats," an activity for identifying nouns and verbs, common and proper nouns, adverbs and adjectives
- Verbs and Adverbs (www.education.com/files/90301_90400/90340/file_90340.pdf)
- Panopaticon - a sentence builder - "The purpose of this page is to construct, at a glance using visual choices, simple sentences in Basic English." (www.basic-english.org/learn/oww.htm;)
- Grammar Bytes - "Grammar Instruction with Attitude" has PPT and handouts for many lessons for ESL students which may be appropriate for high school and adult clients.
- Buggy for Adjectives activity sheets (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BzbCKFC_6eP0ZGQ3ZWFjYWMtZWUwNi00NzhlLWJhM2ItZjhmN2EwZmFhMzc2&hl=en_US)
- Fun Grammar Games (www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames.html)
- How to Avoid the Most Common Grammar Mistakes from EliteWritings
- Spanish Materials
(Section Updated May 3, 2020
- General Information and Material
- SuperDuper's free parent-teacher educational Handy Handouts available in Spanish (and also English) on various topics. (https://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx)- put Spanish in the all topics search if it doesn't come up immediately
- Enchanted Learning's Spanish - information, quizzes, worksheets, and printouts (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/spanish.shtml) and a Spanish-to-English picture dictionary. (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/Spanish2dictionary.htm)
- Teachers Pay Teachers many free materials. Use the keyword "Spanish" to find flashcards and PowerPoints for vocabulary and grammar, and a document with basic greetings, introductions, and questions/responses for working on pragmatics. (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com)
- Study Spanish has Spanish tutorials on pronunciation, grammar (including online verb drills), vocabulary, and idioms. (http://www.studyspanish.com)
- Jill Kerper Mora's instructional modules includes strategies for teaching concepts and vocabulary, a sequence of phonics instruction, guided story construction, and more. (http://www.moramodules.com/MoraModules/Default.htm)
- Colorin Colorado - a extensive bilingual site in Spanish and English. (http://www.colorincolorado.org/?langswitch=es) Includes pre-reading skills. (http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/teaching/kreading)
- Assessment Materials
- Spanish Phrasing Book for SLPs [PDF, 85.4MB], by Dorothy Miranda Esckelson and Adulfa Aguirre Morales, provides SLPs "with language to use with their Spanish-speaking students and their families" related to articulation/phonology, hearing, language, stuttering, and voice disorders. (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/spanishphrasingbookforSLPs.pdf)
- Communication Matrix - "an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals," available in several languages, including Spanish. (http://www.communicationmatrix.org)
- Treatment/Informational Materials
- The Literacy Center - activities for early childhood development and literacy lessons in English, Spanish, German, and French. (http://www.literacycenter.net)
- Get Ready to Read has early materials promoting literacy skills in English (http://www.getreadytoread.org) and Spanish (http://www.getreadytoread.org/spanish).
- iSLCOLLECTIVE - printable ESL worksheets by teachers for teachers in several languages, including English and Spanish. Choose the level, skill, material type, or focus (grammar or vocabulary).(http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/search_result?Tags=spanish)
- "Supporting Early-Literacy and Language Acquisition Among Bilingual Children in Head Start," [PDF, 4.9MB] by Elizabeth Ijalba (a 71-page ASHA convention handout with several suggested, colorful activities). (http://www.asha.org/Events/convention/handouts/2010/1038-Ijalba-Elizabeth)
- Online Libraries
- Story Place has a preschool and elementary children's digital library in Spanish (also in English). (http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp)
- In "Here, Clifford!" - a Spanish-language Clifford interactive storybook. (http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activity/here-clifford-spanish-clifford-interactive-storybook-activity)
- Cody's Cuentos produces free podcasts of classic fairytales and children's poems translated into Spanish and read by a professional storyteller. (http://web.archive.org/web/20080326184452/http://www.codyscuentos.com)
- Biblioteca Digital Internacional para Niños is the Spanish-language section of The International Children's Digital Library of outstanding children's books from around the world.(http://en.childrenslibrary.org)
- Vocabulary
- Fill it In - enter the English translation for the Spanish word provided. (http://www.vocabulary.co.il/foreign-language/fill-it-in-english-spanish-vocabulary)
- Speaking of Speech has pictures of Spanish (and Vietnamese) vocabulary words. (http://web.archive.org/web/20080601225614/http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Language_Materials.html#ESL)
- Quizlet - Spanish vocabulary flashcards to use or make. (http://quizlet.com/subject/spanish)
- Collins Spanish dictionary. (http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-spanish)
- Spanish for Kids - pictures and pronunciation (also in English, French, German, and Italian). (http://www.chillola.com/at/spanish%20starter%20page.html)
- Learning Chocolate - many categories of vocabulary with pictures. (http://www.learningchocolate.com)
- Grammar
- Spanish Comparatives and Superlatives: What They Mean and How To Use Them (https://www.livelingua.com/blog/comparatives-superlatives-spanish/)
- Fred Jehle - extensive information on Spanish grammar (https://users.pfw.edu/JEHLE/S311.HTM).
- Spanish Grammar - downloadable Spanish lessons (http://www.nocomprendo.es/learn_spanish_online/spanish_grammar/eng).
- Most Popular Spanish Verbs - verb conjugation (http://lingolex.com/verbs/popular_verbs.php).
- Resources to Learn Spanish has a grammar section (http://www.spanishbooster.com/grammar.htm).
- Spanish grammar activities and worksheets (http://conjuguemos.com/list.php?type=fillin&division=grammar&language=spanish).
- Jim Becker's Best Spanish Websites - many additional grammar materials and activities (http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html).
- Spanish Translated Materials from the Stuttering Foundation. (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/spanish-translated-materials)
- General Information and Material
- English as a Second Language
(Section updated May 3, 2020)
- There are 22,000 FREEBIES with keyword ESL and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Other Language Materials - primarily designed for Teaching English as a Second Language, but easily adapted for children with language-learning disorders and adults who are re-learning language following a stroke.
- Marc Belley's Learn Language On Your Own website with quality content related to language learning, including grammar tips as well as pronunciation techniques (learnlanguagesonyourown.com)
- Michelle Henry's Pronunciation page 1 and Pronunciation page 2 are filled with many good links to freely-available activities and exercises to improve pronunciation of English.
- Terry the Terrible Teacher is an ESL site with many activities for higher-functioning language issues (http://web.archive.org/web/20120304061220/https://www.tcet.com/eaonline/TerribleTeacher/index.html)
- Match between picture and written word (http://web.archive.org/web/20100316192615/http://www.web-books.com:80/Language/Inter0/Pages/TestW/Default.htm) - be patient - loads slowly
- English Exercises (www.englishexercises.org/) has MANY activities, including
- What Can They Do? (www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5204)
- Classroom Games and Activities (https://www.eslkidstuff.com) includes samples of Flashcards (https://www.eslkidstuff.com/flashcards.htm) and worksheets (https://www.eslkidstuff.com/worksheets.htm) and more potential therapy activities.
- What American Accent Do You Have? (www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have)
- Interesting Things for ESL Students (www.manythings.org)
- Speech Accent Archive (http://acc ent.gmu.edu) examines the accented speech of speakers from many different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph.
- Lanternfish (bogglesworldesl.com/)is a treasure chest of materials
- TESL: Handouts for Classroom Use language activities (http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Handouts_for_Classroom_Use/p2.html)
- Daniel Kies Modern English Grammar - a hypertext book (http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar/)
- ESL Handouts - free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts, for English language and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and instructors to use in the classroom or other teaching environment. (www.usingenglish.com/handouts/)
- Self study quizzes for ESL students (www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/) - Grammar Quizzes, Homonyms, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs & Slang, Scrambled Words, Vocabulary Quiz Quizzes, Holidays, Trivia and Misc.
- Lots of ESL (language) activities (http://www.eflclub.com/index.html)
- The English Zone (www.english-zone.com/) GREAT SITE has worksheets for grammar, verbs, idioms, vocabulary, spelling, conversation, study skills, reading, and writing. Can subscribe for a fee but also has several free items.
- Interesting Things for ESL Students (http://www.manythings.org)contains word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, and proverbs. Be sure to check the flashcards here (www.manythings.org/fc/) and here (www.manythings.org/fq/)
- Dave's ESL Cafe (www.eslcafe.com) has a collection of language materials. Check under Resources
- 1-language.com (www.1-language.com) is comprehensive ESL Site including forums, realtime chat, grammar, writing, interactive quizzes and games, flashcards, phonics, streaming audio materials, world news, TOEIC modules, helplines, multi-lingual content, and much more.
- Breaking News English - Ready-to-use EFL/ESL Lesson Plans & Podcast (www.breakingnewsenglish.com/)
- Helpful sites to work on pronunciation and accent reduction
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - audio files of how to pronounce words (http://www.m-w.com/)
- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (http://www.esl-lab.com/)
- Daily ESL: Readings and Discussion for English Students (http://www.dailyesl.com/)
- Train your accent (http://www.trainyouraccent.com/)
- EZ Slang (http://www.ezslang.com/)
- English Listening Activities (http://www.elllo.org/)
- ESL Gold - audio files, vocabulary lists (http://www.eslgold.com)
- Learn a Song podcasts - Learn to sing folk songs, campfire songs and group-singing songs that native English speakers sing. (www.manythings.org/songs/)
- English Pronunciation Lesson for Health Care Professionals - MP3 files of 28 typical English phrases used by doctors and nurses (http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2009/05/05/english-pronunciation-lesson-for-health-care-professionals/.
- Judy's Pronunciation Clubs Continue - web page to support students in China who were part of a 5-week "club" on English pronunciation.
- iSLCOLLECTIVE - free, printable ESL worksheets by teachers for teachers in several languages including English and Spanish (http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/search_result?Skill=Speaking)
- English Education: Grammar and Punctuation
- Help Teaching has free English language worksheets as well as a free online test creation tool allowing custom worksheets to be created from a library of over 130,000 questions
(Section updated May 3, 2020)
- Prosody on the Web - with three tutorials - chunking, focus, and pitch (www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~dm/04/spring/201/pow/powin.htm)
- Syllable Pop-up Counting Quiz (www.quia.com/pop/5909.html)
- Suggestions for teaching Lexical Stress Patterns in English (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/basics/koenig.html) collected and summarized by Laura Koenig
- Intonation in American English (http://web.archive.org/web/20080203043839/http://www.americanaccent.com/intonation.html)
- Acting with Intonation (http://www.scribd.com/doc/6419617/Intonation1) an activity which requires students to use intonation to convey meaning, because one phrase can have different meanings in different situations just by varying the stress on the word.
- Lesson plans on Prosody
- Judy Gilberts' Teach Pronunciation Using the Prosody Pyramid 2008_ a 56 page booklet in PDF format. (https://web.archive.org/web/20110205232123/http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/downloads/esl/booklets/Gilbert-Teaching-Pronunciation.pdf)
- Clinical Prosody a blog by Patricia Hargrove and Nancy McGarr that highlights therapies "concerned with improving prosody or using prosody to improve other aspects of communication." (clinicalprosody.wordpress.com)
- Prosody and Articulation by Shelley Vellman Ph.D. CCC-SLP(https://www.apraxia-kids.org/apraxia_kids_library/prosody-and-articulation/)
(updated May 12, 2020)
and
- Qualifying individuals for therapy services for speech sound disorders
- Qualifying for speech therapy services does not necessarily depend solely on "academic performance". A letter from the Department of Education in 1980 and a second letter in 2007 clearly state that children can qualify for services with no impact on academics - "educational performance" cannot be limited to showing of discrepancies in age/grade performance in academic subject-matter area. If their communication disorder impacts oral participation in class, social or emotional development or even potential employment opportunities, they can be served.
- Ana Paula Mumy developed a Teacher Questionnaire: Nonacademic Adverse Effect of Speech Impairment on Educational Performance for students who have articulation disorders.
- Developmental Reading Assessment information for using the DRA for children with stuttering or speech sound disorders
- The go-to site for information about speech sound disorders is the long-standing speech-language-therapy dot com site developed by Caroline Bowen, PhD., Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist from Australia, ASHA Fellow, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, a Member of the Order of Australia: "For significant service to speech pathology and clinical linguistics as a therapist" and published author. It is the first place to explore and has incredible resources that are freely available. Explore the entire site, but be sure to spend time exploring the LINKS: The Speech-Language Pathology "START PAGE" and RESOURCES INDEX which are both loaded with treasures, including for Speech Sound Disorders.
The materials below are developed by other individuals and are free on open web
- Assessment/Treatment approaches
- Screening materials
- Three Standard Reading Passages for speech screening.
- Five Standard Reading Passages testing speaking skills - The Rainbow Passage, Comma Gets a Cure (A Diagnostic Passage for Accent Study), The North Wind and the Sun, Arthur the Young Rat, and The Grandfather Passage.
- Decision Tree for helping to decide treatment approach for speech sound disorders, by Peter Flipsen (http://web.archive.org/web/20061111214007/http://speech-language-therapy.com/tree.pdf).
- Articulation Differences and Disorders Manual (http://www.thinkspeaksuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Articulation-Differences-and-Disorders-Manual.pdf) has assessment and intervention information and materials, including approaches to teaching individual sounds, 67 page PDF
- Screening materials
- General sites - variety of sounds
- How sounds are made
- Eric Johnson's IPA Charts - hear how all phonetic symbols are pronounced.
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Diphthongs and Triphthongs
- The Sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet with all the sound used in the English language. (soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/english/english.html)
- Interactive Sagittal Section by Daniel Currie Hall, "displays mid-sagittal sections and IPA transcriptions for user-specified articulations." Can be used to demonstrate place of articulation. (http://smu-facweb.smu.ca/~s0949176/sammy/). There is an Older version which does not require java.
- Pam Marshalla's videos demonstrating Place Cues for Consonants including Consonant Practice and Vowels including Vowel Practice
- Eric Johnson's IPA Charts - hear how all phonetic symbols are pronounced.
- Strategies for Articulation Intervention by Ana Paula Mumy, M.S., CCC-SLP is a commercial project, but the site has many excellent Free files labeled "Materials & More!"
- QUIA (www.quia.com/topics.html) - check especially early learning and speech
- articulation games (www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html) by Tracy Gefroh Boyd
- Speechers are Great Teachers (www.quia.com/pages/speechersclass.html) by Lonn Swanson
- Speech-Language online games! by Pamela Bordas. (www.quia.com/pages/pbordashome.html)
- Articulation and Phonology Games by Lonn Swanson
- Articulation activities (www.speechtx.com/articulation.htm) from Jennifer Mitchell.
- Page of links to free materials from Mommy Speech Therapy - for personal/therapy use, has colorful picture pages of frequently misarticulated speech sounds and more (http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?p=1991)
- Free Articulation Therapy Worksheets
- words lists for articulation practice (http://web.archive.org/web/20061004045815/http://staff.wssd.k12.pa.us/mdimarco/soundpage.html)
- "Books, Stories, and Games That Reinforce Speech Sound Targets" (http://crokebeck.tripod.com/articbks.htm/homepage.html) lists several valuable resources
- Speech Sounds: Suggested Activities
- My Speech Web (http://web.archive.org/web/20170829234243/http://www.speechtherapygames.com/freebies/spiderweb.pdf)
- Articulation Therapy Ideas (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/articrx.html) from the Grndrnds archive
- Phonology homework ideas and worksheets. (web.archive.org/web/20130421103244/http://www.preschoolfun.com/pages/speech.htm).
- Hodson's Listening Lists for auditory bombardment.
- Carryover Activities For Speech Sound Production Practice (members.tripod.com/crokebeck/articcar.htm)
- Suggestions of Books, Stories and Games that Reinforce Speech Sound Targets (http://crokebeck.tripod.com/articbks.htm/homepage.html)
- How sounds are made
- Approaches/materials related to specific sounds
- The /r/ Sound
- A Collection of Approaches to the "R" Sound (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/rtherapy.html)
- Bossy R Word Family Sets (http://www.carlscorner.us.com/BossyRWordFamilies.htm)
- The /s/ Sound
- A Collection of Approaches to the "S" Sound (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/stherapy.html)
- Lisping - When /s/ and /z/ are hard to say by Caroline Bowen ( Retrieved from http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/ on Feb. 14, 2018)
- The /l/ Sound
- Oh No - activity for /l/ (http://www.tobogganhill.com/SLP_blog/Oh_no2.pdf)
- Working on Specific Speech Sounds from Help For Kids (http://web.archive.org/web/20080129075930/http://www.helpforkidspeech.org/)
- D Sound
- F Sound
- G Sound
- H Sound
- K Sound
- M Sound
- P Sound
- Z Sound
- W Sound
- Worksheets for various sounds from Mommy Speech Therapy (http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55)
- Download/Print Free Speech Articulation Materials(http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/p/downloadprint-free-speech-articulation.html) - very nice worksheets for various sounds!
- Targeted Word Lists for Speech Therapy Practice (http://www.home-speech-home.com/speech-therapy-word-lists.html) for articulation, phonology, from HomeSpeechHome.com
- The /r/ Sound
- Useful lists of minimal pairs
- 3800 minimal pairs (http://www.home-speech-home.com/minimal-pairs.html)
- Worksheet: Contrasts; Minimal Pairs; Near Minimal Pairs (http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13:contrasts&catid=9:resources&Itemid=117) by Caroline Bowen PhD
- Word Lists of Minimal Pair words (http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=134:mp2&catid=9:resources&Itemid=108) by Caroline Bowen
- Minimal pairs - vowels and consonants (https://minimal-pairs.000webhostapp.com/minimal.html) by John Higgins
- Davene Fahy's freely-available book Charlie Who Couldn't Say His Name
- Assessment/Treatment approaches
(Updated May 8, 2020)
- Speech therapy for Characteristics of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (VPD) by Ann W. Kummer, PhD, CCC-SLP - a seven page handout of ideas (https://www.handyhandouts.com/pdf/SpeechTherapy2014.pdf)
- Welcome to our clinic - an activity and coloring book to help your child prepare for their visit to the Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Clinic at Cincinnati Children's (http://web.archive.org/web/20071109215948/http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/NR/rdonlyres/7B47C81C-BF2B-4504-A948-487956873EF2/0/activitybook.pdf)
- John Riski's Assessing VPI (http://web.archive.org/web/20051202020646/www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=764)
- Speech therapy to improve hypernasality (http://web.archive.org/web/20051202020518/www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=761) by John Riski
- Treatment of hypernasality in children with Down Syndrome
(updated May 9, 2020)
A few examples of using these materials to work on literacy issues as outlined by Christine Maul's ASHA handout online and suggested in ASHA's Roles & Responsibilities of SLPs With Respect to Reading & Writing in Children & Adolescents - Guidelines.
- Environmental Print Awareness
- Focus on print symbols - use logos and signs of fast food restaurants, street signs, movie theater signs, logos on cereal boxes, toys
- Reading signs (www.manythings.org/signs/)
- Street Signs USA (www.street-signs-usa.com) and Manual of traffic signs (www.trafficsign.us/)
- Beyond Autism Pecs Pictures and Icons (http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm)
- Use printed words as cues
- Personal Educational Press (http://www.educationalpress.org/) - produce word flash cards
- CVC Maker (www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html) (scroll down) and many other interactive literacy activities at different skill levels
- Use print stimuli for phrase and sentence activities
- Goldilocks Sequencing (https://www.slideshare.net/fortunalu/goldilocks-and-three-bear-collaborative-activity) and other downloads from TeachingIdeas
- Concepts of Phonology and Skill in Phonological Processing ("Suggestions on Reading Nursery Rhymes With Children" (www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/reading.html) provides several good ideas on how freely available materials below can be used for working on rhyme and alliteration)
- Rhyming
- Stories from the web has magnetic poetry (www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm)
- Word Family Sort (www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/)
- Rhymes grouped by theme (www-personal.umich.edu/%7Epfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html)
- DLTK's Educational Activities: Children's Songs, Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes Section contains lyrics, coloring pages, craft ideas, and activity sheets to go with the songs, rhymes and stories. (www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/index.htm)
- Rhyme and Songs (www.kizclub.com/nursery.htm)
- Rhyme Zone (www.rhymezone.com) has a rhyming dictionary, quizzes, quotations, and more. Check the Mother Goose feature to find your favorite nursery rhymes (www.rhymezone.com/g/goose)
- Rhyming words 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 syllable rhyming words from David Moyes
- Alliteration
- Mouth Manglers (http://www.elfs.com/MMz.html) provides tongue twisters loaded with specific problem sounds.
- Rhyming
- Sense of Story
- Predictable stories/activities with repeated lines.
- Learning Colors (www.liveandlearn.com/cgame/colors.html)
- Familiar Stories and Tales
- Mother Goose reads stories (http://www.ipl.org/div/storyhour/goose/)
- Little Red Riding Hood sequence cards (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/yr-1-narrative-3-planning-little-red-riding-hood-6279055) from DayCare Resource (www.daycareresource.com/sequencecardslittleredridinghood.html)
- Links to sites with Sequencing Cards (http://talibiddeenjr.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/preschool-and-above-sequencing-cardsactivities/)
- Over 650 Aesop's Fables are on this site, as are all 127 of Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales, and more (www.AesopFables.com)
- Targeted phonemes such as
- Alliterated Prodigal Son - or The Final Fixing of the Foolish Fugitive (https://gcfl.net/archive.php?funny=2061)
- Additional idea
- Printable Booklets for emergent readers (www.hubbardscupboard.org/printable_booklets.html#WordFamilyBooklets)
- Predictable stories/activities with repeated lines.
- The following excellent web sites provide many additional literacy activities and information:
- SEEL: Systematic Engaging Early Literacy an impressive program for teaching reading/writing/ABC's pre-K thru 1st. FREE!!
- Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (pals) site Activities - many suggestions for phonological awareness and literacy skills. (https://pals.virginia.edu/tools-activities.html)
- Reading Workshop contains wonderful materials as well as broken links (www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/reading_workshop.html)
- StarFall (http://starfall.com) was created "to meet the needs of the emergent reader by incorporating rhyming games and high-interest books that teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills, and comprehension." The materials are designed for first grade, but are also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Features include interactive books, activities, movies, and worksheets.
- SLPs, Literacy, and Inclusion by Wyoma Clouss, CCC-SLP
- 100 Reading and Literacy activities for kindergarten level, including recognizing letters, understanding words consist of a sequence of sounds, rhyming, building vocabulary, following directions, and more (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html)
- Fun Fonix (www.funfonix.com/) - phonics worksheets for kindergarten and elementary school teachers, printable worksheets, printable phonics workbooks, and online phonics games
- Literactive (www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp), "Teaching Children to Read."
- The Learning Train (www.thepotters.com/ltrain.html)
- Squiggly's writing corner (www.squiglysplayhouse.com/WritingCorner/StoryBuilder/index.html)
- Literacy Speaks (www.literacyspeaks.com/) has good suggestions for
- Reading Comprehension Games (www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames.html)
- Twinkl Literacy Resources for young children
- The Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders (web.archive.org/web/20130117054556/http://region10.org/Dyslexia/documents/DyslexiaHandbook11-10-2010.pdf)
- The first three lessons of the Sounds & Symbols Early Reading Program a 44 page PDF by Goldman and Lynch. (http://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/PDF/HiHat.pdf)
- Focus on print symbols - use logos and signs of fast food restaurants, street signs, movie theater signs, logos on cereal boxes, toys
(Last updated May 9, 2020)
- There are over 700 FREEBIES with keyword AAC and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
- TypingWeb (http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/courses/) a free typing tutorial
- Fantastic resource for Free/Low Cost Assistive Technology for high school and college students with disabilities
- Lauren Ender's AAC Boot Camp Poster
- Comparison of AAC curriculums and comprehensive AAC programs
- No Limits 2 Learning blog on assistive technology provides ideas and resources (http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com/)
- Visually-cued instruction (http://web.archive.org/web/20070718141538/http://www.talklc.com/handout/Visually_Cued_Instruction.html) - an interactive communication method for individuals who are nonverbal.
- AAC Handouts and Papers (http://www.vantatenhove.com/resources) from Gail M. Van Tatenhove,
- Click-N-Type virtual keyboard (https://cnt.lakefolks.com/)
- Augmentative Communication: Applications and Practical Strategies for Children who have Rett Syndrome (http://www.lburkhart.com/haacrett.html) by Linda J. Burkhart
- Effective Use of Computers with Young Children (http://www.lburkhart.com/handcomp.html) by Linda J. Burkhart
- A Guide to Picture and Symbol Sets for Communication (http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk/downloads/pdf_courses/GuidePictureSymbolSets.pdf)
- Useful links from Call Centre (http://web.archive.org/web/20080521234104/http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk/Useful_Links/search.php)
- AAC Photo Cards: Free Printables from SEN Teacher, for creating your own products
- Communication Boards
- Free Programs to Make Communication Boards and Free Symbol Sets - a blog linking to and explaining several resources.
- Speech-to-Speech - a free telephone relay service using communication assistants for people with difficulty being understood on the telephone. Available 24 hours/day for business, medical or personal communication.
- FREE Switch activated games (includes apps that run like software on a computer). Can use the spacebar if you do not have a switch.
- Santa Switch Game with Music
- Catch a Penny
- Sensory Game
- Baseball Game
- Basketball Games
- Angry Birds Switch Game
- Several Shiny Learning's Free Games and Demos - play the games online in your browser.
- Games of Precision by Papunet Games which includes Many additional learning activities
- Huge list of Switch Online (and iOS) Activities from Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and more - 'Access, Technology and Communication options for the Disabled Population: Information Shared. Enabling Solutions - Opening Doors.
- College Resources for Students with Disablities "Support, Advocacy and "Assistive Technology to Facilitate the Transition to Higher Education" include many links to appropriate assistive technology with persons with various disabilities.
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
(Last Updated May 11, 2020)
- There are over 3500 FREEBIES with keyword autism and selecting "free on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Information and learning about Autism
- ASHA's Autism Practice Portal (http://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Clinical-Topics/Autism/)
- Free Autism Materials - fact sheets, resource kits, growth chart and more from the Center for Disease Control. (https://search.cdc.gov/search/?query=Free+Autism+Materials&sitelimit=&utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=cdc-main)
- Strategies for Teaching Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (http://web.archive.org/web/20071118184748/http://members.aol.com/Room5/strat.html)
- Moving Toward Functional Social Competence - 29 page PDF, includes data collection recording forms. (https://nesc.k12.sd.us/resources/Moving%20Towards%20Functional%20Social%20Competence.pdf)
- Pragmatic issues
- Educate Autism (http://www.educateautism.com/) by Gavin Cosgrave has many free teaching aids for working with children with autism, including pictures of emotions.
- Do2Learn (www.do2learn.com/) has free worksheets for social/emotional skills (under "activities"), a very interesting Emotions Color Wheel with definitions and facial expressions. Explore several additional treasures including
- Facial expressions (www.do2learn.com/games/facialexpressions/face.htm)
- The Feelings Game (https://www.do2learn.com/games/feelingsgame/index.htm)
- Texas AutismCircuit has many free materials to download with explanation how to use, under the heading TOOLSExpression cards (www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/40/Prosopagnosia.xhtml) from SEN Teacher free printables (www.senteacher.org/Print/)
- Emotions dice (https://www.earlylearninghq.org.uk/class-management/sen/emotions-dice-editable-text/)
- Emotions - has 12 face pictures, 24 emotion cards, a crossword puzzle and a word search puzzle and ideas for using them.(http://web.archive.org/web/20070614040746/http://www.johnsesl.com/printables/emotions/emotions.pdf) free printables (www.senteacher.org/Print/)
- Make Beliefs Comix (www.makebeliefscomix.com/)
- Free Feeling Bingo Cards (https://dorkydoodles.com/blogs/the-blog/77917445-free-printable-bingo-game-about-feelings#content)
- Social Stories
- Anatomy of A Conversation: Social Scripts Suggested Conversational Messages (www.lburkhart.com/chat_ideas.htm) by Linda J. Burkhart and Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite
- Sample Sequenced Social Scripts (www.lburkhart.com/chat_scripts.htm) by Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite
- Strategies to reduce repetitive questions (https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/articles/long-and-short-term-strategies-for-reducing-specific-repetitive-questions.html)
- Free "Educational Videos for Students with Autism & Intellectual Disabilities (w/Boardmaker)" by Pat Noonan
- Pizza Time!
- Wipe It Clean!
- Andy's Song Story!
- Using picture symbols
- Symbol World (www.symbolworld.org/index.htm) - a monthly magazine, stories, recipes, etc. for symbol readers
- Widgit Resources (www.widgit.com/resources/index.htm) - symbol-supported learning materials and symbol stories
- Picture Recipes (www.bry-backmanor.org/picturerecipes.html) from Bry-Back Manor (www.bry-backmanor.org/)
- Beyond Autism Pecs Pictures and Icons (http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm)
- Over 500 free DVD pecs of children's favorite movies available on this commercial site that sells grocery and toy pecs (http://www.grocerypecs.com/dvd%20pecs.htm)
- Additional materials
- ABA Educational Resources (www.abaresources.com) provides many free downloads including Thematic Token Economy Boards
- Autism Games (www.autismgames.org)
- FANTASTIC GIFT of Activities and Templates from Simone Buckley of RampUpEdu who created these freely-available materials for assisting in providing materials for online services. Contains many social stories and so much more!!!
- Information and learning about Autism
and
(Section updated May 15, 2020)
- 17 Reasons Why No One Should Ever Put On A Helmet a series of damaged helmets that saved their wearer's life. Good visual for TBI prevention!
- Aphasia Assessment Materials
- Scanning/Visual Field/Print Size/Attention Screening Task by Kathryn L. Garrett Joanne P. Lasker (https://cehs.unl.edu/documents/secd/aac/assessment/wordscan.pdf)
- The Multimodal Communication Screening Task for Persons with Aphasia (MCST-A) Picture Stimulus Book by A Kathryn L. Garrett, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Joanne Lasker, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (https://cehs.unl.edu/documents/secd/aac/assessment/picture.pdf) and The Multimodal Communication Screening Task for Persons with Aphasia (MCST-A) score sheet and instructions by A Kathryn L. Garrett, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Joanne Lasker, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (https://cehs.unl.edu/documents/secd/aac/assessment/score.pdf)
- AAC-Aphasia Categories of Communicators Checklist - adapted from Garrett, K. & Lasker, J. (https://cehs.unl.edu/documents/secd/aac/assessment/aphasiachecklist.pdf)
- Aphasia treatment materials
- Guide for Evaluating Therapy and Research Claims (https://www.aphasia.org/helpful-materials/) from Aphasia.org
- 10 wordless videos That Teach Problem Solving
- Stroke Caregivers Handbook takes awhile to load - be patient (http://web.archive.org/web/20070205084631/http://www.strokesafe.org/Handbook.html)
- Subscribe to Stroke Connection (http://strokeconnection.strokeassociation.org)
- Picture Dictionary - This dictionary contains more than 2500 illustrations with translations in more than 50 languages. This site can be especially helpful for creating low-cost AAC boards or books for persons who have had a stroke and remember an earlier language better than English. This site is also excellent for second-language learners or creating flashcards for therapy in a language other than English.
- Interesting Things for ESL Students is filled with vocabulary activities and much more (www.manythings.org)including:
- Listen and Repeat (www.manythings.org/repeat)
- Jokes - listen and retell (www.manythings.org/jokes/)
- Reading signs (www.manythings.org/signs/)
- Free online jigsaw puzzles and links to additional "Brain Training Games. (www.voknel.com)
- Sudoko Puzzles Free Online Daily (www.sudoko.us/)
- Free AphasiaID
- One Hand Typing (www.aboutonehandtyping.com)
- Story Archives - has a full-length story, an abridged version, and the story outline with several activities based on the story. (www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html)
- Bungalow Software (www.BungalowSoftware.com/downloadfiles.htm) has free trial versions of several programs for adults with neurogenic disorders
- The Aphasia Toolbox (www.aphasiatoolbox.com) a commercial endeavor, has free samples of Sentence Patterning Materials (web.archive.org/web/20081120205651/http://www.aphasiatoolbox.com/samples/sample_material.pdf)
- Aphasia workbook an amazing 115 page resource created by Cat R, Kenney, as an "exit project"at Cleveland State University (csuspeechandhearingclinic.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/4/0/23404518/exit_project_workbook_complete_draft_2.pdf)
- Word finding/Memory materials
- Word-Finding Remediation: EBP Resources for SLP - by Tatyana Elleseff
- Sing-Along Songs (https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/index.htm) midis and lyrics includes a Guess This tune activities (https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/guess/index.htm).
- Patriotic Songs (https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/patriotic/index.htm)
- American Tunes (www.contemplator.com/tunebook/america.htm)
- Popular Songs in American History (http://www.contemplator.com/america/)
- Santa Flibriks Memory game (http://topigri.bg/en/-game45921.html)
- Visual Memory from Toy Theater (www.toytheater.com/visual-memory.php)
- Don't Forget - Memory Activity (www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget).
- Boy the Bear's Age Gauge (web.archive.org/web/20120827095325/http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html) - group activity idea.
- word retrieval activities (https://www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100:wordretrieval&catid=11:admin&Itemid=117)in Bowen, C. (2011). Information for Families: Helping children who have word retrieval difficulties. Retrieved from http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/ on [retrieved January 2, 2018).
- High motivation listening games by Chris Elvin (http://www.eflclub.com/elvin/publications/highmotivationlistening.html)
- Word Finding Difficulties Site (www.wordfinding.com) created by Dr. Diane German, a professor in the Special Education Department at National-Louis University, Chicago,.provide s "information about Word Finding for professionals, parents, and learners with word finding difficulties. Topics in this web site include definition, characteristics, assessment, intervention, and available course work."
- Memory game of signs (www.allstarpuzzles.com/memory/00007E.html)
- Additional memory exercise ideas (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/memory.html)
- Brain Games for memory, attention, and problem solving from Luminsity (www.lumosity.com/brain-games)
- Suggestions from ABINews2U (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABINews2U), a yahoo group for people with TBI
- Livewire puzzles (www.puzzles.ca/freefun.html)
- free printable word search puzzles (www.puzzles.ca/wordsearch.html)
- Antique Puzzle Cards - find hidden images in a picture (www.puzzles.ca/puzzle_cards.html)
- Do-It Yourself Puzzles (www.puzzles.ca/diy_puzzles.html)
- Cricklers a new type of word puzzle that adapts - they become easier or harder depending on the skill of the solver. (crickler.com)
- All Mixed Up : free online games - (www.allmixedup.com/)
- BrainBashers Puzzles and Brain Teasers - a collection of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions. (www.brainbashers.com)
- Crazy Libs brief stories with your words strategically inserted to produce whacky results. (rinkworks.com/crazylibs)
- Fun Brain - K-12 educational online games by subject (www.funbrain.com/) including Spellaroo (https://www.funbrain.com/games/spellaroo)
- MSN Games by Zone.com (zone.msn.com/en/root/freeonline.htm)
- Puzzle Depot - Games, Puzzles and Trivia (www.puzzledepot.com)
- SET Game - online versions of Set and Quiddler mathematical and word card games. Features a daily puzzle and contest. (setgame.com)
- Aphasia software finder (http://www.aphasiasoftwarefinder.org/) - provides information on many resources, many of which have free trials
- Livewire puzzles (www.puzzles.ca/freefun.html)
- Cognitive Impairment & Degenerative Disease Education Guide exceptional resource on information, Preventative Measures: Stopping (or Slowing) Impairment Before It Starts, Exercising Your Mind activities, nutrition, exercise, and Q&A section.
Motor Speech Disorders - Apraxia, Dysarthria and Oral-Motor Resources
(Last updated May 31, 2020)
There are over 160 FREEBIES with keyword apraxia and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
Comparison of Childhood Apraxia of speech, Dysarthria and Severe Phonological Disorder Compiled by Ruth Stoeckel, M.A., CCC-SLP and David Hammer, M.A., CCC-SLP
- Apraxia
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource Page by Carrie Clark
- Speech Therapy Activities for Apraxia
- Overview of What to Work on in Therapy for Children with Apraxia
- Article Library from Apraxia Kids - dedicated to provide "high-quality evidence-based information about diagnosis and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech. Loads slowly - be patient
- Child Apraxia Therapy Ideas (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/apraxiarx.html)
- Repetitive Books For Apraxia of Speech by Ashley Rossi - (https://sweetsouthernspeech.com/repetitive-book-list-for-apraxia-of-speech/)
- M. Fish, Here's how to treat childhood apraxia of speech, provides an long list of books focusing on specific phonemes - Bibliography of Books for Specific Phoneme Practice from a book by Fish, M. (2010). Here's how to treat childhood apraxia of speech. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing. (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/phonemebooks.html)
- For adult acquired apraxia - ASHA Leader article, Mauszycki, S. C. & Wambaugh, J. (2011, April 26). Acquired Apraxia of Speech: A Treatment Overview. The ASHA Leader. https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.1044/leader.FTR2.16052011.16
- Rosenbek, John C. and Wertz, Robert T. Treatment of Apraxia of Speech in Adults. In Clinical Aphasiology Conference: Clinical Aphasiology Conference (1972 : 2nd : Albuquerque, NM : March 1-3, 1972) / : s.n.(1976), pages 191-198 (http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/archive/00000662/01/02-17.pdf)
- Pam Marshalla's Place Cues (on YouTube) - http://www.youtube.com/user/pammarshalla?feature=results_main
- Online metronome - http://www.webmetronome.com/ (can be downloaded as an APP - not free though)
- Metalinguistic Cues and Imagery by Caroline Bowen http://speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:metalinguisticcues&catid=9:resources&Itemid=117 (PPT and handout)
- Working on Vowels - Picture Match - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/picturematch/
- CVC Word Play - http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html (2/3 of the way down)
- Word Family Sort - http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/
- Neuroscience for Kids (faculty.washington.edu/chudler/works.html) worksheets
- Comparison chart - apraxia, dysarthria, severe phonological disorder
- Dysarthria/apraxia screening tool
- ALS 411 - explanation for children and teens/young adults (in English and French) - an interactive audio narrative for children and teens who have a parent with ALS. (www.als411.ca/)
- Speech-to-Speech - a free telephone relay service using communication assistants for people with difficulty being understood on the telephone. Available 24 hours/day for business, medical or personal communication.
- What's the Evidence For: Oral Motor Therapy? by Caroline Bowen (http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/cb-oct2005OMT-ACQ.pdf)
- A Sensory-Motor Approach to CAS and Related Motor Speech Disorders: Why and How author Renee Roy Hill, posted by Deborah Graham on February 22, 2017.
- Logic,Theory and Evidence Against The Use of Non-Speech Oral Motor Exercises To Change Speech Sound Production by Gregory Lof
- https://www.apraxia-kids.org/apraxia_kids_library/logic-theory-and-evidence-against-the-use-of-non-speech-oral-motor-exercises-to-change-speech-sound-production">to Change Speech Sound Productions ASHA 2006 handout from Gregory Lof
- Oral Motor Exercises to Help Speech in Toddlers and Preschoolers - Why Science Says They Don't Work by Laura Mize
- Controversial - oral exercises (www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~ncr3025/roussel/codi531/oralexercise.html) - Dr. Nancye Roussel
Dysarthria
There are 16 FREEBIES with keyword dysarthria and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
Oral-Motor resources
(Last updated June 10, 2020)
- Dysphagia
Section updated May 15, 2020
There are 20 FREEBIES with keyword dysphagia and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Assessment
- Dysphagia Screening (https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/11784300/dysphagia-screening) - PPT presentation by Jill Moore
- Put the following title into Google and it will lead you to 61 page pdf download entitled 1517-Simon.pdf Using Templates to Guide Pediatric Dysphagia Evaluation: Tips from Board Certified Specialists by Marni Simon, Emily Mayfield, Donna Edwards, and Memorie Gosh
- Assessment of swallowing (www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~ncr3025/roussel/codi531/assessment.html) - Dr. Nancye Roussel
- Assessment and Management videos
- Dysphagia training video (under "Health and Safety") (www.iidc.indiana.edu/training/library.htm) are still available in the Web Archive
- Management
- COPD: Treatment and Maintenance of Dysphagia - Kristi Roya and Allison Latiolais (www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~ncr3025/roussel/codi531/COPD2.html)
- Oral Motor and Feeding Skills - Sharon Fiocca (www.riverbendds.org/fiocca.html)
- Dysphagia Recipes Recipes starting at page 9 by Louise Williams-Owen and Becky Roney (http://web.archive.org/web/20060902100241/http://www.ausp.memphis.edu/nsslha/midsouth/ms2005/handouts/MS-16.pdf)
- 5 level of dysphagia diet (http://gicare.com/diets/dysphagia-diet)s
- Assessment
- Drooling
- Drooling information (http://web.archive.org/web/20080620194108/http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_drooling_hhg.htm)
- Saliva Management
- The Profile os Saliva
- Saliva Facts and Figures
- All About Drooling (www.superduperinc.com/handouts/pdf/183_Drooling.pdf).
(Section updated May 31, 2020)
- There are nearly 90 FREEBIES with keyword hearing disorders and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Deaf Library is a phenomenal collection of links to many resources.
- Prevention/education about hearing and hearing loss
- Downloadable handouts for kids and young adults (http://www.audiology.org/resources/consumer/Pages/kids.aspx) from the American Academy of Audiology.
- Wise Ears - a national campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss from NIDCD (www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/wise/index.asp)
- Scott Bradley's hearing loss simulator (http://web.archive.org/web/20090316004001/http://facstaff.uww.edu:80/bradleys/radio/hlsimulation/)
- Explanation of What does a cochlear implant sound like?(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzgQrHFDNLE) and a YouTube demonstration of Cochlear implant: simulation on speech and music( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpKKYBkJ9Hw)
- Loudness Scale to help determine the approximate decibel levels of sounds (http://web.archive.org/web/20080517073554/http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/loudnessScale.cfm)
- Hard of Hearing and Deaf Students: A Resource Guide to Support Classroom Teachers a 29 page PDF (www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/hearimpair/toc.htm)
- Learning about the sense of hearing - the following information and URLs to various websites to explore the sense of hearing.
- A Craft that Helps Kids Understand the Sense of Hearing (www.atozkidsstuff.com/senses.html#sound)
- Ears and Hearing (http://www.innerbody.com/image/nerv13.html)
- Signing
- Signed Alphabet
- Bill Vicar's ASL University has
- ASL hand shapes for the letters of the English alphabet(www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/abc.htm)
- finger spelling fonts for PC of Mac downloadable PC or Mac (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/gallaudettruetypefont.htm)
- manual alphabet charts(www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/sign-language.htm).
- Practice deciphering signed words of varying lengths and at different speeds (http://asl.ms/).
- My Smart Hands video of the ABC song/ASL alphabet (www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQHd1UBkeI).
- Type in letters or words to see them finger-spelled in animation (http://web.archive.org/web/20010413162335/www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/culture/sign_flash5.html).
- Funbrain's "Sign the Alphabet" (www.funbrain.com/signs/index.html)
- Make your own finger-spelling flash cards from downloadable illustrations at
- Apples for the Teacher (www.apples4theteacher.com/asl/flashcards/lettersabcd.html)
- Enchanted Learning(www.enchantedlearning.com/language/asl/flashcards/)
- ABC Teach(www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/sign_language/flashcards/).
- Bill Vicar's ASL University has
- Signed Vocabulary Words
- Michigan State University's American Sign Language Browser (https://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/index.html)
- ASLU English to ASL Dictionary (www.lifeprint.com/dictionary.htm)
- Signing Savvy (www.signingsavvy.com/) videos of ASL signs.
- ASLPro.com (www.aslpro.com) provides a fingerspell quiz (www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/fingerspell.cgi) as well as a main dictionary and religious, conversational, and ASL for babies dictionaries.
- Static and animated finger-spelling quizzes with answers and with no answers (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/index.htm ) from the ASL University. How to Teach Baby 25 Key Words in Basic Sign Language
- Basic ASL: First 100 Signs (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm)
- Includes Sign Language for Babies (www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi)
- Lesson Tutor's Dictionary Index (http://web.archive.org/web/20070302122923/http://www.lessontutor.com/eesASLdictionarylinks.html) ASL words in simple line drawings
- Sign Language Dictionary (http://web.archive.org/web/20070208110431/http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Signing/index.html).
- Baby Sign Language Dictionary (www.weehands.com/dictionary.html) from "wee hands"
- Comprehension Practice
- Signwriting Children's Stories (www.signwriting.org/library/children/) including The Cat in the Hat and poems in sign.
- "Sign Language Games" from Kiddie Signs has six free sign language activities (www.kiddiesgames.com/en/sign_language_games.php).
- Video Examples of ASL by Douglas Dunn (www.wordwiz72.com/interp/aslvideos.html) has links to ASL interpretation of Dr. Martin Luther King's speeches and songs including John Lennon's "Imagine" and Elton John's "World Without Borders."
- Free sign-language-learning videos are available online by registering with the Described and Captioned Media Program (www.dcmp.org/About/Default.aspx), which also lends video materials. To find ASL materials on this Web site, open "Browse" then "Deafness," then "Sign Language." Among the popular videos available for streaming are the Bravo Family Beginning ASL Video courses.
- ASL University has
- 45 lessons to download (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm)
- A free 84-page workbook (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/curriculum/index.htm)
- lessons in deaf culture (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/culture1.htm)
- directory of common abbreviations and terms (www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/culturestudyguide.htm).
- For additional practice in interpreting signed English
- DeafVIDEO TV (http://asl.deafvideo.tv/)
- ASL vloggers (www.deafvideo.tv/vloggers/)
- For ASL videos enter "ASL" at Google video (http://video.google.com/).
- Speech reading/cued speech/captioning
- Speech Reading In Context: A Guide for Practice in Everyday Settings from Gallaudet University Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, contains lesson plans and activities.
- The Art of Cueing - several video clips which demonstrate how to cue example words and phrases (http://cuedspeech.usf.edu/Art/).
- The Described and Captioned Media Program (CMP) - a free-loan, open-captioned media collection of over 4,000 titles (videos, including some that are streamed and available online, CD-ROM, and DVD) available to hearing impaired, their parents, or those who work with them) are video streamed lessons in ASL and speech reading. (www.dcmp.org)
- Listening Activities/Auditory Training
- FindSounds (www.findsounds.com/types.html) is a search engine for locating online sounds made by birds, animals, natural events, household items, musical instruments, holiday events, people, tools, vehicles, and more.
- Between the Lions (https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/btl07-ex/) - listening for sounds in words.
- The Listening Room provides free activities and resources to support the development of speech, language and listening skills of children and adult cochlear implant recipients. (https://thelisteningroom.com/) - must register to log in
- 123Listening.com (http://www.123listening.com/) printable activities to use with free downloadable audio files and mp3 listening tracks available from the main page.
- Manythings Minimal Pairs listening exercise (http://www.manythings.org/pp/)
- Discrimination Cards from the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program (http://web.archive.org/web/20080502231411/http://www.sickkids.ca/cochlearimplant/section.asp?s=For+Therapists&sID=6702&ss=Discrimination+cards&ssID=6768)
- Speech and Auditory Training Activities (www.deafed.net/PublishedDocs/sub/980122w.htm).
- Scott Bradley'sWireless FM (Auditory Trainer) Simulation - (http://www.uww.edu/comdis/radio/fm/)
- Gets an Earful - matching sounds with pictures (www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sound/index.htm)
- Tools to display sound signals - free, cross-platform sound editor software for recording (and editing if you want). Displays pitch, intensity, spectrogram, voice breaks, etc.
- Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org/home/)
- PRAAT (http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/)
- Signed Alphabet
- Voice Disorders
(Last update May 31, 2020)
- There are nearly 40 FREEBIES with keyword voice disorders and selecting "free on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Prevention of voice disorders
- Product Our Youth|Smoking & Tobacco Use (https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/features/world-no-tobacco-day/protect-our-youth/).
- Voice Care for Teachers (https://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/safetyhw/Pages/voice.aspx)
- Vocal Warm-ups and Cool-downs (web.archive.org/web/20100210002819/http://www.gbmc.org/body.cfm?id=449)
- Journey of the Voice by Eric Armstrong - use to explain voice production to adult voice clients. (http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/journey/index.html)
- There are many good anti-smoking videos on YouTube such as Tips from former smokers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEWky9PEroU&feature=relmfu tips from former smokers)
- How Does The Voice Work? video (https://singwell.eu/how-does-the-voice-work/)
- Voical Abuse Checklist (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0CKyEb1Cv1jVGk3UFlCWHJSY1k/edit)
- Voice Therapy Techniques and Tools
- Visual Volume Meter (http://autismcircuit.net/tool/voice-volume-meter)
- Voice therapy techniques (web.archive.org/web/20031204003041/http://www.unc.edu/~chooper/classes/voice/webtherapy/index.html) a collection by Cecilia Hooper
- What Are Vocal Abuse and Misuse? (http://www.speechtherapycincinnati.com/vocal-abuse-cincinnati-oh.php)
- The NCVS Guide to Vocology by Katherine Verdolini, PhD, CCC-SLP, Kate DeVore, MA, CCC-SLP, Scott McCoy, DMA, and Julie Ostrem, BS, MBA, "was created as a comprehensive overview of the many and diverse approaches to voice management. Following a brief overview, Part I describes common conditions affecting voice, while Part II presents a wide variety of voice therapy programs. Reference lists are also provided. . . ." (in PDF format).
- The Effects of Singing Exercises and Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) on the Male-to-Female Transgender Voice. (http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/umi-uncg-1063.pdf) 116 page MA thesis by Hershberger, Ioann, Georgiadou, 2005
- Appendix J - Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises
- Appendix K - Gelfer's Steps in Voice Therapy for Trangender Clients
- Appendix L - Vowel Prolongation Exercises
- Appendix M - Easy Vocal Onset and Legato Speech Exercises
- Appendix N - Breathiness Exercises
- Appendix O - Resonance Exercises
- Appendix P - Language Structures and Vocabulary Exercises
- Appendix Q - Nonverbal Communication Exercises
- Prevention of voice disorders
- free software for acoustic analysis
- PRAAT (www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/)
- Audacity an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.(https://www.audacityteam.org/)
- Additional information Online Resources on Cluttering: The Other Fluency Disorder is available on The Stuttering Home Page
- Online books about cluttering and stuttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/library/library.html) - There are many full-length books on stuttering and cluttering listed in the Library
- Myers, F. L., & St. Louis, K. O., (Eds.) (1992).Cluttering: A Clinical Perspective Leicester: FAR Communications. Reissued: San Diego, CA: Singular, 1996. (entire book freely available on the International Cluttering Association website).
- Putting Cluttering on the World Map contains an audio example of cluttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/myers10.html)
- Cluttering Assessment
- Cluttering Assessment by Yvonne van Zaalen-op't Hof, Florence Myers, David Ward, and Ellen Bennett Lanouette (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ica1/papers/yvonne2c.html)
- When is it Cluttering and When is it Cluttering-Plus? by Lisa LaSalle a 45 minute narrated PPT or PPT slides alone (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ica1/papers/lasalle1c.html)
- David Daly's Cluttering Inventory-R (2006) (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/daly10/dalycluttering2006R.pdf)
- David Daly's Predictive Cluttering Inventory (ICA site) Additional information available at Daly, David, Cluttering: Characteristics Identified as Diagnostically Significant by 60 Fluency Experts (online conference)
- Computer Aided Assessment of Cluttering Severity by Klaas Bakker, Florence Myers, Larry Raphael, and Kenneth St. Louis (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/bakker8/bakker8.html)
- Computer assessment instrument.
- Recent developments in the Cluttering Severity Instrument (CSI) by Klaas Bakker (Missouri, USA) and Florence Myers (New York, USA)
- Computer-based Cluttering Assessment Tool (CLASP) by Klaas Bakker (Missouri, USA), Kenneth St. Louis (West Virginia, USA), Florence Myers (New York, USA) and Lawrence Raphael ( New York, USA)
- Computer-based Cluttering Assessment Tool (CLASP) is a free software tool for determining percentage of talking time cluttered by Klaas Bakker (ICA site)
- Cluttering Intervention Information and Tools
- Therapy For Those Who Clutter by Lisa LaSalle 45 minute narrated PPT or PPT slides alone (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ica1/papers/lasalle2c.html)
- Fluency Anchor Charts for stuttering and cluttering by Ms. Peterson - you must register to download this freebie from Teachers Pay Teachers (highly rated)
- Suggestions for Treating Cluttering (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/cluttering/ddaly.html) from David Daly.
- Treating cluttered speech in a young child by Lynne Shields (Missouri, USA)
- Monitoring feedback as you speak: how DIVA contributes to explaining a part of the problem of cluttering, and to developing a therapy plan
- Basic Principles of Cluttering Therapy: Ten Tips for Working with Cluttering Disorders by Ellen Bennett Lanouette (Florida, USA)
- Clinical Nuggets: Treatment Treasures ideas shared by speech-language pathologists who work with children and adults who clutter
- Treating Cluttering: The Power of the Pause David Daly (Michigan, USA)
- Seeing is Believing Carla Di Domenicantonio (Canada)
- The Egg Carton Game by Ellen Bennett Lanouette (Florida, USA)
- Caution: Speed Zone Ahead by Florence Myers (New York, USA)
- Speech Pacing: Dots to help me talk by Melissa Potemra (South Carolina, USA)
- "Two Thumbs Up" Nina Reardon-Reeves (Texas, USA)
- Tuning in to listener feedback Kathy Scaler Scott (Michigan, USA)
- Additional online resources for regulating/slowing down the rate of speaking, which may be appropriate for clients who clutter.
- Additional online resources for regulating/slowing down the rate of speaking, which may be appropriate for clients who clutter.
- Helping Clients Who Clutter Regulate Speaking Rate by Kenneth Logan (Florida, USA)
- Choral Reading and Great Speeches - ISAD 2011 presentation by Judy Kuster
- What's Your Speech Rate? - basic information with suggested exercises. (www.write-out-loud.com/speech-rate.html)
- St. Louis, K. O., Raphael, L. J., Myers, F. L., & Bakker, K. (2003, Nov. 18). Cluttering updated. The ASHA Leader, pp. 4-5, 20-22. (Under the sectioned "Slowing Rate")
- Motormouths Don't Make Sales (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/speakforsuccesscourse/a/speechlesson4.htm)
- Help for the Speedy Speaker: Techniques for Slowing Down a Fast Rate (http://web.archive.org/web/20061215062509/http://members.aol.com/cillae/)
- Strategy Training for Controlled Speech Habits (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/ratecontrolstrategies.html)
- Free online metronome from Virtual Sheet Music
- Fluency Coach - free software for PC for people who stutter to experience Altered Auditory Feedback/choral speech (SHP)
- A basic pacing board (http://web.archive.org/web/20160222064839/http://www.bcps.org/offices/assistech/pdf/topic_pacing.pdf) - PDF
- Mastering a Slow Rate of Speech (designed for articulation, but valuable for fluency issues) from Maria Del Duca's blog, Communication Station.
- Part 1
- Part 2
- More suggestions for treating cluttering by clinicians
- Additional online resources for regulating/slowing down the rate of speaking, which may be appropriate for clients who clutter.
Support Group Opportunities for Clients - papers from an online conference
- A Cluttering Yahoo Group by Judith Kuster (Minnesota, USA)
- Cluttering: A Facebook Social Network for Persons Who Clutter by Sr. Carol Mary Nolan (Massachusetts, USA)
- NorCal Cluttering Group - A social gathering for PWC by Jonathan Wong (California, USA)
- Cluttering Assessment
and
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Cluttering
(updated May 31, 2020)
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Stuttering
(all links in the section on stuttering were last updated February 14, 2018)
There are nearly 170 FREEBIES with keyword Stuttering and selecting "free" on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Qualifying for speech therapy services does not necessarily depend solely on "academic performance". A letter from the Department of Education in 1980 and a second letter in 2007 clearly state that children can qualify for services with no impact on academics - "educational performance" cannot be limited to showing of discrepancies in age/grade performance in academic subject-matter area. If their communication disorder impacts oral participation in class, social or emotional development or even potential employment opportunities, they can be served. Ana Paula Mumy developed a Teacher Questionnaire: Nonacademic Adverse Effect of Speech Impairment on Educational Performance for students who stutter.
- Developmental Reading Assessment information for using the DRA for children with stuttering or speech sound disorders
- Childhood Fluency Disorders from ASHA includes information about stuttering plus assessment and treatment information.
- Fluency Assessment and Intervention Module written by Rita Thurman and edited by Perry Flynn - a huge and impressive resource!
Gary Rentschler's Clinician's Guide to the Stuttering Clinic, 2014 50 pages of information created to support his academic and clinical teaching in the Speech-Language Pathology program at Duquesne University.
- Prevention Materials
- Woody Starkweather, et. al. Stuttering Prevention: A Manual for Parents (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/starkweather.html)
- Conseils aux parents : comment reagir au begaiement de votre enfant, Partial French translation by Laurent L. of Tips for parents: how to respond to your child's stuttering from Starkweather, Gottwald, Halford Stuttering Prevention: A Manual for Parents
- Helping Children Develop Healthy Communication Attitudes PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/parentattitude.pdf) (PDF)
- Letter to the Parents of a Three Year Old Boy (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/letter3yo.html) - suggestions from Gerald Johnson
- Woody Starkweather, et. al. Stuttering Prevention: A Manual for Parents (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/starkweather.html)
- Diagnostic materials
- An SLP's Handy Guide Libby Hunt's Diagnostic Portfolio for fluency provides a checklist of potential diagnostic tools for evaluation of fluency (https://handyslpguide.wordpress.com/fluency/)
- Online stop watch (www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/stopwatch)
- Age calculator (http://www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html) may be helpful in diagnostic evaluation scoring.
- Intake, interview, and case history forms and information
- Diagnostic Intake Form for Preschool and School-Age Children PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/childintake.pdf)
- Diagnostic Intake Form For Teens Who Stutter PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/adolescentintake.pdf)
- Parent-Clinician Fluency Assessment (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/parentsknowbest.html) by Janice Westbrook is designed to be used in three meetings with parents of children who stutter.
- Rating my child's stuttering, a form for parents (http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/AL/MadisonCity/ColumbiaElem/Uploads/Forms/Parent%20Rating%20Scale%20FLUENCY.pdf)
- Stressor Inventory Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/stressorinventory.pdf)
- Parent Interview (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/parentinterview.html) - suggestions from Gerald Johnson
- Spanish-English Questionnaire for Parents of Bilingual Children Who Stutter 2nd edition by Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs and Sandra Garzon.
- Teacher Checklist for Fluency (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/checklist.html) - designed by Nina Reardon to facilitate information sharing and consultation with the teacher of a child who stutters.
- Risk Factors Chart (www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=111)
- Shared by Kathy Swiney
- Student Questionnaire for Fluency
- Parent Questionnaire for Fluency
- Teacher Questionnaire for Fluency
- Continuum of Disfluent Speech Behavior
- Student Comments on Speaking Attitudes and Experiences
- Young Child Fluency Interview (adapted with permission from F.Cook and W. Botterhill, July 2008 SFA workshop)
- Suggestions to include in diagnostic format
- Child Disfluency Analysis Using 20 Questions For Testing PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/childdisfluencyanalysis.pdf)
- Dean Williams' Suggested Diagnostic Methods PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/deanwilliamssuggestions.pdf)
- Sampling speech behaviors
- Disfluency Count Sheet PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (PDF) (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/countsheet.pdf)
- online stopwatch (www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/stopwatch/)
- Online syllable counter by Ulrich Natke
- Tests of attitude
- Stuttering Attitudes Checklist
- A-19 Scale By Susan Andre and Barry Guitar (1996)
- Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering (UtBAS) scales in English, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish provide the clinician with a comprehensive checklist of the negative thoughts experienced by adults who stutter
- Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Test
- Social Phobia Inventory by John Davidson in Larry Molt's "Stuttering and Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder): Background Information and Clinical Implications" (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad6/papers/molt6.html)
- Additional diagnostic tools
- The Uses and Abuses of Disfluencies: an essay on the identification of "avoidance disfluencies" in people who stutter by Paul Brocklehurst, PhD
- Tests to differentiate an incipient stutterer - Pearl A. Gordon and Harold L. Luper, "The Early Identification of Beginning Stuttering I: Protocols" Am J Speech Lang pathol, May 1992; 1:43-54 (article include Riley's PSI, Cooper's CPC, and Pinzola's protocol) (available to ASHA members on the ASHA site)
- Measures Of Severity Of Stuttering PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/measuresofsevertiy.pdf)
- Fluency Evaluation Elicitation Form from the Shannon Richins-Davis School District Quality Teaching Project 2007.
- Differentiating Developmental, Neurogenic, Psychogenic Stuttering and Malingering by Seery. A chart and the entire article is available on-line from the ASHA journal site - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2005 Nov; 14(4) 284-297-
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Stuttering and Disordered Phonology Part 1 (http://www.pitt.edu/~super7/2011-3001/2271.ppt) and Part 2 (http://www.pitt.edu/~super7/2011-3001/2281.ppt) PPT lectures by J. Scott Yaruss, 1997
- A video-based Online Fluency resource for assessing stuttering of an eight year old conducted in IsiXhosa, an African language, a culturally and linguistically relevant assessment followed by questions to facilitate reflective learning for Speech-language therapists, by Harsha Cathedral, South Africa.
- Educating about Stuttering
- Materials designed to educate children and adults about stuttering and how to recognize fluency disorders
- Stuttering and Its Invisibility: Why Does My Classmate Only Stutter Sometimes? by Hope Gerlach, Anu Subramanian, and Elizabeth Wislar
- Just for Kids (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html) - section of Stuttering Home Page for children
- FAQs for Kids (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kidfaq.html) - Frequently Asked Questions from Kids Who Stutter answered in language they can understand.
- Some Things Everyone Should Know About Stuttering by Diane Games (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/ppt/ppt8.html#games)
- Stuttering: Fact or Fiction by Irv Wollman and Katrina Zeit (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/ppt/ppt8.html#wollman)
- My Story: A PowerPoint Teaching Tool by Diane Games (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/games9.html)
- Stuttering Jeopardy by Judy Kuster (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/kuster92.html)
- You Are In Control, (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/youareincontrolnew.pdf) a free BOARD GAME for children who stutter, their families, and friends.
- WebQuests were very popular ways for students to learn about a topic. I'm including an excellent on about stuttering here, but some of the links in the Quest are no longer functioning. Have the students try to fine what happened to the original link. Cat Got Your Tongue? , (http://web.archive.org/web/20030830021021/http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webchildrensa.html) an Internet WebQuest on Children Who Stutter created by Savita Bissoondatt, Charles W. Flannigan High School with projects to help individual or groups of high school students learn about stuttering.
- Stuttering (http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/stuttering.html) from KidsHealth.
- Online books about stuttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/library/library.html) - There are many full-length books on stuttering and cluttering listed in the Library, such as historical books, as well as
- Self-Therapy for the Stutterer, by Malcolm Fraser. (The entire eleventh edition, from the Stuttering Foundation of America).
- Redefining Stuttering: What The Struggle To Speak Is Really All About, 2008, - free PDF copy of John Harrison's 485 page book.
- Therapy for the Severe Older Adolescent and Adult Stutterer by George G. Helliesen, a retired SLP explains Van Riper treatment strategies a 70 page online book in PDF format, was made available online by the The Journal of Stuttering Therapy, Advocacy & Research, a project by Peter Reitzes.
- Several of the chapters of Marty Jezer's book, Stuttering: A Life Bound Up In Words, originally posted to Casafutura website and retrieved from The Way Back Machine on June 13, 2005
- Book Jacket
- Reviews
- Introduction
- Chapter 2 -- "How I Stutter"
- Chapter 11 -- "The Double-Edged Sword of Denial"
- Chapter 15 -- "Sex, Lies, and The Telephone"
- Chapter 25 -- "Self Help Heroes"
- Chapter 26 -- "No Such Thing As Failure"
- Video
- YouTube and Google videos
- Success with Online Interviewing: A four-step game for people who stutter - 10:48 minute YouTube video by Tim Mackesey
- Dr. Michael Boyle: Disclosing Stuttering 1 hour 20 minute YouTube discussion posted by the American Institute for Stuttering
- Stammering is no joke by Les Geddes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-epHaW8nTJQ)
- Transcending Stuttering by Phil Schneider
- Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story Part 1 (11 minutes)
- Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story Part 2 (10 minutes)
- Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story Part 3 (7.5 minutes)
- Messages About Self-Help From Around The World - 20 3-minute videos of stuttering in 16 different languages (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/videos10/videos10.html)
- Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids - (www.stutteringhelp.org/default.aspx?tabindex=486&tabid=496) a video produced by the Stuttering Foundation of America is freely available to view online.
- Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teens (SFA video) (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=491)
- Stotteren: Een (korte) animatiefilm from Belgium (BSV) and translated into English as Stuttering: a short animation film - this 8 minute animation was made by 2 students from the Artevelde High School in Belgium, shared by Belgische Stottervereniging, the Dutch Stuttering Association
- Telling My Story in Three Words by Nina Reeves.
- Wait, Wait, I'm Not Finished Yet - 10 minute online video featuring young people who stammer (Commissioned by the UK Department of Health and created by team at The Michael Palin Centre).
- YouTube and Google videos
- Audio
- Podcast by Peter Reitzes (www.StutterTalk.com)
- Voices - Past and Present (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/voices/voices.html)
- Materials designed to educate children and adults about stuttering and how to recognize fluency disorders
- Educating About The Normal Speaking Process
- Our First Talk About Talking (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/ourfirsttalk.pdf)
- How do People Talk? (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kidfaq.html#talk) by E. Charles Healey
- Teaching the Normal Speaking Process by Gary Rentschler (http://web.archive.org/web/20101009234045/http://courses.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/normal.htm). Head anatomy picture being described (http://www.edoctoronline.com/medical-atlas.asp?c=4&id=21613)
- Phonetics: The Sounds of American English
- The Speech Guy
- Meet Your Speech Helpers free eBook (http://www.home-speech-home.com/support-files/2s6p4e5e0c7h1-2h0e8l9p5e3s4.pdf) from HomeSpeechHome.com
- Specific treatment suggestions
- Speak Freely's Web-Based Stuttering Materials Mark Allen's web-based stuttering therapy resources that complement and enhance the original Essential Speech Skills for School-Age Children Who Stutter (ESS-SA) program. The website is entirely FREE and offers "full access to numerous ESS-SA Instructional PDFs, a Web-Based Version of the popular Student Workbook, and a comprehensive Video Instruction Series. These components provide step-by-step training and an interactive, online workbook experience that simplifies stuttering therapy."
- Web-Based ESS-SA Student Workbook
- ESS-SA Therapist Handbook PDFs
- Speak Freely Online Video Instruction Series: Essential Speech Skills for School-Age Children Who Stutter
- ESS-SA Instructional PowerPoint PDFs
- Clinical Nuggets (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/clinicalnuggets.html) from ASHA Division 4 newsletter - for stuttering - where clinicians share their therapy ideas for working with adults and children who stutter
- Short Course: Practical Fluency Therapy Ideas for the School-Aged Child - 20 page handout from Kathy Swiney, CCC/SLP, BRS-FD (http://www.txsha.org/_pdf/Convention/2010Convention/Swiney,%20Kathy%20-%20Practical%20Fluency%20Therapy%20Ideas%20for%20the%20School-Aged%20Child.pdf)
- Free Fluency Folder, a 25 page PDF of good ideas from Amanda Nickerson on Teachers Pay Teachers (highly rated)
- Fluency Anchor Charts for stuttering and cluttering by Ms. Peterson - you must register to download this freebie from Teachers Pay Teachers (highly rated)
- Treating the School-Age Stutterer (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/components/treatschoolage.html) by Peter Ramig, et. al. is a 40-page handout filled with suggestions focusing on twelve components of stuttering intervention.
- A few examples of free online activities if the therapy goal is Establishing fluency through increasingly longer and more complex stimuli (many more can be found in the "interactive", "reproducibles" and other general sections above).
- single syllable/word level
- Picture Cards of Common Objects - 150 of 50 examples (http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/picture-cards-of-common-items-objects-50006762/) from Share My Lesson (free, but registration required).
- Hangman activities
- Quia Online Autumn Hangman - for computer or iPad (http://www.quia.com/hm/1726.htm)
- Funbrain Stay Afloat (http://www.funbrain.com/hangman/index.html) - for computer or iPad
- Nina loves to name things (http://web.archive.org/web/20080223045652/http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/nina/index.htm)
- What's in the Bag? (http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/in_the_bag/index.html)
- Rhyming words match (http://www.obseussed.com/2012/03/green-eggs-and-ham-activities-and-free.html)
- phrase level
- Plural nouns - combine number+noun (http://soda.ustadistancia.edu.co/enlinea/dianacelis_BasicEnglish1/unit_2_noun_plurals.html)
- Things to sort (http://web.archive.org/web/20080118234556/http://k-8visual.info/dLoad_ThingsToSort.html#download) - living animals, plants, nonliving, solid, liquid, gas
- Memory matching games on QUIA (http://www.quia.com/mc/331242.html)
- Containers-Quantifiers Pictionary from islcollective.com, a free resource especially for ESL. Great resources. (https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/containers_-_pictionary/countable--uncountable/76587)
- sentence level
- Colored verb cards (http://www.kizclub.com/verbcards.htm)
- Sentence Sequencing DLTK (http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/sequence/sentence.htm)
- Speech Teach UK downloads - "Picture Cubes" (http://www.speechteach.co.uk/download1.php?file=speech_therapy_story_cubes_pdfs.zip)
- Word Dice - enter words, roll the dice and make up a sentence (http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html#worddice) (you may have to cut and paste the URL and then scroll down to the bottom of the page).
- Flash Cards from islcollective.com, a free resource especially for ESL. Great resources. Describe action in a sentence. All pictures can be downloaded individually. (https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/flash-cards/present-continuous-actions/55968)
- story level
- Name which one does not belong and tell me why (http://www.preschool-printable-activities.com/printable-worksheets-for-kids.html)
- Line drawing sequence stories picture cards (http://www.abcteach.com/directory/prek-early-childhood-reading-story-sequence-3038-2-1)
- Sequence pictures of
- Nursery rhymes (http://web.archive.org/web/20140606044908/http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/nursery/index.html)
- Little Red Riding Hood (http://www.daycareresource.com/sequencecardslittleredridinghood3565.html)
- Gingerbread Man (http://www.daycareresource.com/sequencecardsgingerbreadman.html)
- Once Upon A Time from islcollective.com, a free resource especially for ESL. Great resources. Draw 3 and make up a short story. (https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/once_upon_a_time/storytelling-beginner-prea1/7836)
- conversation level
- Storystarters (http://www.meddybemps.com/9.700.html)
- Story starters (http://atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/Story_Starters/index.shtml)
- What If (http://web.archive.org/web/20140606191934/http://www.kinderkorner.com/starters.html)
- What If? (http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/the-what-if-box-50007363/) - from Share My Lesson
- single syllable/word level
- Connie Dugan's site (www.conniedugan.com) has some materials for stuttering therapy.
- A Clinician's Toolbox for Working with School-Aged Children Who Stutter - PDF by Ellen Bennett, ASHA Convention, 2006.
- fluency therapy ideas (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/fluencyrx.html) extracted from GRNDRNDS mailing list (This page is also translated with permission into French, a Ukrainian, Indonesian Swedish and Spanish
- Several articles written for the International Stuttering Awareness Day online conferences (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/isadarchive/onlineconference.html) provide specific therapy ideas and suggestions.
- School-Based Strategies for Working with Children Who Stutter: A Positive Team Approach by Crystal S. Cooper (2000) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/ccooper.html)
- Stuttering Therapy for Children by Donna Cooperman and Charleen Bloom (2001) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/cooperman.html)
- Stuggling And Juttering by Joseph Donaher (2000) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/donaher.html) The information from this article can be used in conjunction with John Ahlbach's Juggling -- and What It Can Do for You (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/moretome/juggling.html)
- A Model for Manipulating Linguistic Complexity in Stuttering Therapy (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/healey4.html) by E. Charles Healey, Lisa Scott Trautman, and James Panico (2001)
- Directed Self-Help Stuttering Therapy With A Motivated Teenage Boy, Predominantly By Email by Gerald Johnson and Eric (2001). (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/johnson2.html)
- Working With Kids who Stutter in After-School and Summer Camp Groups (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/sable.html) by Julie Sable (2000)
- Using the Internet with Children Who Stutter by Lynne Shields (2000). (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/shields2.html)
- Lessons for You (http://web.archive.org/web/20080221030635/http://www.stuttering-specialist.com/lesson.html) from Tim Mackesey provides some interesting activities for children and adults who stutter.
- From Gary Rentschler - Stuttering Therapy
- Basic Skills (http://web.archive.org/web/20080425070045/http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/basic_skills/basic_skills.htm) from Gary Rentschler
- Therapy Skills (http://web.archive.org/web/20080426033633/http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/therapy_skills.htm) from Gary Rentschler
- Activities for Individual Therapy (http://web.archive.org/web/20100209222254/http://courses.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/act_individ.htm) from Gary Rentschler
- Interruptions Chart PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/2004%20Interruptions%20Chart.htm)
- "Bucket" Analogy Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/bucket.pdf)
- Communication Wellness Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/communicationwell.pdf)
- Home Charting Exercise PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/homecharting.pdf)
- Easy Talking Practice PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/easytalking.pdf)
- Modifying Questions Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/modifyingquestion.pdf)
- Communication Modification Refresher PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/communicationmod.pdf)
- Treating School-Age Children Who Stutter: Objectives and Activities a powerpoint and handout with lots of therapy ideas by Craig Coleman, Rebecca Roccon, and Amy Zerhusen (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/ppt/ppt8.html#coleman)
- Direct Intervention With Preschool Children: Altering The Child's Talking Behaviors PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/directinterventionforps.pdf)
- Fluency Enhancing Therapy For Preschool Children PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/fluencyenhancingrx.pdf)
- Strategies For Some Children Ages 6-8 Years PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/strategiesforchildren6-8.pdf)
- Therapy Plan For Many Preschool Children: Stuttering Plus Other Speech/Language Problems PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/therapyplanwithlang.pdf)
- Therapy Plan For Many Preschool Children Who Stutter PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/therapyplanmany.pdf)
- Stuttering Survey For Desensitization Work PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/stutteringsurvey.pdf)
- The Ti-Ger Analogy of Stuttering Empowerment (also available in French, Italian, and Hindi on (http://www.ti-ger.org/ - bottom left corner)
- Encouraging Spontaneous Speech from a Dysfluent Child - Super Duper Handy Handout Number 48, in PDF format. (www.superduperinc.com/handouts/PDFs/48Encouraging%20Spontaneous%20S.pdf)
- Self & Double Charting: A Self-Monitoring Strategy for School-Age Children Who Stutter by Kristen Chmela (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/chmela9.html)
- Fluency Yahtzee: A Game of Choice by Ellen Bennett (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/bennett9.html)
- Internet Blogging in Stuttering Treatment by Craig Coleman (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/coleman9.html)
- A Family Activity To Address The Problem Of Interruptions by Erin Dyer (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/dyer9.html)
- Jock Transfer by Dale Williams (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/williams9.html)
- Fluency (Smooth Speech) Rules free on Teachers Pay Teachers. (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Smooth-Speech-Rules)
- Speech Roads (http://slplearningcurve.blogspot.com/2010/06/speech-guy-for-young-stuttering-therapy.html)
- School-age Stuttering: Enhancing Generalization - a video by Nina Reeves MS, CCC-SLP, "discusses five ways speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can enhance generalization of therapy concepts and skills in children who stutter."
- Fluency Tool Box for Stuttering (http://mrsludwigspeechroom.blogspot.com/2013/10/fluency-toolbox-for-stuttering.html) - nice graphics from Mrs. Ludwig for teaching fluency strategies
- Guide To Treating Stuttering or Increasing Fluency In Speech Therapy (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guide-To-Treating-Stuttering-or-Increasing-Fluency-In-Speech-Therapy-992155) - a free 15 page booklet with explanation and materials for gentle onset, slow easy speech and light contacts by Suzanne Dorman (must register on Teachers Pay Teachers to access)
- Fluency Pinwheels (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Pinwheels-652191) - free activity by Lauren LaCour (must register on Teachers Pay Teachers to access)
- Fluency Mod Strategies by Kirsten Whalen-Pedersen - a free example from LessonPix which has other materials you need to register for.
- Speak Freely's Web-Based Stuttering Materials Mark Allen's web-based stuttering therapy resources that complement and enhance the original Essential Speech Skills for School-Age Children Who Stutter (ESS-SA) program. The website is entirely FREE and offers "full access to numerous ESS-SA Instructional PDFs, a Web-Based Version of the popular Student Workbook, and a comprehensive Video Instruction Series. These components provide step-by-step training and an interactive, online workbook experience that simplifies stuttering therapy."
- Meditation and Relaxation Resources
- Meditation Oasis podcasts
- QuietKit: Guided Meditation for Beginners (for free) (quietkit.com/) - 2. 4, 6, 8, and 10 minute guided exercises.
- Using the telephone (ideas for dealing with telephone fears)
- Using the Phone (from the Stuttering Foundation) (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/using-telephone)
- Phone Problem Suggestions from Fred Dietrich (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Infostuttering/dietrich.html)
- Using the Telephone from SPEAK EASY inc. - Canada's Organization for People Who Stutter
- Making Peace With The Phone, Or Curse You Alexander Graham Bell from Jim McClure (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad16/papers/therapy16/mcclure16.html)
- Speech-to-Speech - a free telephone relay service using communication assistants for people with difficulty being understood on the telephone. Available 24 hours/day for business, medical or personal communication.
- Freely-available software
- "Fluency Coach Pro" a free one-time download software application available only to SLPs "to sample the fluency-enhancing benefits of choral speech. . . with your clients. In conjunction with a structured speech therapy program, from SpeechEasy
- FluencyCoach free stuttering management software for SLPs and PWS to sample the fluency-enhancing benefits of choral speech, using Altered Auditory Feedback technology for independent, at-home reading and practice in conjunction with a structured speech therapy program by an SLP from SpeechEasy
- Voice4Me "is designed as a quick and simple way to bring speech to users who have difficulty speaking. There are 154 Text-To-Speech areas that can be customized to meet the users needs. Also, there is a text area for the user to type whatever he/she wants the computer to say. Students learning English can use this program to find pronunciations of words." (Mac or Windows)
- Group activities and workshops
- Ice Breakers
- Ice Breakers and Team Builders
- Icebreakers to Warm Up Your Meeting
- 10 Simple Team Building Icebreakers
- Bingo Ice Breaker (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/bingoicebreaker.pdf)
- Organizing Your Workshop (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/workshop/intro.html) a practical guide to organizing a local or regional workshop for Children Who Stutter, compiled by Michael Sugarman.
- Celebrating Me/Taming The Speech Monster Workshop (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/reedworkshop.html) - ideas for a day-long workshop for children who stutter by Lucy Reed.
- The Chicken and the Alligators - or - How to Facilitate a Support Group Meeting (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/hicks2.html) by Russ Hicks (2001) provides several group meeting ideas
- Group Activities (http://web.archive.org/web/20090505083209/www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/act_group.htm) - from Gary Rentschler
- My Favorite Activity for Stuttering Therapy: Lost at Sea Gary Rentschler (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/rentschler9.html)
- Speaking Freely (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/speakingcircles.html) by John C. Harrison.
- NSA Chapter Meeting Activity (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/croll.html) designed by Angus Croll from the San Francisco chapter.
- Stuttering Word Find by Tanya Banks can be adapted for a group meeting - find the words and discuss what they mean to you. Additional word search activities can be developed using the word search generators listed on this page.
- Support Group Activities collected by Judy Kuster's Undergraduate Class in Fluency Disorders and submitted by many people from support groups (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/kuster8.html)
- International Stuttering Support Group Project by Michael Sugarman (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/sugarman8.html)
- FRIENDS & Family Day: One-Day Workshop for Supporting Children Who Stutter & Their Families by Lynne Shields, Susan Short, Ro Ostergaard, Lee Caggiano, and Bill Shannon (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/shields7.html)
- A Group Therapy Experience for Adults Who Stutter a powerpoint by Ken St. Louis (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/stlouis.ppt)
- Group Therapy - handout from workshop "Support/Therapy Group Interaction with Adults Who Stutter: A Participatory Demonstration of a Dynamic and Fun Model" by Ken St. Louis, Timothy Flynn, and Megan Hutson, at the NSA 2011 conference in Fort Worth, Texas (many excellent ideas!).
- Classroom English Activities - great ideas for groups!
- Halloween Fluency Board Game by Debbie who explains, "The kids pick cards and read the card in different ways. As they go around the board they collect Halloween rings which I bought at the Dollar Tree. I cut off the ring part of several of them for the game markers. My district has its own list of sight words which I worked into the cards. The small cards I ran off on yellow and the big cards should be orange."
- "Stuttering Parties" in Schools: Three SLPs Share Their Experience by Gerard, Hays, and Leblanc (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/stutteringparties.html)This page is also available in French">French
- Ice Breakers
- Special Challenges: Self-esteem/Working on Attitudes and Feelings about Stuttering
- I Am Special Book to print out. (https://dbsenk.wordpress.com/category/themes/me-book/)
- It Gets Easier (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/bridgebuilders7/bridgebuilders7.html) - short articles written by adults who stutter, especially for teens who stutter.
- Teasing from kids for kids (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#teasing) - how I've been teased, how I feel when I'm teased, and what I can say or do when I get teased.
- Gallery of Childrens' Art (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/gallery/albumindex.html) about stuttering. When words aren't enough, it has been suggested that children draw pictures to express themselves. This "gallery" contains over 50 pictures of stuttering drawn by children and teens. Other pictures are welcome.
- Making My Own Way: Empowering Children Who Stutter - by Jackie Biagini and Judy Butler, (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/butler.pdf) is a workbook "designed to foster trust, self-confidence, and interpersonal communication skills with set goals and a plan to achieve them." . Use of this manual is explained in an article by Butler and Biagini, Journal Writing for Children Who Stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/butler.html)
- Stuttering is Okay by Luc Tielens and Timothy (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/tielens9.html)
- Dear Abby Letters: Talking Openly About Stuttering by Peter Reitzes (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/reitzes29.html)
- Bill Murphy, "Empowering Children Who Stutter: Reducing Shame, Guilt and Anxiety (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/murphy.html) This material was originally presented as a session at the ASHA convention, Seattle, WA, 1996.
- A Conversation With My Stutter (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/casestudy/eldridge.html) by Kevin Eldridge.
- The Real World of Jobs (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/teens.html#jobs)
- Teasing and Bullying
- Cyberbullying: The Full Guide For Parents, Children & Schools
- The Parents Guide to Internet Safety, Security and Screen Time for Kids
- Keeping Children Safe Online (Updated for 2019) Fantastic article with much new and important information!
- Bullying Awareness and Prevention Guide from Learn Psychology
- Bullying Awareness Guidebook from Accredited Schools Online website.
- Dealing with Teasing - (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#teasing) an internet site where children have shared how they have been teased, how they feel when they are teased, and what they do when they are teased. Clinicians have used this site in therapy to help children open up about being teased and to brainstorm some ways they might handle being teased.
- Bullying Activity (http://web.archive.org/web/20070304102747/http://www.bullying411.com/gamesFun/images/Fortune%20Teller.gif)
- Four papers from ISAD online conferences are available with excellent information about dealing with bullying and teasing.
- An Interview with Caroline: You can do something about teasing! by Lynne Shields & Caroline L. (2002) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad5/papers/shields/shields2.html)
- Helping Children Deal with Teasing and Bullying by Marilyn Langevin (2001) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/langevin.html)
- What Parents Can Do For Your Child When He Is Being Teased For Stuttering by Gail Wilson Lew (2000) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/lew.html)
- Speech Pathologists Can Help Children Who Are Teased Because They Stutter by Bill Murphy. (2000) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/murphy.html)
- Connie Dugan's book review and application to a client of The Meanest Thing to Say (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/dugan.html) by Bill Cosby.
- Connie Dugan's "Teasing Inventory"in html (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/teasinginventory.html) or PDF format (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/teasinginventory.html).
- Operation Respect - Classroom Lessons (http://operationrespect.org/classroom-lessons/) program whose goal is to eliminate bullying in the schools.
- Trouble at Recess - free download from the Stuttering Foundation about being teased.
- Minimizing Bullying is a series of four videos from Stuttering Therapy Resources by J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, on how to help children who stutter minimize bullying.
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Part Four
- Enhancing self esteem
- Clinical Activities for Spreading Stuttering Awareness by Heather Grossman and Carl Herder, presentation on ISAD online conference 2015.
- Presentations in the Classroom
- Guide to Classroom Presentations brochure from the NSA.
- John Ahlbach, a high school teacher who stutters, has written a Stuttering Presentation Guide (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/ahlbachguide.html)to help young people who stutter with ideas for class presentations.
- stuttering awareness game (www.quia.com/cb/2807.html) - created on QUIA by Tammy Bryant-McMillin uses facts, myths, etc. about stuttering
- Stuttering Jeopardy (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/jeopardy.html) - a PowerPoint activity to be used as is or adapted to help people learn about stuttering.
- Tom Kehoe's Science Fair Projects for students who stutter (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/scienceexperiments.html)
- Helping Children Who Stutter Become Their Own Advocates (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/therapypics/pictures.html) - reproducible pictures that can be used to assist children in explaining stuttering to their parents, teachers, and classmates
- Class visits for children who stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/therapypics/murphy.html) by Bill Murphy
- Sample Projects by Kids Who Stutter
- A Play about Stuttering (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/goodstuff/valerieplay.html) by a 4th grader named Valerie
- Allison's Play about Stuttering by Allison, age 9 (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/goodstuff/allison.html)
- My Stuttering Web Page by John, 4th grade (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/goodstuff/john.html)
- Creating Stories About Our Herosby Judy Butler and Marybeth Allen
- My Sixth-Grade Classroom Presentation on Stuttering by Autumn Williams and Joanie Cahalan
- A PowerPoint Presentation for my Class by Joseph Bates
- Stuttering Classroom Presentation - (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stuttering-Classroom-Presentation-1155969) a 15 page free download by Alexis Albee (must register on Teachers Pay Teachers to access)
- Supplemental materials
- APPs for Stuttering <-- (Section linked here was updated February 1, 2018)
- Posters
- Everyone's Different and Th-Th-That's Good Folks (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/gifs/folks.html) - from Warner Bros.
- Danger Signs Poster (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/dangersigns1.html) - by Gerald Johnson, for kids who stutter
- More Danger Signs (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/dangersigns2.html) - by Gerald Johnson, for kids who stutter
- Online Books and Stories about Stuttering for Children
- A Back-To-School Survival Guide for Kids/Students Who Stutter written and illustrated by Eleanor M. Luse, Center University of Vermont 2017 (currently on the NSA website)
- To Be A Drum read by James Earl Jones who introduces his reading disclosing that he is a PWS
- Changing the Words Around by Alan Badmington (Wales, UK) and illustrated by Christine Badgett-Richards (England, UK
- Everyone's Different by Alan Badmington (Wales, UK)
- The Cracked Jar
- The Can't Be Seen Who Couldn't Squawk by Dale Williams (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad11/papers/dwilliams11/dwilliams11.html)
- Tarby Rockets to Slower Speech by Craig Coleman and Mary Weidner (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad12/papers/therapy12/coleman12.html)
- YouTube version of Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand - a free online flash-animation books for kids about a squirrel who was teased and bullied about his stuttering who refuses to show that his feelings are being hurt until one day he learns an important lesson from a new friend.
- Sometimes I Just Stutter (https://www.stutteringhelp.org/sometimes-i-just-stutter) by Eelco de Geus
- Jeremy and the Hippo: A Boy's Struggle with Stuttering (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/jeremybook/jeremy1.html) by Gail Wilson Lew
- Shapiro, David, A Way Through the Forest: One Boy's Story With a Happy Ending (1995) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/PWSspeak/shapiro.html)
- Boo Goodnight to Halloween (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/boo/index.html) by by Tracy Harrison
- More Friends for Jackson by Nina Reardon, illustrated by Brit W. Kohls. A story/coloring book in PDF format.
- Angel Loves to Talk, by Nina Reardon, illustrated by Brit W. Kohls. A story/coloring book in PDF format.
- Rufus Talks and Talks a children's story/coloring book by Nina A. Reardon, MS CCC-SLP and illustrated by Brit W. Kohls can be downloaded as a PDF file.
- Our First Talk About Talking is a six page booklet, with pictures children can color. (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/ourfirsttalk.pdf)
- Funny Bunny's Better Ideas, (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/funnybunny.pdf) a 4-page "story" with many suggestions for children who stutter. This story first appeared in STAFF, March 1992 (a newsletter from Aaron's Associates). It is reprinted here for non-commercial use only with the permission of the editor, Janice Westbrook. You must have Adobe's Free Acrobat Reader. You can download it at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
- Trouble at Recess - free download of a children's book from the Stuttering Foundation.
- Izabela: The Story of the Princess Who Stuttered (in Slovenian, with English translation) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/izabela/izabela.html)
- Materials for Teachers of Children Who Stutter
- There is a wealth of materials to help teachers understand stuttering and the special needs of students in their classroom who stutter. The materials listed are of varying lengths, and can be matched to the interest and information needs of the teacher.
- Classroom speaking situations from the NSA
- LaBlance, G.; Steckol, K.; and Smith, V. (1994) Stuttering: The Role of the Classroom Teacher. (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/InfoPWDS/lablance.html)
- Mazzuca-Peter, Julie, The Student Who Stutters - Teachers' Guide (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/InfoPWDS/studentwhostutters.html)
- Ramig, Peter, To The Teacher Of The Nonfluent Child (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/InfoPWDS/Ramig2.html)
- Rind, E. and Rind, P., The Stutterer In The Classroom: A Guide for the Teacher - from the Stuttering Resource Foundation. Formerly available in booklet form. Now available online. (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/InfoPWDS/Classroom.html)
- STUTTERING AT A GLANCE: Information for Teachers PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/teacherinfo.pdf)
- Fluency Information For The Teacher PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/fluencyinfoteacher.pdf)
- Some Suggestions For Teachers For Managing Students Who Stutter PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/somesuggestionsteachers.pdf)
- Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers -SFA video and book (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/teacher_book_2008.pdf)
- Answers for Educators brochure from the NSA
- Timed Oral Reading/Presentations & Children Who Stutter brochure from the NSA
- Materials for Parents
- All of the suggestions below contain excellent information for parents of children who stutter. The clinician is encouraged to study what is available and match it to the needs of the family.
- Information and Help for Children from the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering
- Stephen Hood, Helping Children Talk Fluently: Suggestions For Parents (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/Parentsinfo.html)
- Julie Mazzuca-Peter, The Child Who Stutters: a Parents' Guide (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/childwhostutters.html)
- Peter Ramig, To The Parents Of The Nonfluent Child (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/ramigparents.html)
- Woody Starkweather, et. al. Stuttering Prevention: A Manual for Parents (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/starkweather.html)
- How Parents and Professionals Can Help the Stuttering Child (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/shine.html) by Richard Shine, Ph.D.
- Environmental Reorganization For Children Who Stutter (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/envreorg.html) by Gerald and Maxine Johnson
- Word by Word: Understanding Stuttering by MSNBC (http://web.archive.org/web/20080705144556/http://www.msnbc.com/onair/nbc/dateline/stutter/default.asp)
- Stuttering by NIDCD (https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/stuttering)
- What is Stuttering by ASHA (http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/stuttering.htm)
- Stuttering Foundation of America Downloadable brochure(http://www.stutteringhelp.org/download/iytycis.pdf)
- Translations of Two Stuttering Foundation Brochures - information for people from other cultures (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/translation10/translation10.html) 6 Tips For Speaking With Someone Who Stutters - in English, Dutch, French, Russian, German, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Icelandic, Japanese, Albanian, Danish, Hebrew, Czech, Portuguese, Napalese, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Korean 7 Ways to Help the Child Who Stutters - in English, Dutch, French, Russian, German, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Icelandic, Japanese, Albanian, Danish, Hebrew, Czech, Portuguese, Nepalese, Chinese, Hindi, Korean
- Information for Parents of Preschool Children Who Stutter PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/parentinfo.pdf)
- BSA's Parents of School-Age Children (www.stammering.org/parents_info.html)
- BSA's The first time... How do I start a conversation with my child about stammering? (http://www.stammering.org/first_time.html)
- Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents (SFA video) - (www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=492)
- Suggestions for Families of Young Children Who Stutter PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/suggestionsfam.pdf)
- A Guide For Parents Of Children Who Stutter (NSA information)
- Child Management For Parents PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/childmanagementforparents.pdf)
- Guidelines For Living With A Busy Child PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/guidelinesforliving.pdf)
- The Top Ten "To Do" List for parent of preschool children PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/nsaps.pdf)
- The Top 10" List For Teens PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/nsateens.pdf)
- Parent Information For Preschool Children Who Stutter PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/parentinfo.pdf)
- Ways To Build Your Child's Self-Esteem PDF format from Judith Eckhardt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/waystobuild.pdf)
- Helping Children Who Stutter - NSA brochure
- Finding the Right Speech-language Pathologist for Your Child by Robert W. Quesal, Ph.D. and J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD (3/2012) from the NSA website
- Individual Education Plan (IEP) Information by Lynne Remson, CCC-SLP followed by IEP Ideas For Parents Whose Children May Be Resisting Speech Therapy by Joan Duffield
The Schools task Force of ASHA's Special Interest Division 4 (Fluency and Fluency Disorders) has organized some of the information above into. They are linked below. They have been updated to delete dead links, but are still worth checking.
- Internet Resources for Working with Preschoolers Who Stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/schools/SID4page2.html)
- Internet Resources for School-based Speech-Lanugage Pathologists Serving Children Who Stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/schools/SID4.html)
Commercial Companies
(section updated September 15, 2017)
- Check the web sites of your favorite commercial companies which often have sample products available free. For example:
- Linguisystems (www.linguisystems.com)
- Kinderprintables (www.kinderprintables.com/)
- Say It Right (www.sayitright.org/free-stuff.html)
- Super Duper (www.superduperinc.com/)
- Study Dog (www.studydog.com)
- Parrot (www.parrotsoftware.com/) Has a free trial. Can be used to supplement treatment and with the help a SLP, can outline a plan for using the software after medical benefits are gone. There is a free demo online.
- ELR (www.elr.com.au) currently has over 2,100 separate interactive activities, each comprising multiple items, covering some 440 target areas in Phonology, Phonemic Awareness, Reading and Spelling and Semantics. Has several free downloads (Australian). There are free samples online.
- Prevention Materials
The following section is designed to provide materials, readings, and approaches to assessment and therapy for speech-language pathologists who work with people who stutter. It is not to be considered a "recipe book" to stuttering therapy, but contains resources which may be adaptable to specific clients. It is more extensive than other therapy sections because I have been building this information personally since 1998. Previously it was part of the Stuttering Home Page (www.stutteringhomepage.com), but it was too difficult to continue to maintain the information in two different places so it has been integrated here. If others have materials they would like to share, please contact Judy Kuster
Examples of Templates and Generators to make your own therapy materials
- Generators
- Greeting generators
- How To Send A Greeting Card (www.hanksville.org/storytellers/authorcard.html)
- ECardica (http://www.ecardica.com/?aid=1289)
- Custom Greeting Cards from DLTK (www.dltk-cards.com/custom.htm)
- A virtual bouquet (http://www.800florals.com/virtual4/)
- Send free ecards with your choice of colors, words and music (www.123Greetings.com).
- Crossword puzzle generators
- Puzzlemaker (puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/) allows kids to make crossword puzzles online
- The Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker (www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/) can quickly produce an activity for word recall, vocabulary development, or articulation practice.
- Crossword Puzzle Maker (http://search.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/crossword.cgi)
- XWord puzzle generator (www.edict.com.hk/xword/generator/
- Word Search generators
- Word search (www.genuineclass.com/games/wordsearch.html)
- Word search generator (http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/word_search/)
- Word search for young readers (http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/youngwordsearch/)
- Word scramble generator (http://search.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/scramble.pl)
- The Awesome Clipart Collection for Kids (www.awesomeclipartforkids.com) has several Word Search and Cryptograms (www.AwesomeClipartForEducators.com/worksheetsindex.cfm)
- Award maker generators
- Make Awards for Children can be emailed (http://kidbibs.com/awards/card.htm).
- Make Awards (www.schoolexpress.com/awards/name.asp)
- Award Certificate Maker (www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/certificates/)
- Custom Awards and Certificates from DLTK (www.dltk-cards.com/award/)
- Certificate maker (www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/3/Certificates.xhtml) from SEN Teacher free printables (www.senteacher.org/Print/)
- Certificate generator (www.123certificates.com)
- Free Printable Reward Charts (http://www.rewardcharts4kids.com/) and Free Printable Award Certificates (http://www.award-certificates.com/) - not generators, but have the option of creating personalized reward charts and award certificates.
- Additional generators
- Word List Generator (www.wordlistgenerator.net) creates words lists with various CV structures, including sized for flashcards.
- Bingo Generator - custom make Bingo cards of 8, 16 or 24 images with a variety of themes to choose from. (www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp)
- Concentration/Memory cards from DLTK (www.dltk-cards.com/memory/index.htm)
- Custom Dominoes from DLTK (www.dltk-cards.com/dominos/index.htm)
- Story builder (www.literacyaccessonline.com/Literacy/BuildStory/builder.asp)
- Story Maker (www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm)
- Story-Making Machine (http://communicationconnects.com/stories.asp) has simple stories and poems which can have specific target sounds highlighted. Are both pre-written stories submitted by children and a write-your-own-story option.
- Create Your Scenario - a generator for creating a play (www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html)
- Garfield's Comic Creator (http://web.archive.org/web/20071024105600/http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/comic.htm)
- With the Puzzlemaker (http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/) - create word search, mazes, hidden messages, and more
- Patrick Ecker: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) site (www.patrickecker.org/) has a few nice materials to download (PDF files) plus wonderful pictures and a template to create your own materials (PC only).
- Worksheet Maker (http://www.123listening.com/worksheetmakers/choosepicture2.php) offers free listening quiz makers, an activity wizard, lesson plan materials
- A Web Quest generator (http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/) provides an activity "to engage students in inquiry based learning. A web quest is meant to guide students through a process of inquiry through a set of assigned tasks that lead them to a conclusion, or that results in a product."
- Flash card generator (www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/10/Literacy.xhtml)
- Multiple choice quiz generator (http://a4esl.org/c/)
- Hot Potatoes - software that can generate quizzes and worksheets (http://hotpot.uvic.ca)
- Create a rubric or find one already created (rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php)
- Acrostic poem generator (www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/)
- comic creator (www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=21)
- Letter generator helps students write a friendly or business letter (www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=5)
- Persuasion map helps a student to map out arguments to persuade but determining their goal and identifying reasons to support their argument as well as facts or examples to validate their reasons.
- Tools for Educators (www.toolsforeducators.com/) has tons of generators
- Phonics worksheet makers (http://www.funfonix.com/worksheets/)
- StoryJumper (www.StoryJumper.com) provides a free online tool to write, illustrate and publish children's stories. The site has a library of artwork, backgrounds and text boxes with customizable fonts. You can also upload your own photos. You can print a paper copy free or order a hardcover edition.
- Madlib generator (http://madlibber.com/madlibs/new) and Several examples (http://madlibber.com/)
- Generator to create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser (http://www.educationalpress.org/).
- Tools for Educators - generators for designing word search, dice maker, crossword puzzles, bingo cards, board games, mazes, custom worksheets, and more (http://www.toolsforeducators.com/)
- Free Downloads - software from SEN Teacher - for special education
- Collage making machine from the National Gallery of Art for Kids.
- Template for making books
- Custom Calendar Maker free templates for maker your own calendar or free printable calendars (http://www.customcalendarmaker.com/)
- PowerPoint Template - large collection (http://www.pppst.com/templates.html)
- Templates for Homemade PowerPoint Games (http://it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/pptgames/templates.html) from the World Wide Interactive Learning Design Team (WWILD). WWILD invites teachers and students adapt or customize any PPT game in the WWILD Team database (http://projects.coe.uga.edu/lrieber/wwild/search/PPT-search-results.asp). The database already includes an activity for practicing the signed alphabet (http://it.coe.uga.edu/~lrieber/pptgames/sign.ppt).
- Many PowerPoint activities from the Jefferson County School District which can be used or adapted (http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-la.html).
- Templates used by Union County Schools (http://web.archive.org/web/20041125024526/http://www.ucvts.tec.nj.us/ettc/links/linkhtml/templates/template.htm) has several activity templates, including "flashcards" and "jeopardy."
- My Story: A PowerPoint Teaching Tool (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/games9.html) by Diane Games, used to facilitate discussion with children and teens who stutter on concepts important in treatment provides three examples and a template
- Colt's Story (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/colt.ppt) Robbie's Story (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/robbie.ppt) Andrew's Story (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/andrew.ppt)
- My Story template (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/mystory.ppt)
- Stuttering Jeopardy (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/kuster92.html) by Judy Kuster adapts The Science Jeopardy (www.csun.edu/science/ref/games/) created by Norman Herr from Sourcebook for Teaching Science site (http://www.csun.edu/science/)
- Stuttering Jeopardy example (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/stutteringjeopardy.ppt)
- Jeopardy template to adapt (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/jeopardytemplate.ppt)
- Pediatric Jeopardy program (www.virtualpediatrichospital.org/providers/PedJeopardy/instructions.shtml)
- Stuttering Quiz - modeled after Jeopardy
- Several Power Point Games Templates - (www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games) my favorites
- Twenty Questions
- PPT (www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/Questions.ppt)
- ZIP (www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/Questions.zip)
- Wheel of Fortune (http://jc-schools.net/ce/wheel.ppt)
- PowerPoint Templates (http://powerbacks.com/) - use to help students create power point presentations to learn about their speech disorder and to educate their classmates
- template to make a book (http://priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/book.htm) (download (http://priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/cgi-bin/download.pl?file=booktemplate.zip)
- MANY Power Point Templates (http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html)
- PowerPoint Activities templates (http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm)
- Game board templates and ready-made games to use with various flashcards.
- ReadWriteThink Printing Press - templates for students and teachers to create newspapers, brochures, flyers, and booklets
- Tri-fold brochure template (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Eu_dz1LJvLdShtUKBXy_tH66atBg3S9bg9jmOLLVPqk/edit#)
- brochure template
- Elementary Student Newspaper Template - page 1 (https://docs.google.com/document/d/14g8wbE53U48FiF1fevy0nfVdXgY1a99HIxugP7vXhgk/edit#) and page 2 (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BgA4Q89H6Zo2PklDKy1cGqHitpvDQZUQ9AaRVZGpMV0/edit#) and Newspaper template page 2
- Making your own cube (https://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=1k0D6x_JSkbklzXd3fZQTtBofp48uT33xxGqelmS6Od0&mode=public)
- ClassTools contains many templates to create free educational games, quizzes, and activities (http://classtools.net/)
- Tools for Educators includes free worksheet and printable game templates (including "dice maker") and more!
PowerPoint Templates
Miscellaneous Templates
Examples of Downloadable Software
- iSpeech - convert text to speech - basic option is free (www.ispeech.org/free.text.to.speech.tts.software)
- PapaTSoftware.com (http://papatsoftware.com/) - for Windows
- Animals for Kids
- Talking Toddlers Flash Cards
- Priorywoods (http://priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk) has over 150 free, downloadable programs (mostly for PCs) for switch, touch-screen and pointing device users. Example: Thomas the Tank Engine http://priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/thomas.htm
- SchoolsPlay (www.schoolsplay.org) has
- Childsplay (Linux, Mac, Windows) many activities
- Cognitionplay "to be used in a hospital to treat patients with mental diseases" (Windows and Linux)
- Hiyah (http://hiyah.net/) - amazing free software download or interactive online site for children under 5
- Kids Freeware (www.kidsfreeware.com/) - "Internet freebies just for kidz"
Examples of APPs
- Searching for Apps
- DONE
- Google's "Product" search (www.google.com/shopping) - use key words "speech therapy apps."
- Google's search for Android Apps (https://play.google.com/store/apps)
- appolicious - find apps for iPad/iPhone and Android (www.appolicious.com). Check out the Top 5 Special Education Apps by an SLP (for iPad/iPhone), www.appolicious.com/curated-apps/34-top-5-special-education-apps.
- AppShopper (http://appshopper.com) describes, but does not evaluate, the newest apps, sales, and freebies at App Store with many keyword and category search options (check education).
- Find Applications from BridgingApps has a nice search engine with good suggestions for Apps.
- Crazy Mike's Apps (www.crazymikesapps.com) has reviews and demos, and a section on apps for kids (www.crazymikesapps.com/category/kids-apps).
- 550+ Best Kids Apps Reviewed (http://www.ikidapps.com/2011/09/350-best-apps-reviewed.html) by category.
- People share favorites apps on an online Pinterest inboard (http://pinterest.com/search/?q=apps).
- Lauren Enders's Pinterest - scroll down - several APP categories.
- Texas Computer Education Association's Recommended iPad Apps (www.tcea.org/pd/ios/)
- Accessibility Clearinghouse (http://apps.fcc.gov/accessibilityclearinghouse/disabilities.html?pgID=1) browse resources by disabilities, including cognitive, deaf-blind, hearing, language, and speech disabilities.
- There are even apps for finding apps.
- DONE
- 10 Apps for Finding Apps (http://mashable.com/2012/02/12/apps-for-finding-apps/) claims to "help you find the best deals, the best within specific categories, the best for different genders, the best for moms, the best your friends like. But what's best about these best-of apps? They're all free."
- KinderTown claims to help find the best educational apps for kids ages 3 to 6 (www.kindertown.com) or download it free (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindertown/id463524703?mt=8).
- Facebook, Linkedin, diigo, and Listserv Groups
- iTeach Special Education - iDevices in Special Education - an open Facebook group with more than 2,000 members (www.facebook.com/groups/iTeachSpecialEducation).
- iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for Speech Therapy is a group on LinkedIn with over 1000 members (www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3541551&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr).
- iPhone, iTouch and iPad for Speech Therapy (http://www.facebook.com/iPhoneiPadSpeechTherapy) is a Facebook group with close to 1500 members
- Adult Rehab Speech Therapy, a closed Facebook group with nearly 400 members, has an extensive list of Apps for Adult Rehab Speech Therapy in "Docs" (www.facebook.com/#!/groups/adultrehabspeechtherapy). PRAGMATICS CHECKLIST IN FILES
- Using the iPad in Speech Language Therapy a Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/114155111945363/).
- SLPeeps - an open FB group with more than 700 members (www.facebook.com/groups/191796874188184). Also maintains and a Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23slpeeps).
- Assistive Technology is an open Facebook group with more than 400 members (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_125241767530963).
- QIAT@lsv.uky.edu - Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology is an active listserv started in 1998 "to guide the provision of quality AT services to improve educational achievement of students with disabilities." Often there is discussion and recommendations for appropriate Apps.
- ATIA Apps (http://groups.diigo.com/group/atiaapps) in diigo groups
- Apps for Adult Rehab Speech Therapy - collaborative Facebook list (http://www.facebook.com/groups/adultrehabspeechtherapy/doc/160316067364513/)
- Technology in Education (http://www.facebook.com/techinspecialed)
- Finding Apps Recommended by SLPs and specialists (including moms and dads)
- speech-language.comapp advice for speech-language pathologists, educators and parents, by Dina Derrick (http://speech-languageapps.com/about-us)
- Lauren Enders Huge encyclopedia of APPs for various disorders, etc. 153 Boards!
- List of Apps for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch (http://www.iautism.info/en/2010/09/20/application-list/) and List of apps for Android (http://www.iautism.info/en/2011/03/25/list-of-apps-for-android/) from iAutism
- SpeechPathologysApps.com recommended apps (www.speechpathologyapps.com/apps.php)
- Way Cool "App"tivities In Education by Maureen Melonis, CCC-SLP (http://www.swaaac.com/Files/FormsandDocuments/WayCoolApptivitiesforEducationalSettings%20March2012.pdf) - 59 page PDF
- Communication and Language Apps - nicely organized (spedapps2.wikispaces.com)
- Education Apps Review" (iEAR) - a "community effort to grade 'educational apps'" (http://www.iear.org).
- Ron Engel's Smart Apps For Kids (http://smartappsforkids.com/) feature reviewed apps and "free stuff."
- Bridging Apps (was SNApps4Kids) - more than 1,200 reviews of Apple and Android special-needs apps for children (www.BridgingApps.org).
- Paula Walser's 42 page handout Apps for Education (http://maximizeyourtouch.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/49719800/Paula%27s%20apps%20handoutJan2012.pdf)
- Dawn Villarreal's "One Place for Special Needs" (www.oneplaceforspecialneeds.com/main/library_special_needs_apps.html) offers a complete guide to nearly 1,500 educational and special needs apps, providing a description, link, and rating opportunity.
- Gary James' "Apps for Children with Special Needs" (http://a4cwsn.com) provides reviews and video demonstrations of apps.
- Joan Tanenhous article on Diskoveries, "Apple iPad and Apps for Special Needs" (http://www.scribd.com/doc/50420342/Diskoveries2011Feb-1) has detailed reviews of several APPs.
- Tony Vincent provides links to websites featuring apps (www.delicious.com/tonyvincent/applist+ipad). He also has a "Learning Land" (http://learninginhand.com) webpage.
- Therapy App 411 (http://www.therapyapp411.com/)
- The Speech Guy reviews apps (http://azspeechguy.wordpress.com/category/ipad/) and has a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/#!/@azspeechguy).
- APPitic (www.appitic.com/) has more than 1,300 education apps to explore, including sections on preschool and special education/autism.
- Moms With Apps (http://momswithapps.com) is a collaboration of parent app developers promoting quality apps for kids and families.
- Teachers with Apps (http://teacherswithapps.com) was co-founded by a teacher, a special education teacher. and a teacher in early childhood education.
- Apps for Education Update March 2011 - a huge list by SLP Carolann Cormier (www.connsensebulletin.com/2011/01/apps-for-education-update/).
- Susan Suarez's "Early Intervention Speech Therapy" lists several apps for iPAD/iPHONE and Android (http://earlyinterventionspeechtherapy.com/speech-therapy-apps).
- Speech Language Neighborhood (http://www.speechlanguageneighborhood.com/) by Amanda Backof who has developed worksheets for articulation, designed to complement use of ArtikPix (http://www.speechlanguageneighborhood.com/Speech-Language-Therapy-Apps-Articulation/)
- An Ohio school district webpage has links to apps for PreK-3 and apps specific to special education (www.protopage.com/bbhipads#Untitled/Home).
- Maximize Your Touch (http://maximizeyourtouch.pbworks.com/w/page/30796448/FrontPage) includes Apps for Communication (http://maximizeyourtouch.pbworks.com/w/page/31007887/Apps%20for%20Communication)
- SpeechTechies' "The SLP Apps List" (housed in Google Docs) is a collaborative "resource document intended to comprise a comprehensive list of mobile apps (iOS, iPod, iPad, Android, Blackberry) that can be useful to SLPs" (www.speechtechie.com/p/slp-apps-list.html).
- Speaking of Speech message board has app suggestions (http://members.boardhost.com/speakingofapps/).
- All Communication Apps from Bridging Apps. Can also sort only reviewed apps
- Blogs
- Apps in Education (http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/)
- Complete Guide to Special Needs/Educational Apps (http://blog.easystand.com/2011/01/complete-guide-to-special-needseducational-apps/)
- AppHappy - a blog by a mom, Maria Kowch (http://apphappy.posterous.com/)
- Patrick Black's Teaching all Students (http://teachingall.blogspot.com/p/app-reviews.html).
- Eric Sailer's Resources includes his 24-page PDF on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps for (Special) Education is a treasure (www.spectronicsinoz.com/downloads/general/iPhone%20iPad%20and%20iPod%20touch%20Apps%20AUS.pdf), as is his iPAD Apps and Accessories for Special Needs (www.scribd.com/doc/39018411/iPad-Apps-and-Accessories-for-Special-Needs)
- Jane Farrall's iPads in Special Education (http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iPads-in-Special-Education.pdf).
- Apps For Speech Therapy, a blog by Mirla Raz, evaluates apps (http://appsforspeechtherapy.blogspot.com).
- Barbara Fernandes APPs for Speech Therapy (www.scribd.com/doc/49125628/iPad-iPhone-iPod-Android-Apps-for-Speech-Therapists). The GeekSLP (www.geekslp.com) also includes a blog and video podcast featuring news and information about speech-language treatment technology. She also has a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/#!/GeekSlp).
- Cindy Meester's blog frequently reviews apps (http://meesterc.wordpress.com).
- Speech Room News, a blog by Jenna Rayburn, features free materials and often evaluates apps (http://speechroomnews.blogspot.com/search/label/apps).
- iPodsibilities (http://web.me.com/meg.wilson/iPodsibilities/Home.html) by Megan Wilson, a special education teacher and assistive technology specialist, has reviews, lists, and a blog.
- Friendship Circle - Special Needs Blog
- Lists of Disorder Specific and Special Populations Apps
- AAC
- Apps for AAC by Jane Farrall
- Spectronic's Apps for AAC by Jane Farrall (www.spectronicsinoz.com/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac) provides reviews and ratings.
- Apps For AAC (http://appsforaac.net/).
- Patrick Black reviews many apps related to assistive technology (http://teachingall.blogspot.com/p/app-reviews.html).
- Aphasia, TBI, Cognitive and Degenerative Impairments
- Aphasia Tool Box has a list of relevant Apple apps (www.aphasiatoolbox.com/?q=appleappsslps) requires free subscription to access.
- Apps for Aphasia from Tactus Therapy Solutions (http://tactustherapy.com/adultapplist.pdf)
- App Reviews to help adults with brain injuries and other cognitive challenges from Making Cognitive Connections which has a few free webinars on a few APPs including Evernote, which is a free app.
- CanPlan - free app to promote "independence and build confidence by helping people with cognitive [and memory] challenges complete tasks successfully" by breaking activities into a sequence of easy-to-follow steps. (itunes.apple.com/us/app/canplan/id598687543?mt=8)
- Autism
- Apps/Supports for Behavior Management/ABA Lauren Enders's Pinterest suggestions.
- iPAD and iPOD for autism from Practical Autism Resources has a spread sheet with ratings, reviews, and suggestions for use (www.practicalautismresources.com/Home/ipad-for-autism).
- Autism Speaks suggests many apps and offers links to sites with apps for autism (www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/autism-apps).
- iPad Apps and Resources for Autism is a spreadsheet compiled by a parent, an adult with autism, and an SLP (https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AjbIta8OTS0KdHRMVWx0Q3pvOWRXRXBfd01jc3lqakE&hl=en&single=true&gid=0&output=html).
- Autism Epicenter reviews and rates apps for speech and language, AAC, and behavior/social skills (www.autismepicenter.com/TEST/autism-apps.shtml).
- A Spectrum of APPS For Students on the Autism Spectrum from Bridging Apps. (http://bridgingapps.org/list/?id=40352)
- Autism apps for i-Pad , iPod, and iPhone devices (http://www.iautism.info/en/2010/09/20/application-list/)
- Autism apps for android (http://www.iautism.info/en/2011/03/25/list-of-apps-for-android/)
- Apps for ASD iPod Touch Project: Recommended APPS for children with ASD by Barbara Welsford (2010)
- Hearing Impaired
- So what's on the iPad for the kid in your class with a Hearing Impairment (http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/01/so-whats-on-ipad-for-kid-in-your-class.html) in Gregory Swanson's Apps in Education (http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/)
- Apps for Kids with Hearing Loss by Tina Childress (http://techinspecialed.com/appy/apps_by_list.php?l=hearing-tc&name=Apps%20for%20Kids%20with%20Hearing%20Loss%20by%20Tina%20Childress)
- Stuttering
- See Judy Kuster's Apps for Stuttering
- Voice
- Lauren Ender's Pinterest Voice Therapy Apps for SLPs
- Older students and adults
- Marg Griffin's Apps for Older Students to Enhance Language and Learning Skills (http://goldencommunicationsllc.com/AppList.html)
- Apps for Adults with Acquired Deficitis and Older Children with Special Needs and Other Apps for Adult Speech Therapy
- Apps to support literacy
- Apps for Older & Reluctant Readers Ages 8-12 ( http://digital-storytime.com/wp/?p=897)
- Eric Sailer's Apps for Literacy Support (http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/apps-for-literacy-support)
- Apps - Reading (http://maximizeyourtouch.pbworks.com/w/page/31006725/Apps%20-%20Reading)
- Apps to Help Students with Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties by Darla Hatton and Kaila Hatton (http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/assistive-technology-education/apps-students-ld-dyslexia-reading-difficulties)
- AAC
- Other Resources
- iPad Communication a nice little movie (over 5 minutes) demonstrating several Apps, some of the free (http://www.multi-sensory-room.co.uk/page76/page174/page175/page175.html) and iPads in Education (http://www.multi-sensory-room.co.uk/page76/page174/page132/page132.html) a 10 minute movie. Both are part of Ipad ideas from RIchard Hirstwood several helpful movies for iPad use (http://www.multi-sensory-room.co.uk/page76/page174/page174.html). Richard Hirstwood's entire blog (http://richardhirstwood.squarespace.com/) is definitely worth checking out!
- 21 Steps to 1-to-1 Success: Handbook for planning, preparing, implementing and evaluating programs - a 36 page manual from iPads for Learning (http://asp-uk.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=639%2F684%2F1625&utm_source=ipadsummary)
- Apps by IEP Goals Skills (http://techinspecialed.com/recommended-apps-by-iep-goalsskills-and-some-useful-tools/)
- Search "apps in the ASHA Leader articles (http://asha.org/leaderissue.aspx) and ASHAsphere, the ASHA blog (http://blog.asha.org).
- Members of any ASHA special interest group (SIG) can access a special Perspectives issue on Augmentative and Alternative Communication ((http://div12perspectives.asha.org/content/vol20/issue1)) that includes several articles on apps. The ASHA Community (http://community.asha.org) has an open discussion forum on SLP technology. Check the shared files for an Excel spreadsheet of "education apps."
- PocketSLP (http://pocketslp.com)
- Smarty-Ears (www.smarty-ears.com/)
- Lists of Handouts from BridgingApps
- APPLE's Special Education Apps
- Smart Apps For Kids has a nice section on "free" apps (http://www.smartappsforkids.com/)
- Best Kids Apps (http://www.bestkidsapps.com/)
- Any web-based material that is not FLASH or JAVA based, is accessible on a iPad through the web browser. There are some suggestions above on Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted For Therapy (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html) near the end of the section on "Interactive sites." The first reference "Non-Flash Things for ESL Students" (http://www.manythings.org/e/requirements.html) is a treasure with many language-activities appropriate for older kids. All are free.
- A few examples of FREE (as of this time) Apps for iPhone, iPad, or Android
- Free App Alert (iPad.freeappalert.com) announces apps that were for sale and are now free!
- Personal/Professional
- Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page) has "over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device."
- Medical Encyclopedia by University of Maryland Medical System (http://itunes.apple.com/app/medical-encyclopedia/id313696784?mt=8)
- Evernote - can capture pictures for vocabulary development, and lots more (www.evernote.com/)
- Especially for individuals following stroke or who use AAC devices
- JabTalk - android app for JabTalk (android) - Easy and effective basic AAC with real pictures.
- Phrase board (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phrase-board/id380424676?mt=8) allows people to communicate when they are unable to speak. Designed by a Registered Nurse experienced with clients who were unable to speak or for whom speaking was too taxing. Large "Yes" and "No" buttons allow for simple usage
- Speakinmotion (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speakinmotion-trial/id360654596?mt=8) for people with aphasia and apraxia
- Verbally AAC device - tap in your phrase and the app speaks for you.(http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally/id418671377?mt=8#)
- SmallTalkApps - FREE from Lingraphica (http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/168087/91e6341bd2/10009501/461e59c601/)
- New SmallTalk Apps
- SmallTalk Conversational Phrases (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-conversational-phrases/id403058584?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Daily Activities (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-daily-activities/id403060140?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Pain Scale (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-pain-scale/id403058256?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Intensive Care (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-intensive-care/id403057381?mt=8)
- The Rest of the SmallTalk Family
- Small Talk Aphasia - "designed for people with aphasia. . . provides a vocabulary of pictures and videos that talk in a natural human voice."
- Male (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-aphasia-male/id403064267?mt=8)
- Female (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-aphasia-female/id310102858?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Dysphagia (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-dysphagia/id337184701?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Oral Motor Exercises (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-oral-motor-exercises/id337145605?mt=8)
- Small Talk Aphasia - "designed for people with aphasia. . . provides a vocabulary of pictures and videos that talk in a natural human voice."
- SmallTalk Video Apps
- SmallTalk Phonemes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-phonemes/id384170714?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Consonant Blends (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-consonant-blends/id384174024?mt=8)
- Small Talk Common Phrases (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-common-phrases/id384172302?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Days, Months, Dates (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-days-months-dates/id384171233?mt=8)
- SmallTalk Letters, Numbers, Colors (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smalltalk-letters-numbers/id384168006?mt=8)
- New SmallTalk Apps
- Stories
- Toy Story Read-Along (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toy-story-read-along/id364376920?mt=8) - "A fully interactive reading experience packed with Games, Movie Clips, Coloring Pages, Sing-along Tunes, and Surprises on every page. Hear the story read aloud, record your own narration, or explore at your own pace."
- Once Upon an App - Humpty Dumpty (http://onceuponanapp.com/blog/2010/09/humpty-dumpty/) - View the story with music, then help put Humpty back together again by touching the screen and shaking the device.
- What If? (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bookster/id395395617?mt=8)
- Stickery (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stickery-mermaid-waters/id421951789?mt=8) "is a game set in an underwater kingdom where every living creature is a "sticker" and captured by a confused witch. Your child will help Hanna and Cory, the story's main characters, to save their aquatic friends from the clutches of a confused witch. The witch can only be defeated by solving her math and literacy puzzles. There are over 30 stickers (all free) to be won!"
- All About Sounds (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/all-about-sounds-initial-position/id410642457?mt=8#) - "Initial Position Words is an engaging app that makes it fun to learn and practice saying sounds in the initial position of words while playing a picture matching game."
- Toddler Teaser Shapes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toddler-teasers-shapes/id303153532?mt=8)
- See Touch Learn by Brain Parade - is a picture learning system designed by professionals specifically for those with autism and other special needs. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/see-touch-learn/id406826506?mt=8&ls=)
- See, Touch, Learn (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/see-touch-learn/id406826506?mt=8#) - a picture learning system "includes a starter set of stunning, high-quality images and 60 exercises"
- Kindermusik Radio App - Lite (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindermusik-radio-app-lite/id412509225?mt=8)
- Clear Captions (http://www.clearcaptions.com/?refid=0120110330DDig) - a free captioning service for qualified Mac/PC/mobile users.
- English Idioms Illustrated (http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/english-idioms-illustrated/id413057971?mt=8)
- Aesop's Quest - remembering parts of a story to solve a puzzle.
- Little Matchups ABC - Alphabet Letters and Phonics Matching Game by GrasshopperApps.com (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc-kids-alphabet-game-by/id439627256?mt=8#)
- AutismXpress - free version for Android
- Developed in association with the Virginia Department of Education.
- Same Meaning Magic - identify synonyms at different levels, timed or untimed.
- Opposite Ocean identify the antonym, timed or untimed
- Same Sound Spellbound understanding homophones, timed
- Professor Garfield Fact or Opinion - a comic book story with opportunities to distinguish fact from opinion
- Cause/Effect or just kind of fun
- Talking Tom Cat (www.appbrain.com/app/talking-tom-cat-free/com.outfit7.talkingtom) (free for Android) Talking Tom Cat (99 cents) (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-tom-cat/id377194688?mt=8) responds to your touch and repeats everything you say with a funny voice. "Great for developing imitation skills."
- Doodlebuddy (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy/id313232441?mt=8)
- Bubble Popper
- Balloon Pop (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/balloon-pop-up/id336509344?mt=8#)
- Build A Gingerbread House (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/build-a-gingerbread-house/id294656558?mt=8)
Important Resources
(updated June 9, 2020)- Speech-Language Pathology Resources and Blog (www.pediastaff.com/blog/) from Pediastaff (a Pediatric and School Based placement service for SLPs, OTs, and PTs).
- The Role of the SLP in Schools: A Presentation for Teachers, Administrators, Parents, and the Community - an educational PPT from ASHA (https://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/slp/schools/prof-consult/slprole.pdf)
Pictures and Clipart
(updated June 9, 2020)- Many wonder where they can find "pictures" on the Internet that can be used to make their own therapy materials. One way is to use the Image Search function on various search engines. Although many are copyrighted and should not be used to add graphics to commercial products or to web pages without permission, they can be used for personal teaching purposes.
- royalty free images
- Developing materials and activities with clip art
- One Cut Book (https://www.laurenstringer.com/uploads/2/5/6/4/25641572/make_a_six-page_book_out_of_one_sheet_of_paper.pdf) - instructions how to make a one-cut book.
- PocketMod - a template for a personal organizer one-cut book. Many options for calendars, writing guides, organizers, games, etc.
- Samples of one-cut books
- Several one-cut books (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/onecutbooks/onecutbooks.html) created by Judy Kuster's students
- Mini-Books for Language (web.archive.org/web/20091203102324/http://www.patrickecker.org/minibooks.htm) by Patrick Ecker
- Articulation one-cut books (http://www.speechtx.com/articulation.htm) open any of the "sound" files in the drop-down menu and then open "mini-book.
- Taping pictures around the room to find with a flashlight, paste on "fish," or on bugs and use a fly swatter.
- Bug and fish template examples
- bug (www.dltk-kids.com/t/insects/bug5.htm)
- bug (http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf20/images/bug.gif)
- fish (web.archive.org/web/20040610230310/http://www.eslkidstuff.com/images/fish.gif)
- fish
- Bug and fish template examples
- PowerPoint and most word processing programs have clipart files. There is also clipart software that you can purchase. However, there are also many sites on the internet that have a lot of pictures that could be adapted for therapy materials if you want to download some of the free gifs/jpegs and print it out. The Tutorial on how to download clipart (http://webclipart.about.com/od/tutorialshelp/l/blhelp7.htm). is helpful if you don't know how to do this. Adding graphics to a word document (in the newer word programs) is as easy as word processing. Some sites to check out:
- Augmentative and alternative communication by Patrick Ecker has lots of beautiful, free clip art
- Classroom Clipart (http://classroomclipart.com/)
- Absolutely Free Clipart (www.allfree-clipart.com)
- Barry's Clip Art server (www.barrysclipart.com/)
- Best Clip Art (www.bestclipart.com/index.html)
- Brian Brasher's collection (www.bry-backmanor.org/ikthusian/ikthusian.html)
- Clipart.com (www.clipart.com/) provides links to many, many clipart sites
- Leo's Icon Archive (www.iconarchive.com/)
- Original Free Clipart (www.free-clipart-pictures.net/)
- Clip Art Gallery (http://www.cyberbee.com/bts_sites.html)
- EduPic (http://www.edupic.net/index.html) free image resource for educators and their students
- Index to Phillip Martin's Clip Art - hand-drawn, colored drawings free for non-profit use (http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage2.htm)
- Image search engines
- Google Image Search (http://images.google.com/)
- Bing's Images (www.bing.com/images?FORM=Z9LH)
- Flickr
- Use an image search or any clip art sites to find pictures and add sounds from Find Sounds search engine (www.findsounds.com) or Sound Bible (http://soundbible.com)to make your own interactives.
Writing behavioral objectives and IEPs
(updated June 9, 2020)- IEP Goal Bank (http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9EOfg1w7YqGYjUxOTAwMTYtNWMwYi00YzY3LWJmODQtOWY5YjBhNjVjZjM1&hl=en) - 177 page PDF file from Redmond, CA
- IEP Goal Bank from Speaking of Speech (under "Materials" (www.speakingofspeech.com/IEP_Goal_Bank.html)
- Goals and Objectives written to the California standards (web.archive.org/web/20120131060558/http://www.csha.org/pdf/SLPGoalsandObjectivesupdate.pdf)
- OSEP-Reviewed Materials on IDEA '97 (http://web.archive.org/web/20080313160112/http://www.nichcy.org/idealist.htm)
- Writing Educational Goals and Objectives (www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/Objectives/index.htm)
- LD Topics: IEPs has over 60 articles about how to create a useful IEP, understanding the IEP process, and the importance of good communication (http://www.ldonline.org/article/c667)
Dealing with problem behaviors and teasing
(updated June 9, 2020)- Discipline Help (http://www.disciplinehelp.com/)
- Cyberbullying: The Definitive Guide
- Cyberbulling Resources Online (http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/cyberbullying-resources/)
- Understanding Cyberbullying In College from Affordable Colleges Online (http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/cyberbullying-awareness/)
- Guide to Bullying Awareness and Prevention: How to Recognize and Prevent Abuse at College(https://essayontime.com.au/bullying-awareness-prevention-guide/)
- General links dealing with teasing (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/infoaboutstuttering.html#teasing)
- The Operation Respect (http://www.operationrespect.org) includes the Don't Laugh at Me materials whose goal is to eliminate bullying in the schools. Begun by Peter Yarrow from folk singers, Peter, Paul, and Mary, DLAM consists of three curricula (grades 2-5, grades 6-8, and one for summer camps and after-school programs). The resource contains wonderful ideas for helping classroom teachers or school clinicians reduce bullying of children. The entire curriculum is online including songs and videos are freely available online or can be downloaded as a 148 page PDF.
- NetSmartz Workshop (www.netsmartz.org/NetSmartzKids)
- Healthy Digital Citizens: Helping Kids Stay Active and Safe in the Internet Age - good information on Internet Safety and Digital Wellness.
- Bullying Awareness and Prevention Guide (http://www.learnpsychology.org/now/bullying/)
- The Bully Projects has Tools for Parents, Educators, Students, Advocates, and a Special Needs Tool Kit that deals with bullying for children with special needs. There is also a section on Bullying and Substance Abuse: Who It Affects and Why
- Be an Upstander - a 4 minute video that describes 4 ways kids can take a positive stand on bullying (from The NED Show)
- Talent Show - a minute-one public service announcement about cyberbullying.
- Dear Bully KristinaKuzmic.com
- Keeping Children Safe Online (Updated for 2020) Fantastic article with much new and important information on cyberbullying.
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