At the beginning of last semester, when I got my first clients, I panicked. I probably spent several hours for each client searching the internet for information on their diagnosis! While there are places online with resources by diagnosis, they were often too general, unrelated to speech & language, or they only took me to other websites. I was looking for articles and resources filled with evidence based practice and specific information regarding the diagnosis, it’s link to speech & language development, and hints/tips on what to actually do! So, I hope this blog post will be helpful for those of you like me.
**Note: Due to the overwhelming amount of information on a vast number of disorders, I limited this post to disorders primarily affecting children. I’ll do a post in the future regarding adults!
General (START HERE!!)
ASHA’s Preferred Practice Patterns for the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology (this resource contains ASHA’s policy’s on assessment, intervention, and screening for a variety of ages and diagnosis’)
Fragile X
Fragile X Syndrome Speech & Language
Voice Disorders
Down Syndrome
Speech & Language Therapy for Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children
Speech & Language Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome
Selective Mutism
ASHA Overview on Selective Mutism
Selective Mutism and the SLP in the Schools
Stuttering
Benefits of SLP Services for Stuttering
List of Internet Resources for Working with Children Who Stutter
Speech Sound Disorders
ASHA’s Overview on Speech Sound Disorders
Evidence Based Practice in Speech Sound Disorders Powerpoint
Speech Sound Development Chart
The Process of Articulation Therapy
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
ASHA’s Overview on Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource Guide (Basics)
Cerebral Palsy
EBP for Young Children (0-3) with Cerebral Palsy
CDC’s Cerebral Palsy Information & Resources
Hearing Loss
ASHA’s Information On Hearing Loss
Effects of Hearing Loss on Development
Autism
Articles Including Information on Echolalia and Natural Language Acquisition
How The Brain Thinks In Autism
Executive Function Disorder
A page of resources from Cognitive Connections
PediaStaff also has a clickable resource organized by diagnosis and also by therapy type. While this website can be overwhelming, I found some of this information helpful in my quest. The link for that is here.
Hopefully some of these links were helpful! These are my personal favorites 🙂 If you see any missing diagnosis’ that you need information on, or if you know of any other great resources that should be added, let me know!! Thanks for your support and feel free to email me at speechymusings@gmail.com.
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Nice, Speechy!
Thanks, Marge! 🙂
This is so incredibly helpful, thanks in advance I’ll keep this page as a reference.
You are welcome! I’m glad you found it useful!!
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