Web links
On this page you will find an alphabetized list of Web-based speech, language and literacy information resources for parents.
NOTE: If you are looking for screening tools to help you determine if your child is developing normally, please see the links on the Physicians' Page (click on the link on the left-side navigation bar).
ADD/ADHD – CHADD Children With Activity Deficit Disorders (CHADD)
ADD/ADHD – National Association National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
ADD/ADHD – One ADD Place A virtual neighborhood consolidating in ONE PLACE information and resources relating to Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.), AD/HD and Learning Disorders (LD)
Advocacy for Children with Disabilities Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities.
Anxiety: The Child Anxiety Network The Child Anxiety Network is designed to provide thorough, user-friendly information about child anxiety. It is also designed to provide direction for those who are not sure where to turn when they think their child or a child they know may need professional help to cope with anxiety.
Apraxia – Kids Information about apraxia of speech in children and developmental verbal dyspraxia.
ASHA: The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association ASHA's mission is to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate effectively. On this site you will find information to help you understand communication and communication disorders as well as a referral service, so you can get access to qualified professionals.
Assistive and Standard Technology to Support Reading, Writing and Learning Making the Most of Standard Technology to Enhance Learning (Schwab Learning)
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Information on this often confusing symptom complex is provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, a division of the National Institutes of Health.
Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) The National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders, Inc. (NCAPD)……assists families and individuals affected by auditory processing disorders through education, support, and public awareness as well as promoting auditory access of information for those affected by auditory processing disorders.
Autism – Autism Society of America The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.
Autism – Center for the Study of Autism The Center for the Study of Autism is an affiliate of the Autism Research Institute.
Autism Speaks At this site you will find a web-based tool designed to help parents and professionals learn more about the early red flags and diagnostic features of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
This glossary contains over a hundred video clips and is available to you free of charge. Whether you are a parent, family member, friend, physician, clinician, childcare provider, or educator, it can help you see the subtle differences between typical and delayed development in young children and spot the early red flags for ASD. All of the children featured in the ASD Video Glossary as having red flags for ASD are, in fact, diagnosed with ASD.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Asperger's Syndrome The Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic Website contains sound, current information on Asperger's Syndrome, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment approaches.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relationship Development Intervention Social competence deficits are at the core of autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Steven Gutstein developed 'Relationship Development Intervention" (RDI) to address these core deficits. The RDI Web site provides more information about this family-centered, research-based treatment for austism spectrum disorders.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Tabular Comparison of Common Treatment Methods Here is the Autism Society of America's brief, tabular analysis of intervention approaches, linked on WrightsLaw.com Website. This table may be helpful in selecting an approach that is best suited to an individual.
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS This is an award-winning site containing step-by-step directions for implementing a great number of standard behavior interventions.
BrainConnection.com BrainConnection.com is an online source of information about the brain. Many discoveries are being made in areas that relate to human brain development, including learning, memory, and aging, as well as illness, injury, and disorders of the brain.
Communication Development (How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?)
Developmental Communication Disorders Links to treatment programs and resources recommended by Stanley Greenspan, MD, one of the country's leading developmental physicians
Dyslexia: International Dyslexia Association
Dyslexia: Dyslexia Information Sheet from the National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NINDS)
Education Choice and Charter Schools Parent Power posts answers to common parent questions from the Center for Educational Reform, a group that advocates for school choice.
Fast ForWord Treatment Here is a description for this computer-assisted treatment for improving auditory processing of speech…..from The Why Files
Fast ForWord Programs ….a family of multimedia training tools for improving speech reception and language comprehension in language-learning impaired children and adults
Handwritng Without Tears The goal of Handwriting Without Tears® is to make legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students (Pre-K through Cursive). The curriculum uses multi-sensory techniques and consistent habits for letter formation.
Language!– The Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum The Language! Curriculum is research-validated method designed for students who are behind their peers in language/literacy skills, including reading, spelling and/or writing. Language! is a structured language method, using multisensory methods in an explicit and systematic sequence.
Language Development Chart: 6 mo. -8 yrs. If your child seems significantly behind in language development, you should talk with your child's physician regarding your questions and concerns.
Late Talking Children Cherab Foundation explains the communication basis for disorders like autism, ADHD, and auditory processing disorders.
Learning Disabilities Success depends a lot on early detection and intervention….so don't wait!
Literacy resources for preschool teachers Webbing in to Literacy is an emergent literacy resource bank for preschool teachers.
Math: Language, Writing & Problem Solving There is a strong link between language, reading, writing, and the types of problem solving required for mathematics. Integrating writing and language skills into the daily mathematics curriculum can improve mathematics teaching and learning for language-impaired students.
Math-U-See This 'hands-on' math curriculum (elementary through advanced levels) uses manipulatives to teach math concepts and to check reasoning and accuracy.
Memory: How We Remember,Why We Forget
Parents: Coaching for life skills Dr. Steven Richfield provides practical coaching advice to parents on a range of issues.
Parent Power Inspired by the old maxim "knowledge is power," Parent Power!, sponsored by the Center for Educational Reform, is an electronic newsletter and on-line library for parents who want to know more about the issues that affect their children’s education.
Parents: How Young Children Learn and How Parents Can Help from a book called Going to School by Ramey & Ramey (….includes a primer on early brain development)
PARENT'S JOURNAL A weekly national radio series for parents, care-givers, educators, and others who care for children, this is not a program that dispenses "quick-fix" solutions, or one-size-fits-all parenting advice; rather it is a program that is designed to help parents understand their own individual child, and encourage that child's physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development. Follow the link to listen to archived programs on your computer or find out if and when your local radio channel broadcasts this program.
Reading and Critical Thinking The Great Books Foundation is dedicated to helping people learn how to think and share ideas by educating them to become participants in, leaders of, and advocates for Shared Inquiry. Through text-based discussion, Shared Inquiry strengthens critical thinking and civil discourse, promotes reading and the appreciation of literature, and provides people of all ages with a powerful instrument for social engagement and lifelong learning.
Reading: Another Chance A research-based curriculum for older students with limited literacy.
Reading Screening for 4 Year Olds Get Ready to Read! (GRTR!) a program to build the early literacy skills of preschool children sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Parents and health care providers can use this 10-15 minute on-line tool to screen the early literacy skills of 4 year olds. This site is also a good link for resources and materials to help parents develop their preschool child's early literacy skills.
Reading Screening for School Age Children Red Flag Screening for children in grades 1 -12 is a quick and reliable way to determine if your child is a struggling reader.
Reading & Writing: by Dr. Reid Lyon Dr. Lyon describes the converging evidence about "what it takes" to read
Reading: National Right To Read Foundation
Reading: NC State Improvement Project Funded by the U.S.Department of Education, this network of "best practice centers" is located across the state to provide models and training for the teaching of reading, writing and mathematics skills using scientifically sound methods.
Reading: THE NICHD (National Institutes of Health) READING RESEARCH PROGRAM THIS BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) HAS FUNDED DECADES OF RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LEARN TO READ, WHY SOME HAVE DIFFICULTIES DOING SO, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT AND REMEDIATE READING FAILURE
Reading–What Reading Does for the Mind The daily habit of reading actually changes the way the mind develops. These articles from American Educator, 1998, describes how the mind changes with the habit of reading and what to do when a student has not developed reading skills and/or habits.
School Avoidance/ School Phobia School avoidance (school refusal or school phobia) occurs in 5 percent of children. Anxiety and stress are generally the basis of school avoidance. Individual differences make some children are more susceptible to the effects of anxiety and stress that are naturally a part of school and family life. Anxiety and fears are not necessarily rational, so they can be hard to understand. It is often important to get professional guidance so that the child's anxious reactions can be thoroughly understood and an effective and individualized plan can be developed.
School Phobia This article first appeared on the community interest page of the Nassau County Psychologist, published by the Nassau County Psychological Association
Sensory Integration Dysfunction Here is a good description of sensory integration dysfunctions from The Gray Center (Carol Gray).
Speech and Language Milestones: Normal development (ages 1 – 6)
Speech & Language Delay The Late Talker: What to do if Your Child isn't Talking Yet
…a book by Marilyn Agin MD, Lisa Geng, and Malcolm J. Nicholl
Speech & Language Development: Milestones and Warning Signs "Will I Grow Out of It?"
Speech Disorders Even mild problems in spoken language can have an impact on learning in school….. Problems in understanding language will affect almost every aspect of school: following directions, learning vocabulary, understanding instruction, reading comprehension, etc.
Speech Sound Development Caroline Bowen provides specific, detailed (and somewhat technical) information about normal speech sound development.
Structured Language Teaching Methods The goal of any multisensory structured language program is to develop a student's independent ability to read, write and understand the language studied. Read about how "structured language" methods differ from the methods typically used in schools.
Stuttering The Stuttering Foundation of America
Tongue Tie This site offers guidance for parents who are concerned that their child may be 'tongue-tied' (e.e., have a tongue that can't move freely).
Vocabulary Research suggests that vocabulary is most effectively taught early, directly and sequentially. (from The American Educator)
Written Language: Grammar & Writing Guide Click on INDEX for a list of hundreds of topics. You can also find a guide at the level of the word/sentence, the paragraph, and essay/research paper.
Working Memory This is a Web site for teachers and parents interested in finding out more about what working memory is and how it affects learning.
