This website provides many resources for cochlear implants, most are for children. It also includes manufacturer info, organizations for CI patients, suggested scales of development and assessment tools, books, etc.
The information below was extracted from the Stuttering Home Page by the SID4 Schools Task Force as links especially relevant to school-based speech-language clinicians serving children who stutter and their families.
"The 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. It was first published in 1990 and was revised in 1996 and 2004 by Dr. Charity Rowland of Oregon Health & Science University. It 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."
"If you need help with spoken communication because of a disability, this website can give you an idea of what's on offer, with details of nearly every communication aid available in the UK - and it's all searchable!"
"This unique approach by Pati King-DeBaun was developed to systematically teach communication skills to children who are nonverbal. Highlights will include the Integrated Model of Communication Instruction.Learn more about this model and watch classrooms and students progress"
Consumers have become more educated and therefore cautious about what they eat. They want to make sure that the food they eat, it is safe and healthy. They want transparency on how animals are treated. To fulfill the demands of the consumers, retailers are compelling suppliers to comply with animal welfare guidelines properly. At present, scientific measures are used to identify animal's welfare including their behavior, living condition, longevity, reproduction, diseases. The guidelines to handle animals include everything from their birth to their slaughter. It includes solution as to how animal's stress can be reduced while they are being transported and slaughtered.
Consumers have become more educated and therefore cautious about what they eat. They want to make sure that the food they eat, it is safe and healthy. They want transparency on how animals are treated. To fulfill the demands of the consumers, retailers are compelling suppliers to comply with animal welfare guidelines properly. At present, scientific measures are used to identify animal's welfare including their behavior, living condition, longevity, reproduction, diseases. The guidelines to handle animals include everything from their birth to their slaughter. It includes solution as to how animal's stress can be reduced while they are being transported and slaughtered.