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This page presents information on the development of language in children. The chart below presents typical language development.

Provides comprehensive information including charts on speech and language development in children and adolescents. Information on speech and language disorders as well as suggestions for parents on how to encourage language and speech development.

"Learn how language develops in stages, and how to develop expressive language at each stage with the Unity language system." A great site for support of early language development and PRC devices

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I decided to develop this list to guide other educators and caregivers towards the apps that I have found to be most beneficial, not only at home with my typically developing 7 year old, but also at work with the elementary students on my speech-language caseload. The ranking is in no particular order of preference and some of these were released this year, while others are a couple years old. Please use the comment section below to add any fabulous apps that I missed in my favorite list!

Activities to develop auditory discrimination skills

The earliest social indicators are easy to miss because they are reduced or absent in children who are later diagnosed with autism. Primarily for parents/caregivers. Although there is some variability in typical development, these social behaviors should develop by 9 to 12 months of age. Indicate how often the child displays each behavior. If the child obtains a rating of Never or Seldom on any item, consider it a red flag and seek further evaluation.

Some of the ways we can foster language development are: Simple ideas for parents

language and vocab development, overviews of specific aac, handouts

Free AAC materials, vocab development, items for specific devices

The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) The mission: To strengthen the support systems in the lives of children with apraxia, so that each child has their best opportunity to develop speech

The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) The mission: To strengthen the support systems in the lives of children with apraxia, so that each child has their best opportunity to develop speech

Good info for parents, slp info section

These blogs cover the gamut of speech-language pathology topics, from different types of speech development delays in children, adolescents, and adults, to linguistics and SLP education.

Articulation therapy ideas that were collected from postings from SLPs; practical and easy to use

This site provides a number of ideas for conducting articulation therapy. They include a variety of interactive tools and games developed by three expert clinicians.

Checklists & Forms; variety of forms to download including oral expression, receptive understanding, literacy; also profiles of development

Choosing Friends: To help individuals with social difficulties develop a system for determining whether or not someone has the potential to be a good friend. Includes quiz and a downloadable decision making guide

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.

This Jeopardy Game was created in PowerPoint by Judy Kuster. You are free to download it and use it as is or help your clients develop their own sets of answers and questions.

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.

milestones for speech language physical development

A selection of mini-courses have been developed as aids for understanding some of the more difficult concepts presented in the text, Principles of Voice Production; Helpful information

These videos show a creative speech program developed by an experienced speech therapist to help children with pronunciation difficulties.

Parents, cargivers, families, and teachers can help individuals use language appropriately in social situations (pragmatics). Some general suggestions to help develop skills in three major pragmatic areas are listed below.

This site has tips for parents, caregivers, families, and teachers to help children use language appropriately in social situations (pragmatics).