Best SLP Websites

"A Resource for Teachers, Clinicians, Parents, and Students by the Brain Injury Association of New York State."

PBS Kids! site from WGBH Boston. Numerous early literacy games with phonological awareness skill building. High-quality audio with each game. Check out: Messy Attic - following oral directions Arty's Smarty Doors - auditory match in a concentration game Hopposites - opposites (what else?) Best Trampolini - comparatives and superlatives Flood - word association

A collection of Visual Strategy Templates in Boardmaker, Word/Excell, and PDF. visual supports for school rules, social skills, math processes and much more.

" PapooTouch represents the new generation of AAC devices, not only when it comes to its shape but also its characteristics. Its large touch screen simplifies its use, makes its more comfortable, and the Writer function enables you to write message with your fingers; that makes it one of the most innovative device on the market. Therefore, its matches perfectly the needs of a disabled person looking for a cutting edge device. PapooTouch is also a complete device which combines 4 functionalities in 1. Like Papoo, it's an AAC device giving back the ability to speak to persons who can't do it anymore. But it's also a device enabling you to listen to music, watch movies, browse pictures and play video games. "

"All Super Duper Apps for iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch® are available on the iTunes App Store℠. Click here to learn more about our Android™ Apps."

monthly blog for bilingual speech-language pathologists, students and families

"The use of new intervention techniques and emerging areas of practice create the potential for various ethical concerns. In recent years, new technology-based interventions have appeared for children who have sensory processing difficulties. This advisory summarizes several emerging technologies in this area and relevant ethical considerations.

"Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice."

great motivator for talking and monitoring production

"This blog is a spinoff of sorts, a collaboration between four #slpeeps on Twitter, springing from the goal of developing a centralized location for information on mobile devices and their uses in therapy."

tons of links to resources.

"Apps for Children with Special Needs (a4cwsn) is committed to helping the families and carers of children with special needs and the wider community of educators and therapists who support them, by producing videos that demonstrate how products designed to educate children and build their life skills really work from a user perspective."

"Free Flash Resources for teachers by Stewart J J Davies"

The CFL program's ambitious goal is to make modern computer technology an integral part of every classroom so that every child has the opportunity to be educated to his or her full potential. Note: Schools and educational nonprofit organizations do not pay for excess computer equipment they receive through the CFL program, however, the recipient is responsible for the shipping and handling costs, as well as refurbishing costs.

"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."

"Welcome to the 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."

Tar Heel Reader has thousands of simple story books for students of all ages to read at whatever level. If you are looking for simple text books with topics that are age appropriate, Tarheel Reader is for you.

Judy Lynn Software programs are developed specifically for student with special needs under the guidance of assistive technology professionals, teachers, and therapists.

This site has a lot of options to encourage kids to use their switch in various computer type "games."

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps all students progress through the general-education curriculum by reducing barriers to instruction. Find out how SLPs are using UDL to help their students.

"No one likes to lose a point or go down to defeat because their thumb misses the control area. The Logitech Joystick gives you a thumb-stick style game controller for iPad that you can use with just about any game with an on-screen joystick or d-pad."

This isn's directly about Speech Therapy, but this joystick may give another access method to iPad devices.

"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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