Introduction

The following web sites are ones that either I have visited personally or are recommendations that have come to me  via feedback from this site.

I have split the website reviews table into the following 6 sections, use the links below to go directly to the table section you require.

Speech Therapy | Stuttering / Stammering |Special needs education | Parent's sites | General educational |Teaching reading | Other Links

Caution - These links to other sites are provided for information. The content in these sites should only be used to support professional speech therapy and are in no way meant to be a replacement for such therapy.

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Speech Therapy
  • http://speech-languagepathologist.org
    Comment - Speech-LanguagePathologist.org
    provides free resources to working clinicians, SLP students,
    families and caregivers. Very busy message board, chat room with archived chats and other free tools for clinicians and caregivers.
  • http://www.speechlanguage-resources.com NEW
    Introducing a range of fresh, contemporary, school-based speech-language resources and games that are exact in their construction, so they deliver consistent results
  • http://www.sarahsspeechtherapy.co.uk
    Sarah's Speech Therapy is a privately run Speech and Language Therapy Service, based in Lytham St Annes (quite close to Blackpool airport), offering assessment and intervention for children aged 2-14 years with speech and language difficulties.
  • http://www.sltassociates.co.uk
    Comment - SLT Associates Ltd is a professional service provided by highly qualified and experienced Speech and Language Therapists
  • http://www.communication4all.co.uk
    SEN resource site dealing with resources for inclusion and Sign Supported English
  • www.talkingpoint.org.uk
    Comment - Talking Point aims to provide vital, quick and accessible information for parents and professionals to help support children with speech and language difficulties. It includes information on their needs, how to access help and relevant organisations across the UK. The website also provides users with the opportunity to share information through discussion groups.
  • http://www.speech.org.uk
    Comment - An Independent speech and language therapist working in the South Wales area.
  • http://www.communicationscripts.com/index.php
    Comment - Communication Scripts Inc. has designed innovative speech and language DVD’s and VHS videos regarding Language, Speech, Videos, Therapy, Oral, Aphasia, Apraxia, CVA, Brain Injury
  • http://www.juniorsweb.com/
    Comment - The No.1 site for speech therapy activities in the USA
  • http://www.hanen.org
    Comment - The Hanen Centre is a charitable organisation that helps young children with language delays - and those at risk of developing language delays - to communicate to the best of their abilities. We do this by developing leading-edge programs and practical, user friendly learning resources for parents, educators and other important people in children's lives.
  • http://www.speechfoundation.com/
    Comment - Professional Speech Therapy Services by Ajit Harisinghani, MS(USA),CCC-Sp., Speech Therapist, Pune, India
  • http://www.NESPAexam.com
    Comment - Speech Language Pathology Licensure Exam Review. Test prep site for NESPA exam. multiple choice questions, content and mnemonics. Sections : study-buddies, audio, links, and tips free sampler.
  • http://www.rcslt.org.uk
    Comment- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Web Site. An excellent site full of useful information for SLT's and students. Including an extensive links section with sections on overseas SLT associations, SLT general/miscellaneous and syndromes / disabilities.
  • http://www.speechtx.com 
    Comment- lots of good speech therapy game ideas and downloadable resources. PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
  • http://speechpath.8m.com
    Comment - lots of useful information and resources.
  • http://www.speechteach.com
    Comment - A site full of useful speech therapy information for both parents and speech therapists. Includes lots of links to other speech therapy sites ( college sites, companies, professional organisations and other related sites.)
  • http://blankees.com/baby/speech/
    Comment - Will I grow out of it? Milestones and warning signs for speech and language development. Information from birth to 5th birthday telling you what you might expect your child to be doing with respect to language at the various milestone ages. Also gives you things to look out for if there may be a problem with your child's speech development.
  • http://www.speech-language-therapy.com
    Comment - Caroline Bowen PhD is an Australian Speech-Language Pathologist. Her clearly written, user-friendly and regularly updated web site provides theoretically sound information for families, students and SLP professionals about speech, language, voice, fluency and pragmatic disorders in children. Fact is clearly differentiated from opinion throughout the site. Caroline includes a lot of information about her research interest of developmental phonological disorders, a comprehensive FAQ section (including career information) and extensive links to other sites.
  • http://members.tripod.com/Freida_vanStaden/SLP.htm
    Comment - A wonderful site written by a Speech-Language Pathologist.
    Lots of useful resources including a top 10 resources list, worksheets, games, and stories written by children along with lots more.PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
  • http://apraxia.cc
    Comment - Late Talker vs. Apraxia / CHERAB Foundation
    The award winning nonprofit CHERAB Foundation stands for all it embraces, Communication, Help, Education, Research, Apraxia Base.  CHERAB is the largest personal support source anywhere for children with communication disorders/apraxia.  Affiliated with hospitals, CHERAB's information, websites, meetings, links and grouplist are overseen by neurodevelopmental doctors, and other medical, speech and educational professionals.
     A site packed full of useful information and links. 
  • http://www.blacksheeppress.co.uk
    Comment - Speech therapy resources including black and white worksheets suitable for photocopying.PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
  • http://members.aol.com/acourville
    Comment - A site full of interesting and useful speech therapy resources and links.
  • http://www.afasic.org.uk
    Comment - Afasic is a UK charity representing children and young adults with communication impairments, working for their inclusion in society and supporting their parents and carers.
  • http://www.communicationdisorders.com
    Comment - Net connections for communication disorders and sciences by Judith Kuster.
  • http://www.apraxia-kids.org
    Comment - Excellent site, lots of useful links and information.
  • http://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
    Comment - lots of free language and word games to play online. For articulation and sequencing, try: http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html and 
    http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html
  • http://www.listen-up.org
    Comment - A huge site providing information and developing products geared to the special needs of hearing impaired children and their families. This links to their speech related information but please take time to review the rest of the site.
  • http://www.members.aol.com/Mavah/index.html
    Comment - Links and resources for speech pathologists, special educators, OT's, PT's, counselors etc.
  • http://www.geocities.com/speechbog/sonidoyhabla.html
    Comment - A web site with information on sound, hearing and speech. Spanish and English
  • http://www.geocities.com/nestorpardo2000
    speechpathologist.html
    Comment - Speech therapy in scholastic field. English and Spanish
  • http://www.communicationmatters.org.uk/
    Comment - Communication Matters represents the UK augmentative communication community - Annual National Symposium every year open to therapists/teachers/parents/users etc.
  • http://www.speakingofspeech.com
    Comment - speakingofspeech.com is an interactive forum for speech/language pathologists and teachers to improve communication skills in our schools by:
    •  exchanging ideas, techniques, and lessons that work,
    •  finding out about materials before you buy,
    •  seeking and giving advice on therapy and caseload management issues
    •  exploring a myriad of helpful resource links. 
  • http://www.augresources.com
    Comment - augmentative and alternative AAC Communication books and velcro displays for use with picture symbols/objects. Products for children and adults with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Dysarthia, Aphasia or Apraxia. 
  • http://www.speechville.com
    Comment - Speechville Express is a resource for families, educators, and medical professionals, offering information about language development in children, helping those who care for toddlers and young children who are late talkers, and connecting you with others who have been down this road. Language disorders and communication impairments included are apraxia, stuttering, pervasive developmental disorder, dysarthria, and aphasia, among others.
  • http://www.schooltrain.info
    Comment - Teaching resources with simple textsupported by pictures. Information sources about deafness and language disorders.
  • http://www.communicationconnects.com
    Comment - This site focuses on information for SLPs, educators and parents. Includes links, articles, therapy techniques, story-making machine and more.
  • http://www.avaaz.com
    Comment - Avaaz Innovations provides software products for the treatment of aphasia and adult language disorders, childhood articulation and phonological disorders and for advanced voice assessment and processing of acoustic signals.
  • http://speech.meetup.com
    Comment - Meetup creates real-world group gatherings about anything anywhere. We've built a technology and a network of venues (cafes, bars etc.) that can help speech professionals easily organise local monthly meetups in over 545 cities across 34 countries.
  • http://www.reasonsandremedies.co.uk/index.html
    Comment - Making sense of childrens learning disabilities.
  • http://www.alexkelly.biz/ NEW
    Alex Kelly is a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT - Learning Disabilities) and author of Talkabout, Talkabout activities and Talkabout relationships (social skills resources)

Stuttering / Stammering
  • http://www.stutteringhelp.org
    Comment - The stuttering foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
  • http://www.stammeringcentre.org
    Comment - The Association for Research into Stammering in childhood. Practical help for stammering children. Stammering is a complicated problem which can be distressing for children and their families. ARSC is a charity which was set up to help, our main aim is to support the specialist speech and language service which is offered at the Michael Palin centre for stammering in London.
  • http://www.stammering.org
    Comment - The website of the British Stammering Association, dealing with the condition known in the UK as stammering and elsewhere as stuttering.
  • http://www.doncasterstammeringassociation.org/ NEW
    Comment - Docaster web-site devoted to all aspects of stammering its causes, its problems and its humour
  • http://www.journalofstuttering.com/ NEW
    Comment - JSTAR is a free online publication that offers practical therapy ideas as well as information on the latest developments in stuttering advocacy and research

Special Needs Education
  • http://www.asdfriendly.org
    Comment - Autism support forum
  • http://www.climb-uk.info/ NEW
    Comment - the Behavioural Management Helpsite
  • http://www.commtap.org NEW
    Comment - Targets and Activities Project (TAP) for sharing activities to work on children's communication
  • http://www.sensetoys.com NEW
    Comment     - Use SenseToys' range of toys, activities and Montessori materials to make learning fun and rewarding for all children but especially those with special educational needs
  • http://www.abaresources.com/ NEW
    Comment - Canadian Based website for parents/caregivers/professionals
    involved in an educational program for children with autism spectrum disorder. Free resources!
  • http://www.spdsupport.org.uk NEW
    Comment - provides basic information about the type of support you can expect to receive from professionals in the community in the UK and provides information for teachers looking to support children with semantic and pragmatic difficulties.
  • http://www.cidau.org.uk/index.php
    Comment - Campaign to Increase Dedicated Autism Units
  • http://ldonline.org
    Comment - Learning difficulties online. Has information on many different learning difficulties, including a useful speech and language section.
  • http://www.nas.org.uk
    Comment - The National Autistic Society
  • http://www.snapchildcare.co.uk/index.html
    Comment - offer a nationwide (UK) service, providing nannies, carers and enablers for children and young adults who may have a range of special needs from a mild learning disability to profound and multiple disabilities.
  • http://www.spedex.com
    Comment - Special education exchange.
  • http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/
    Comment - Special education links and lesson plans.
  • http://seriweb.com
    Comment - Special education resources on the internet. Links to lots of areas of special education including sections on speech problems.
  • http://www.socialnet.lu/handitel/
    Comment - links to information on a huge range of disabilities. Includes a section on speech impaired/disorders and speech therapy.
  • http://www.inclusive.co.uk
    Comment - Useful links. Commercially available technology.
  • http://e-bility.com/
    Comment - e-bility's web site aims to provide easy access and links to a range of resources, services and products of interest to people with disability, their families and carers, as well as health professionals and other service providers in the disability sector.
  • http://www.simonmidgley.co.uk/
    Comment - Simon's raising achievement web site. Lots of useful information and links to a variety of resources including websites and  books amongst others. Worth a careful look!
  • http://www.tinsnips.org
    Comment - Special education resource, tools for teachers of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders, related developmental disabilities and young children with special needs. PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
  • http://www.do2learn.com
    Comment - .......see, do and learn online. A web site providing learning activities to promote independence in children and adults with special learning needs. PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS This is a really useful site!
  • http://www.ldresources.com
    Comment - An extensive list of links to resources for people with learning disabilities.
  • http://www.esmerel.org
    Comment - Esmerel's collection of disability resources. Includes a speech therapy links section.
  • http://www.bry-backmanor.org
    Comment - A place for folks who care for young children or children with special needs. Lots of useful worksheets and craft ideas. PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
  • http://www.son-rise.org
    Comment -We are the Autism Treatment Center of America, helping children with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • http://www.senteacher.org
    Comment - Excellent printable number work resources. Also an interesting page of freeware windows downloads.PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
  • http://www.dyslexics.org.uk
    Comment - A comprehensive site covering the whys and hows of educating dyslexic children at home. Includes extensive guidance on teaching reading.
  • http://www.fane-partnership.org.uk
    Comment - NE Regional SEN Mediation Service representing 12 LEa's. Facilitating Agreement in the North East.
  • http://www.fine-partnership.org.uk
    Comment - NE Regional SEN Partnership representing 12 LEA's. Facilitating Inclusion in the North East.
  • http://www.deafsign.com
    Comment - A new site that offers a whole new approach to bringing the deaf and hearing worlds closer together. The site has a number of interactive features including an interactive discussion forum, e-mail subscription list, BSL samples section, myth buster and resources for schools.
  • http://www.adders.org
    Comment - This site promotes awareness of Attention deficit/Hyperactivity disorder.
  • http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
    Comment - A UK charity which exists to help people to understand and cope with dyspraxia. We are a resource for parents, for teenagers and adults who have the condition and for professionals who help them all.
  • http://www.dolfrog.com
    Comment - Living with an Invisible Disability - The main aim os this site is to provide the best links available on the internet for most of the Invisible Disabilities. Especially Auditory Processing Disorder.
  • http://www.apduk.org
    Comment - APDUK is a new voluntary organisation, seeking registered charity status, our aim is to promote greater understanding of Auditory Processing Disorder in the UK.
  • http://www.dis-ability.info/site.php
    Comment - An exciting online resource for the disabled
  • http://www.specialneedsfamilyfun.com/index.htm
    Comment - offers family fun and special needs resources to enhance the quality and fun of family life for families with disabilities.
  • http://www.autisticsociety.org/
    Comment - Our mission is to unite parents, families, friends and professionals by creating a strong, supportive community worldwide. Sharing first hand knowledge, information, news and research about Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Parent's sites
  • http://www.ashleysmom.com
    Comment - Lots of useful ideas, information and resources for teaching children with special needs in more than one area. Commercial products, software reviews and many useful links.
  • http://www.MuddlePuddle.co.uk
    Comment - An early years home education site.
  • http://www.forparentsbyparents.com
    Comment - This site looks at all the life changing elements of parenthood, even the grim bits! Through sharing of personal experiences, parents offer support, reassurance, information, ideas and practical solutions.
  • http://www.netmums.com/index.html
    Comment - A dedicated website for local mums. netmums has sections on every day topics such as: finding a nursery, what to do on a rainy day, coping, local support, meeting other local mums, exchanging information and much, much more.

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