ASHA Quick Links

• Search back copies of ASHA journals for a topic of interest
• Search for that SLP you knew in grad school or a therapist in private practice
• Join a special interest division within ASHA - List 16 relates to school based issues and is awesome
• Information about upcoming and online CEU courses through ASHA
• Member Services and Directory
• Time saving community resource tips/marketing materials including Better Speech and Hearing Month materials and ideas
• Multicultural Resources and Fact Sheets
• Job Search Tips for SLP/SLPAs

Therapy Product Sites

• Superduper
• Linguisystems
• Lakeshore
• Mind Wing (Story Grammar Marker)
• Stationery Studio-Fabulous software to encourage story writing
• Get a Clue-High interest software to teach vocabulary to middle schoolers

Advocacy

• Legislative Advocacy - ASHA
• Parent Advocacy - Great Articles to Help Parents in IEP Process
• Self Help Groups for Disorders of Speech, Language and Swallowing
• Autism Spectrum Quarterly
• 9,000 books & resources available on loan or FREE to parents and teachers
• To help a friend or family member write a letter requesting services for their local school

Information for and about SLPAs

• Everything you need legally regarding SLPA use through Board of Medical Quality
• Responsibility statement to be completed within 30 days of initiating supervision
• Listing of SLPA programs in California
• Qualities of a Supervisor & Orientation to Facilities
• Caseload Skills Inventories-Clinical/Clerical

Fun For Students (And Their SLPs)

• Fablevision-Empowering on-line stories (some read aloud) and suggestions on encouraging creativity for students and teachers
• Magnetic Poetry - for students or when you need a break
• Variety of Primary Games and Materials
• Literacy Games - Interactive
• Magic School Bus site
• Games for Older Kids
• Great collection of games for all ages
• Elementary to High School Level Vocabulary Games
• Story Books online - preschool and elementary levels
• 20 Questions online - very excellent
• A Mad Libs Type Grammar Game
• Jan Brett: 3,974 pages of free activities, coloring pages, and projects
• For Better or Worse Cartoon about differentially-abled Shannon
• Kindergarten through 8th grade, divided by mathematical topics
• Virtual field trips and lesson plans

Caseload Management/Language

• Language Art Lesson Plans
• Lesson Plans for Older Students
• Customized Crossword Puzzles and Word Searches
• TheraSimplicity and online collection of useful therapy tools
• For copies of Strategy Based Solutions. Language and Cognition strategies
• Teens and ADHD by Chris Dendy
• Great tip sheets on Autism
• Fascinating for teaching or discussing facial expressions
• Augmentative materials link - some great free information
• Website home for Judith Kuster, the guru of internet resources for SLPs and their clients (mind-boggling amounts of information)
• Stuttering & Tourette's Syndrome
• Tourette Syndrome
• Fabulous subscription based scheduling and record keeping program designed for school based SLPs and their districts

Caseload Management/Speech Production

• Phonological processes chart, illustrates the common kinds of phonological processes
• Flash Animation Project
• Speech Accent Archive- The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze - the accents of different english speakers
• An "easy speech" game for stutterers
• Fabulous subscription based scheduling and record keeping program designed for school based SLPs and their districts
• Listening activities, music fun, personalized worksheets.  Check in at the “listening room.”     
• Tool and program for expanding semantic expression.  

Training Resources

• Online resources for learning computer programs
• DVD for speech, language, and hearing milestones - birth to age five. Available on ASHA
• Website self study modules on writing IEPs to state standards with resources for clinicians
• Information on many syndromes & disabilities as well as some helpful charts and links
• Michelle Garcia Winner's site on Asperger's and autism-fact sheets, materials, etc.
• For information regarding CEUs through Orange County’s SUCSESS project (autism)
• Clearinghouse of excellent online tutorials for learning any computer program imaginable.  

Fun Sites for Preschool and Elementary Age Kids

• www.barbie.com
• www.bigidea.com
• www.atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/
• www.pollypocket.com
• www.ivyjoy.com

Fun Sites for Older Elementary and Junior High Kids

• A great game about building a business
• Harry Potter Fans
• Fun Games
• Wonderful Games for Girls
• Reading, Math, and Arcade Games