Helpful Links
Some trusted speech & language therapy resources.
Speech-Language
- American Speech and Language Association
- Milestone Chart & Recommendations
- Apraxia Information & Building Hope
- PROMPT Institute
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Stuttering Foundation of America
- Information About Speech-Language Development
- Books on Speech
- Information on Hearing Impairments
- Information for Parents to Infuse Language at Home
- Selective Mutism
Executive Function Therapy
Social Learning
- Social Thinking®, Michelle Garcia Winner
- Tony Attwood, Asperger’s Syndrome Resources
- Software for Social Skills
Self-Regulation
- The Alert Program® & How Does Your Engine Run?®
- Zone of Regulation
- Brain Gym®
- Kari Dunn Buron & Bitzi Curtis, The Incredible 5-Point Scale
- Emotional Self-Regulation: Techniques for Teaching
Occupational Therapy
- Information on Sensory Processing Disorder
- The American Occupational Therapy Association
- Carol S. Kranwitz’s, Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Autism
- Autism Research Institute (ARI)
- Center for the Study of Autism
- The M.I.N.D. Institute
- The SCERTS® Model, Education Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- The Ziggurat Model: A Framework for Designing Comprehensive Interventions for Individuals With High-Functioning Autism & Asperger Syndrome
- Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship Based Model (DIR/Floortime)
- Families for Early Autism Treatment
- Autism Society of Greater Phoenix
- Asperger Syndrome Education Network
Non-Verbal Learning Disorders
Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association
- LD Online
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Understood for Learning and Attention Issues
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Children & Adults with ADHD
- Myths & Misunderstandings about ADHD
- Diagnosis of ADHD
- Treatment of ADHD
- Fact Sheets about ADHD
Behavioral Information
Local Schools for Children with Learning Disabilities
Legal
- Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
- CASE, Community Alliance for Special Education
- Information on Special Education
- Special Ed Advocacy
- IDEA Information