"Netting" FREE and EVIDENCE-BASED Information for Evaluation and Treatment

ISHA - Indianapolis, IN

Judith Maginnis Kuster - April 5, 2014

 

Disclaimer: Be aware - URLs change and disappear and other sites are available and will become available. All URLs worked when this handout was prepared. If one you like is gone, there are suggestions for relocating it and for locating many additional resources.

 

Many "requirements, standards, regulations" we need to stay on top of

 

1. ASHA's required disclosure statement

2. ASHA's ethical standards

  • Code of Ethics (http://www.asha.org/policy/ET2010-00309/)

    3. HIPPA regulations

  • Health Information Privacy (HIPPA) Training http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/training/index.html

  • Protected Health Information - 40 screen PPT for training

    http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/training/udmn.pdf

  • No More Excuses: HHS Releases Tough Final HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u13GBQgNsYE - free hour-long free webinar

    4. Response to Intervention

  • National Center on Response to Intervention http://www.rti4success.org/

  • What is RTI http://www.rti4success.org/video/what-rti-and-what-are-essential-components-must-be-present - free webinars on RTI

  • Oregon RTI - http://www2.oregonrti.org/node/74 set of videos

  • RTI An Overview http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti01-overview/

    5. Common Core Curriculum standards

  • Common Core State Standards - webinars (live and recorded - certificate awarded) http://www.commoncore.pearsoned.com/index.cfm?locator=PS1wAj

    6. Our own state eligibility regulations

    7. Federal mandates - Provisions in IDEA

     

    Evidence-Based Practice

     

    Using the best evidence in decision making (Sackett et. al)

  • Worker (clinician) experience/expertise

  • Client/patient and family values

  • Uses current best evidence to the specific problem under investigation

    ASHA's position statement on EBP

    "EBP refers to an approach in which current, high-quality research evidence is integrated with practitioner expertise and client preferences and values into the process of making clinical decisions."

     

    Debates rage in our field!! - examples

     

    Blogs

     

  • A few examples of well-done Speech-Language Pathology Blogs (several with downloadable free therapy materials and ideas).

     

  • ASHAsphere - http://blog.asha.org

  • Patience, Listening and Communicating with Aphasia Patients  - December  31, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpyQvOgclXA - 18 minute free video from the National Stroke Association

  • From Professional CCC/SLPs

  •   Paul Mooris' Language Fix Blog - http://languagefix.wordpress.com/

  •   Nicole Allison's Speech Peeps - http://allisonspeechpeeps.blogspot.com/p/evidence-based-intervention.html

  • Vocabulary Intervention Strategy - Four Square Vocabulary http://web.archive.org/web/20131020091114/http://www.bemidji.k12.mn.us/Curriculum/documents/FourSquareVocabularyIntervention.pdf (7 page description and materials)

  • Ramig et. al Treating the School-Age Child Who Stutters (40 pages of activities for 12 different components with the rationale and research to support the approach)

    http://www.stutteringrecovery.com/childinterv.PDF

  • Caroline Bowen's Controversial Practices and Intervention for Children with Speech Sound Disorders

    - http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/~speech/pdf/nsome2013.pdf

  • Dysphagia by Phyllis Palmer - http://www.dysphagia.com

  • Dysphagia Screening PPT - http://integrisok.com/stroke-dysphagia-screening

  • Autism Games byTahirih Bushey https://sites.google.com/site/autismgames/ 

  • Speech Therapy Tool Box - http://speech-therapy-ideas.blogspot.com  

  • Oh No! http://speech-therapy-ideas.blogspot.com/search/label/Oh%20No

  • Jill Kuzma's SLP Social & Emotional Skill Sharing Site - http://jillkuzma.wordpress.com/  

  • synonym/antonym sentence flip http://web.archive.org/web/20120311145536/http://jillkuzma.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/synonym-antonym-sentence-flip.pdf 

  • Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and More http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/ - Glenda knows all the AT information sites

  • Sign Language Resources http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/2012/03/signing-resources.html

  • Ann-Marie Elia's Communication Disorders 101 - http://communicationdisorders101.blogspot.com/  

  • Includes Adam Jacobson's amazing list of links to QUIA and more http://communicationdisorders101.blogspot.com/2010/01/website-resources-for-school-based-slps.html

  •   Ms. Lane's SLP Materials - http://slpmaterials.blogspot.com/  TONS of ideas

  • J sentence flash cards (medial) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzxZN2dBj1s-dFBYeTF1SmZtdXc/edit

  • App review blogs

  • No Limits 2 Learning - http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com - an assistive technology specialist evaluates many resources including apps for AAC.

  • Tools, Apps and Resources for TBI http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com/2011/02/tools-apps-and-resources-for-tbi.html

  • Mirla Raz's APPs for Speech Therapy - http://appsforspeechtherapy.blogspot.com

  • Sean Sweeney's SpeechTechie - http://www.speechtechie.com/ 

  • Blogs and resources reflecting client/patient and family values

  • Mommy Speech Therapy - http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/ 

  • Many worksheets for practice http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55

  • Testy Yet Trying  - http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/

      

  • Final TH (voiceless) picture cards  (and MANY more) - http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/08/final-th-voiceless-free-speech-therapy.html

  • Floortime Lite Mama http://www.floortimelitemama.com/p/floortime.html

  • Brain injury Blogs: Voices from People Living with Traumatic Brain Injury - http://www.brainline.org/content/2011/07/brain-injury-blogs-voices-of-people-living-with-traumatic-brain-injury_pageall.html

  • Emily's writings on aphasia - http://connectaphasia.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/emilys-writings-on-aphasia/

  • Make Room for the Stuttering - http://stutterrockstar.wordpress.com/

    has interviews with women who stutter

  • Voices Past and Present: Paths toward recovery http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/voices/voices.html

     

     

    Connecting with Professional Colleagues and People With Personal Experience (clients and their families)

     

    Discussion Forums

     

    The following is a sampling of discussion forums relevant to speech-language pathology and audiology. Most are open to anyone, some are closed. The forums and addresses were current when this was printed. Be aware that forums disappear or change locations, and new forums appear all the time, so there are no guarentees that what is listed will remain available, or that new and better ones haven't been formed.

     

    ASHA Community Lists - http://community.asha.org/ASHA/Discussions/AllDiscussions/

     

  • Available to access and post - for all ASHA members

  • SLP Schools (1519 members)

    Ana Paula Mumy's May I Have a Word

  • Early Intervention (1150 members)

    Supporting Early Literacy in Natural Environments

  • Available to access and  post - for all SIG members. Access only - all ASHA members

  • SIG 16 - School-Based Issues (5445 members)

    Speech Goals Aligned to Common Core

     

    Listserv – an old standard

    provide forums to discuss topics

    host computer holds subscriber email addresses

    message to the list address is relayed to all subscribers

    subscription is free

    most are "open"

     

    Commands to remember

    subscribe

    unsubscribe (or signoff)

    Subscribing and using a listserv

    Computer address - to subscribe, review, or unsubscribe

    e.g. - listserv@lsv.uky.edu

    List address - to send messages to all subscribers

    e.g. QIAT@lsv.uky.edu  - one of my favorites!

  • Can ask questions - "Does anyone know of a free app that can be used to make flash cards for speech/language therapy?"

  • I LOVE BitsBoard (for a very small fee Bitsboard Pro can add audio) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitsboard-education-games/id516842210?mt=8

  • Here is a nice article listing many:
    http://www.shellypalmer.com/2013/07/best-flashcard-apps-for-the-ipad/

  • Flashcard machine is a good free app. You can make your own or download from Quizlet or Google Docs  http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

  • Here is a list for ipad http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/flashcard-apps-for-the-ipad

  • Studyblue.com http://Studyblue.com

  • I know that there are a couple of free card decks from ABA (actions) and SuperDuper.

  • Can collaborate

  • Bibliography of Books with Rhyme and Repeated Lines

    http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/repetitivebooks.html

  • Members often mention valuable resources

  • Lauren Ender's AAC apps Pinterest (http://penterest.com/asenders)

  • All Reading Curriculum - http://aacliteracy.psu.edu/

  • Maintains an open archive - http://indicators.knowbility.org/archives.html

     

    Some good mailing lists relevant to SLPs

     

  • APRAXIA-KIDS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU is a list parents and professionals interested in children with apraxia. To subscribe send following message to Listserv@Listserv.syr.edu   subscribe Apraxia-kids firstname lastname

  • DOWN-SYN@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU is a forum for the discussion of Down Syndrome.  To subscribe, send the message subscribe Down-syn firstname lastname to listserv@listserv.nodak.edu

  • HEMI-KIDS@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG  is a forum for parents of children with hemiplegia. To subscribe, send message subscribe Hemi-Kids first name lastname to listserv@icors.org  

  • ACOLUG@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU (Augmentative Communication On-Line Users' Group) was created to exchange ideas, information and experiences on augmentative communication. To subscribe send the message subscribe acolug firstname lastname to listserv@listserv.temple.edu  

  • VOICESERVE@LIST.MEDICINE.UIOWA.EDU is a voice disorders list managed by Michael Karnell. To subscribe send the message subscribe voiceserve firstname lastname to listserv@list.medicine.uiowa.edu  

     

    Several yahoo groups are very relevant to SLPs

     

  • NECKBREATHERS - for adults and teens who have trachs. To exchange information and to have fun - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/neckbreathers/info 

  • STUTTERINGCHAT  - Online support for people who stutter - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/stutteringchat/info 

  • ABINEWS2U -  is to inform, educate, and enlighten others about TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) or ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/abinews2u/info

  • BEYOND-HEARING is a support group for people with hearing loss, often partial or acquired - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/beyond-hearing/info

  • TSVOICESURGERY -  a group for women and men who have had or are considering surgery to raise (or lower) the pitch of their voice http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tsvoicesurgery/info

  • ALZHEIMERS - a support group for caregivers, friends, and patients dealing with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders of memory and dementia - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/alzheimers/info

  • AUTISM-ASPERGERS is a list for parents and caregivers of kids with autism and aspergers or any other disability. Professionals are welcome as well http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/autism-aspergers/info

  • PHONOLOGICALTHERAPY  is a list for clinicians, including student clinicians, clinical phonology researchers and university teachers http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/phonologicaltherapy/info

  • Messages can be sent to you by email OR can be just be read online

  • Past messages are typically archived and available for group members to read at the web address for  the mailing list

  • Many YAHOOGROUPS have treasures in the links, files, and databases

     

    Social Networks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

     

  • Twitter - http://twitter.com

  • http://search.twitter.com

  • ASHA -  https://twitter.com/ashaweb - nearly 3000 followers

  • New Portal on Guides to Bilingual Service Delivery

  • Phonemic inventories across languages http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/

  • GeekSLP - http://twitter.com/geekslp  - nearly 6000 followers

  • Judy Kuster -  http://twitter.com/judykuster - 130 followers;-)

  • Announces updates to the Stuttering Home Page

     

  • Facebook - www.facebook.com 

  • Adult Rehab Speech Therapy - nearly 3000 members https://www.facebook.com/groups/adultrehabspeechtherapy/

  • SLPeeps - over 3500 members

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/191796874188184/

  • Speech Pathologists at Large - over 8500 members http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/2212002912/

  • Speech and Language Therapy - over 8000 members

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/2231511612/

  • Augmentative Communication Program at Boston Children's Hospital (https://www.facebook.com/ACPCHBoston)

     

  • Linkedin - www.linkedin.com

  • Search linkedin groups - http://www.linkedin.com/search-fe/group_search

  • PediaStaff - http://www.pediastaff.com/resources-speech-language-pathology-resources

     

  • Text/video chat

  • Google phone - https://www.google.com/voice/?setup=1#setup/

  • Skype - www.skype.com/

  • Facebook option 

     

    Research

     

    QUESTIONS to ask yourself (Strain and Dunlap)

     

  • What are the stated uses of the procedure, product or program?

  • To which client/patient population does it apply? Is there documented evidence that it is valid for use with a specified population?

  • To which other populations does it claim to generalize?

  • Are outcomes clearly stated?

  • Are there alternative interventions that are less restrictive, better researches, or perhaps more effective or efficient?

  • Is the intervention with the existing skill set of practitioners or do they need prior training and consultation?

  • How will the intervention be evaluated if you decide to implement?

  • Has the intervention been shown to produce outcomes like the ones intended?

  • Are there publications about this procedure, product, or program? Is the information published in a peer-reviewed professional journal? Is promotional material (e.g. brochures, training manuals, newsletters, popular press) the only published source of information?

  • Is there peer-reviewed research (or information) that supports or contradicts the stated outcomes or benefits?

     

    Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide - http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/evidence_based/evidence_based.asp

     

    Exploring the Invisible and the Visible Web

     

    INVISIBLE WEB RESOURCES - PEER-REVIEWED

     

    ASHA website for Members only

     

    Diclaimer: Although, we tend to want the quick answer, at present, going only to the ASHA Website for a quick answer is NOT always the best solution since it is incomplete. The current content on the ASHA website can frustrating and even misleading in its current form. There are many additional avenues for clinicians to turn for clinical advice and support.

     

  • ASHA/N-CEP Evidence-Based Systematic Reviews (http://www.asha.org/members/ebp/EBSRs.htm)  members only

     

  • Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/intro.htm

     

    Goal of EBP for ASHA is to integrate

    a) clinical expertise/expert opinion

    b) external scientific evidence

    c) client/patient/caregiver values

    to provide high-quality services reflecting the interests, values, needs, and choices of the individuals we serve.

     

  • Steps in the Process - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/steps.htm

    a. Framing the clinical question

    b. Finding the evidence

    c. Assessing the evidence

    d. Making the decision

     

  • Web-based tutorials - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/web-tutorial.htm  

    including a page of links to general EBP information - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/General-EBP-Tutorials/

     

  • Compendium of EBP Guidelines and Systematic Reviews http://www.asha.org/members/ebp/compendium/

     

  • Evidence-Based Systematic Reviews - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/EBSRs.htm

    ("Completed EBSRs - cognition, fluency, hearing, language, speech, swallowing, voice, service delivery)

     

  • ASHA's Evidence Maps - http://www.ncepmaps.org - currently have 13

  • TBI Children (http://www.ncepmaps.org/TBI-Children-Evidence-Map.php)

     

    Additional important collaborations to explore

     

  • Cochrane Library - http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/clibintro.htm  

    Provides summaries about healthcare interventions -  (reviews only randomized controlled trials - RCT)

     

  • Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group http://dplpg.cochrane.org/

     

  • University of York Center for Reviews and Dissemination

    http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/HomePage.asp  

    Includes DARE - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

     

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/?productid=708&pageaction=displayproduct

     

     

  • National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) - http://www.guideline.gov/

  • Partnering with Parents for Greater Treatment Outcomes -  http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=36085#Section427

  • Autism Recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people with Autism - http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=34822&search=autism

     

  • Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS)

    http://www.ancds.org

  • Treatment Guidelines for Acquired Apraxia of Speech - 33 page document http://www.ancds.org/pdf/articles/Wambaugh_06b.pdf

     

  • Aquired Brain Injury Evidence-based Review (ABIEBR)

    http://www.abiebr.com/

     

  • What Works Clearinghouse - http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/    

  • Phonological awareness training - http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=375  

  • Play-based Interventions -

    http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=570

  • Earobics http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=158

     

  • Campbell Collaboration - http://www.campbellcollaboration.org  

  • Speech and Language Therapy Interventions for Children With Primary Speech and Language Delay or Disorder: A Systematic Review http://campbellcollaboration.org/lib/project/9/  

     

  • Trip Database - http://www.tripdatabase.com/  

  • Functional and physiological outcomes from an exercise-based dysphagia therapy: a pilot investigation of the McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program.

    • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22365489

  • Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK107275/pdf/TOC.pdf  374 pages, 2012

     

    Accessing peer-reviewed articles and convention handouts on the Internet

     

  • ERIC database - http://www.eric.ed.gov/

     

  • PubMed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/  

    (interface for MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine's  bibliographic database)

     

  • Wiley Online Library - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

     

  • ASHA Journals - AJA, AJSLP, JSLHR, LSHSS, JSHD, JSHR, the Leader. Great

    member benefit! - http://pubs.asha.org/

     

  • Perspectives - http://www.asha.org/SIG/Perspectives/

     

  • CASLPA Journals - http://209.217.105.25/english/resources/cjslpa_home.asp#articles

     

  • Biomed Central - http://www.biomedcentral.com/  - 259 full text medical

    journals - free, but you need to sign up - reports an exciting protocol of first RCT study of two treatments for child apaxia of speech - Study protocol: A comparison of two treatments for childhood apraxia of speech: methods and treatment protocol for a parallel group randomised control trial - http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/12/112

     

  • Free Medical Journals Site - http://www.freemedicaljournals.com (4007 medical journals)

     

  • High Wire Press http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl (over 2 million full-text articles).

     

  • Directory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org/ - nearly 10,000 journals

  • International Journal of Telerehabilitation - http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/telerehab  

     

  • Evidence-Based Practice Briefs - http://www.speechandlanguage.com/ebp-briefs

  • on stuttering - http://www.speechandlanguage.com/ebp/pdfs/2-4-december-2007.pdf

     

  • ASHA Conference Handouts available - http://search.asha.org/  - search key words!

  • Evidence-Based Practice and Empirically-Supported Practices in Child Language Disorders by Laura Justice, Ron Gillam, and  Christine Dollaghan (70 page PPT) http://www.asha.org/Events/convention/handouts/2010/2105-Justice-Laura/

  •  Evidence-based practice in the treatment of adolescent and adult stuttering: what do we know and what works? by Ashley Craig (17 pages) http://www.asha.org/Events/convention/handouts/2007/1718_Craig_Ashley/

     

    FREELY-AVAILABLE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - SOME PEER-REVIEWED  and SOME FOR ASHA CEUS

     

  • R You Stumped - free webinar recording, PPT handouts and workbook

    http://www.thespeechpathway.com/tips/r-you-stumped-resources/

     

  • From Babbling to Books - 1- hour long telecast discussing strategies to develop language and pre-reading skills in young children http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/1002/

     

  • Assessment and Treatment of Fluency Disorders in Bilingual Children

    http://www.slhs.umn.edu/assets/pdf/Bil-fluency%20lecture.ppt 

     

  • IRCA WebShare Series (free) http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3577  -designed for caregivers, a new endeavor from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism

     

  • Maryland Assistive Technology Network (MATN Online) -

    http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/9515 

  • iDevices (two  sessions - no longer live, but freely-available http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/18869

     

  • AAC-RERC on Communication Enhancement webcasts http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/index.php/pages/show/id/44 

  • Maximizing the Literacy Skills of Individuals Who Require AAC - http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/index.php/webcasts/show/id/1

     

  • ISAD online conferences - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/isadarchive/onlineconference.html

     

    Examples of FREE ASHA CEUs online

     

  • Linguisystems - http://www.linguisystems.com/ceu 

  • Stuttertalk and NSA http://www.westutter.org/ceus-through-stuttertalk-the-nsa/

  • Passy-Muir - http://www.passy-muir.com/ceu

  • Super Duper - http://www.superduperinc.com/CEU/FAQ.aspx 

  • Lingraphica Free CEUs for SLPs – https://www.aphasia.com/learning-assessments

  • Audiology Online.com - http://www.audiologyonline.com/ 

     

    Free professional learning, also offering CEUs for a fee

     

  • Genetics in the Practice of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

    http://www.nchpeg.org/shla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27

  • Ethics in Audiology - http://www.audiologyonline.com/ceus/recordedcoursedetails.asp?class_id=20764

  • Autism Internet Modules http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/

     

    Three inexpensive ASHA CEUs

     

  • SpeechPathology.com - http://www.speechpathology.com

  • Stuttering Foundation - http://www.stutteringCEUs.org

  • Specialty Board for Fluency Disorders - http://www.stutteringspecialists.org/

     

    Watch for free online courses!

     

  • Yale Autism Seminar

    http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/yale-autism-seminar-video/id392283098

  • Explore Open Courses - http://oedb.org/open/

  • MIT

  • Acoustics of Speech and Hearing- http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-551j-acoustics-of-speech-and-hearing-fall-2004/

  • Brain Mechinisms for Heaing and Speech http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/health-sciences-and-technology/hst-722j-brain-mechanisms-for-hearing-and-speech-fall-2005/

     

    VISIBLE WEB RESOURCES - TYPICALLY NOT PEER-REVIEWED

     

  • Encyclopedia - http://wikipedia.org

     

  • Newspapers - http://newslink.org/  

     

    A Few Trusted, Dedicated Databases/Subject Guides

     

  • PediaStaff resources - http://www.pediastaff.com/resources

  • PediaStaff blog http://www.pediastaff.com/blog/

  • Positvely Autism - http://www.positivelyautism.com/whatwedo/

  • Going to the Doctor http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/DoctorVisit_Story.pdf

  • Internet Public Library (IPL) - http://www.ipl.org

  • The Educator's Reference Desk (need to be careful!)

  • US Government Resources

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication

    Disorders (NIDCD) - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov -good, but misses good resources

  • National Library of Medicine Directory of Health Organization

    Online - http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/  (again, you need to be careful)

  • Long-standing Subject Guides

  • Caroline Bowen's Communication Disorders Home Page

    http://speech-language-therapy.com/ 

  • Articles, Freebies, Links, Word Lists, Worksheets on this Site http://speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=108

  • b/f minimal pairs -  http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/pdf/mpBvsFsiwi.pdf

  • Eric H. Chudler's Neurological Disorder Resources http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/disorders.html

  • Neuroscience for Kids - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

  • Guide to Otolaryngology Resources on the Internet (maintained by Aletta Moore) - http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/others.html

  • Judith Kuster's Net Connections to Communication Disorders

    http://www.communicationdisorders.com

  • Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted for Therapy - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html

  • Stuttering Home Page - http://www.stutteringhomepage.com

     

    EXPLORING THE VISIBLE WEB YOURSELF

     

    Evaluate PERFORMANCE

  • Does site load quickly?

  • Is design attractive?

  • Easy to navigate?

  • Links work?

  • Graphics, multimedia, background enhance or interfere?

  • Appropriate writing style?

  • Search engine on the site?

     

    Evaluate CONTENT

  • Who created the resource?

  • Apraxia-Kids - Comparison of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Dysarthria, and Severe Phonlogical Disorders http://www.apraxia-kids.org/library/a-comparison-of-childhood-apraxia-of-speech-dysarthria-and-severe-phonological-disorder/

  • Why was the resource created?

  • Information accurate?

  • Quackwatch - http://www.quackwatch.org

    http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mentserv.html

  • Link to appropriate information?

  • What is intended scope?

  • Any advertising clearly identified?

  • Information current and updated as appropriate?

    Some RED FLAGS

  • Nothing in peer-reviewed literature

  • Founder is a "guru-type"

  • Only information comes from founder and the program itself

  • Appears in self-promotion-type activity

  • Stands to earn a lot of $$ selling product or program

  • Claims "cure"

  • Relies only on "testimonials", not "data"

  • Blames consumer if it doesn't work

     

    AutomatedSearch engines - the big three

               

  • google.com

               

  • bing.com

               

  • yahoo.com

     

    Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted for Therapy http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html

     

    Finding reliable information using a standard search engine

    Google: http://www.google.com  

  • Understand how a search engine is "searching"

  • Choose keywords carefully

  • STAR Early Literacy Games and Activities - http://rces.rocklinusd.org/Students/STAR-Early-Literacy/

  • A pilot randomized controlled trial of DIR/Floortime parent training  intervention for pre-school children with autistic specrum disorders - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21690083

  • Developmentally-based Individual-difference Relationship-based intervention (DIR)/Floor Time http://www.asatonline.org/treatment/treatments/developmentally

  • Evidence-Based Practices for Children and Youth with ASD - http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/content/briefs

  • Learn some of the advanced search strategies for any search engine!

  • Consider using quotation marks (full-text searching)

  • Unique feature -- *

  • Consider Boolean searches (and/+, -/not, OR)

  • Tool for real-l speech spectrogram display - http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/sfs/rtgram/

  • combine strategies and consider various key words

  • Hard of Hearing and Deaf Students: A Resource Guide - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/hearimpair/toc.htm  

  • pdf - Floor Time

    http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/HuronISD/HuronISD/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/FloorTime.pdf

  • pdf - Story sequence http://abcteach.com/free/s/story_pics__prek_set1_4.pdf

  • ppt --Brown Bear 

    http://www.slideshare.net/pet408/brown-bear-brown-bear-what-do-you-see  

  • Image search - http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

  • YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ 

     

  • German accent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUsVcYhERY

  • Google Play - https://play.google.com/store 

  • Free Android Apps https://play.google.com/store/search?q=free+speech+therapy&c=apps

  • Google News - http://news.google.com  

  • Even More from Google

  • Translate - http://translate.google.com/?hl=en

  • Babylon - http://translation.babylon.com/portuguese/to-english/

  • Product search - http://www.google.com/shopping  

  • Blogsearch - http://blogsearch.google.com  

  • Research Digest - Blogging on brain and behaviour

    http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/

  • Where is language located in the brain? There are two sides to this story.

    http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2013/11/where-is-language-located-in-brain.html?m=1

  • Brain and Behavior Research Foundation http://bbrfoundation.org/

  • Autism articles - http://bbrfoundation.org/autism

  • Book search - http://books.google.com  

  • A few additional "google goodies"

  • define:evidence based practice

  • conversion, calculator, checking range of numbers

  • Google phone - http://www.google.com/chat/voice/

  • Google lets you ask questions

    - what does a cochlear implant sound like? http://www.hei.org/research/aip/audiodemos.htm

  • Remember what works, but don't only rely on "the old favorites" or the first page!

  • bing - http://www.bing.com

    Especially the image, videos and the flight searches

  • The Three Little Pigs - line drawings

  • Coloring Pages 101 - http://www.coloringpages101.com/printable_page/31260/Others/The_Three_Little_Pigs_11.aspx online

  • Coloring Pictures for Kids - http://coloringpagesforkids.info/the-three-little-pigs-coloring-pages/#more-139  download

     

  • Pinterst - http://pinterst.com  - SEARCH speech therapy, therapy materials, speech pathology, SLP, child language, speech therapy APPs, AAC, etc.

  • ASHA Pinterest -  http://pinterest.com/ashaweb/  (over 10,500 followers, following nearly 5000, and currently has 27 boards)

  • Pinterest search - http://www.pinterest.com/search/ (must register)

  • Pediastaff - http://pinterest.com/pediastaff/  (over 56,000 followers and 135 different "boards")

  • Speech Lady Liz - http://pinterest.com/speechladyliz/ 

  • Krista Dotson's Speech Pathology

    http://pinterest.com/krista_michelle/speech-pathology/

  • Starfish Therapies Apps in Therapy - http://pinterest.com/motorsmartkids/apps-in-therapy/

     

    Specialized/Unique Search Tools

     

    Good For Research

  • Scholar Google - http://scholar.google.com

  • An Evidence-Based Speech Sound Disorders Update - Gregory Lof  http://www.msha.ca/documents/EvidenceBasedSpeechDisorders-G.Lof.pdf

  • speechBITE -  http://www.speechbite.com/  - Australian-based resource includes

  • SUMSearch - http://sumsearch.org  - searches MEDLINE, DARE, and NGC

    Just Plain Good

  • Rhymezone - http://www.rhymezone.com/

  • FindSounds - http://www.findsounds.com/types.html

  • SoundJax - http://soundjax.com

  • OneLook Dictionary - http://onelook.com

  • Picture Dictionary - http://www.dicts.info/picture-dictionary.php

  • Quixey - http://www.quixey.com - a search engine for apps?

    Recommended "kid-friendly" Search Engines

     (There are "Family Filters" - on several search engines and any K-12 school system probably has a built-in filter)

  • GoGooligans - http://gogooligans.com/ - advanced safe search for kids and teens

  • KidZui (http://kidzui.com) - free kids' browser with kid-safe games, videos, websites

  • Zac browser - http://zacbrowser.com/ - for children with autism

  • ZillyDilly - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zillydilly-for-ipad/id492673037  - designed by a child psychiatrist - for iPads

     

    Things to try if you get an "error message"

     

    Getting an error message? Try:

  • check URL very carefully

    htm/html

    . : //

    / at the end

    check for _ (underscore)

    check for paragraph marker

  • some more tricks to try

    move backwards

    try adding www

    use search engine

  • The site may be gone or changed URL

    check "cache" in Google (or Yahoo, Bing, other search engines such as Gigablast or Yippy)

    COX http://finder.cox.net (from Yahoo)

    Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org

     

    Copyright 2014 - Judith Kuster