Freely-available evaluation and treatment "Internet Gold" for adolescents and adults

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.

What we will do today

1. identify FREELY-AVAILABLE materials on the Internet that can be adapted to clinical service delivery, especially for adolescents and adults.

2. develop a vision of how materials can be used in therapy especially for adolescent and adult clients

3. locate additional therapy materials on the Internet, especially Apps, that are relevant for adult and adolescent clients.

 

  • Most important URL of this workshop - all URLs on this handout are HOTLINKED at http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/handout/2014intherapy.html

     

  • Type in carefully selected key words to Google (www.google.com), Bing (www.bing.com) or Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)

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

  • The Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org

  • How to install some Apps directly on your computer

  • Windows  (http://www.bluestacks.com/bstk-download-success-2.htm)

  • MAC (http://blog.laptopmag.com/install-apps-os-x) or from the Apps Store

  • From Apple Store - http://www.apple.com/osx/apps/?cid=wwa-us-kwg-mac-com&siclientid=5899&sessguid=e4712a0f-0828-45dc-afb0-6b6fc8a11a9a&userguid=e4712a0f-0828-45dc-afb0-6b6fc8a11a9a&permguid=e4712a0f-0828-45dc-afb0-6b6fc8a11a9a

  • e.g. ABC Magic 4; Evernote; Real Animals HD; Doodle Hangman; Magic Keys

  • Google (or other standard search engines) - https://www.google.com/#q=free+speech+therapy+apps

  • Google Play - https://play.google.com/store (only for Android)

  • Quixey.com  http://www.quixey.com - a search engine for Apps - can choose your platform (includes a large section on resources for finding and evaluating Apps)

  • iTunes - special education section https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?cc=us&fcId=399470755

  • Kuster's list - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html#apps

    Pinterest

     

    Examples of general adult speech therapy Pinterests

  • Speech Language Pathology-Adults & Geriatrics - http://www.pinterest.com/llhermansen/speech-language-pathology-adults-geriatrics/

  • Adult Speech Therapy - http://www.pinterest.com/chelsiebelle/adult-speech-therapy/

  • Speech therapy (adults) http://www.pinterest.com/rjsetzer/speech-therapy-adults/

  • Speech Therapy Materials (ages 12-adult) - http://www.pinterest.com/katijom/speech-therapy-materials/

  • Speech-Adult Resources/Activities (language therapy, dementia, and the brain) - http://www.pinterest.com/dianafal/speech-adult-resources-activities/

  • Adult Speech Therapy (Parkinson disease, cranial nerves)    http://www.pinterest.com/mariamkavakci/adult-speech-therapy/

  • SLP Aphasia - http://www.pinterest.com/marmbru/slp-aphasia/

  • SLP Dysphagia - http://www.pinterest.com/amandamewberry/slp-dysphagia/

  • SLP Brain Injury and Strokes - http://www.pinterest.com/liakent/slp-brain-injury-and-strokes/

  • Traumatic Brain Injury - http://www.pinterest.com/gaylordhealth/traumatic-brain-injury/

  • Speech therapy AAC - http://www.pinterest.com/mktiech/speech-therapy-aac/

  • AAC Apps - Lauren Enders - http://www.pinterest.com/lasenders/aac-apps/

  • Create your own "Pinterest" using key words on Google or Bing image search

  • Free Language Stuff - http://freelanguagestuff.com/following-directions/

  • QIAT list - http://indicators.knowbility.org/qiat-list.html

  • Bitsboard - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitsboard-education-games/id516842210?mt=8

  • Assistive Technology Videos - http://www.pinterest.com/goodwitching/assistive-technology-videos/

  • BridgingApps - http://bridgingapps.org/

  • SpedApps2 - http://spedapps2.wikispaces.com/

  • Apps for Older Students to Enhance Language and Learning Skills - http://goldencommunicationsllc.com/AppList.html

  • 200+ iOS Apps for Adult Speech-Language Therapy - http://tactustherapy.com/adultapplist.pdf

  • Paula Walser's Middle/High School Apps (14 page PDF) http://maximizeyourtouch.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/62284465/HIgh%20School%20Apps%20Handout.pdf

  • AppShopper - http://appshopper.com - sort by iPhone, iPad; choose education; check "all" or "popular"; check "all", "paid", or "free"

  • Flashcards App https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id400919476?mt=8

  • Special populations

  • SLPeeps Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/slpeeps

    has a 6-page handout of voice Apps

  • Adult Rehab Speech Therapy Facebook group - has a huge handout of Adult Rehab SLP Apps - https://www.facebook.com/groups/adultrehabspeechtherapy/

  • Tavistock's Aphasia Apps http://www.aphasiasoftwarefinder.org/aphasia-apps provides detailed info & comparisons of software & apps for aphasia therapy

  • Aphasia Software Finder App List - http://www.aphasiasoftwarefinder.org/app-software-list

  • Comparison Table - Aphasia Apps http://www.aphasiasoftwarefinder.org/reports/Comparison-table-aphasia-app

  • A few more to check - are many others

  • I Love Free Apps (education) - http://www.ilovefreeapps.com/category/ios-education

  • APP List-Straight from a SLP's iPad! - (9 - pages - mostly for children) https://www.dropbox.com/s/f8r0mf5o5p22etn/2013%20SLP%20App%20List.PDF

  • Education Apps Review - http://www.iear.org/ - review and rank apps

  • INOV8 - 68 Apps and software for students with learning disabilities http://www.inov8-ed.com/2013/05/68-apps-for-students-with-learning-disabilities/

  • Spectronics Apps for Special Education - http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/apps-for-special-education

  • A few app reviews for younger clients

  • Websites of Apps for children with special needs - http://a4cwsn.com/

  • Yum Yum! Apps for Children with Special Needs - http://appyumyum.com/

  • Moms with apps - http://momswithapps.com/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/momswithapps

  • Facebook - iTeach Special Education - iDevices in Special Education - https://www.facebook.com/groups/iTeachSpecialEducation/ (very active group)

     

    Blogs

     

  • ASHAsphere - http://blog.asha.org/

  • Top Ten Apps for Adolescents and Adults with Developmental Disabilities - http://blog.asha.org/2014/02/11/top-ten-apps-for-adolescents-and-adults-with-developmental-disabilities/#comment-8347

  • Everything Speech - http://www.everythingspeech.com/blog/

  • Swallow Therapy for Patients with Tracheostomy Tubes http://www.everythingspeech.com/dysphagia/swallow-therapy-patients-tracheostomy-tubes/

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

  • Shireen Jeejeebhoy's blog - http://www.brainline.org/content/2011/07/brain-injury-blogs-voices-of-people-living-with-traumatic-brain-injury_pageall.html  

  • Jane Farrall's Blog (Literacy, AAC & Assistive Technology) - http://www.janefarrall.com/

  • Using Tar Heel Reader in app mode on your iPad  - http://www.janefarrall.com/using-tar-heel-reader-in-app-mode-on-your-ipad/

  • Dr. Kimberly (Tyson)'s  Literacy Blog - http://www.learningunlimitedllc.com/category/blog/

  • 21 Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary - http://www.learningunlimitedllc.com/2013/02/20-digital-tools-for-vocabulary/

  • Wordle Word  Cloud - http://www.wordle.net/create

  • Most Popular Vocabulary Games - http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

  • Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - http://learninginhand.com/ios/

  • Show What You Know Using Web & Mobile Apps [Infographic] http://learninginhand.com/blog/show-what-you-know-using-web-mobile-apps-infographic.html

  • Speech Drive - http://www.speechdrive.net/

  • Therapy ideas for adolescents - http://www.speechdrive.net/therapy-ideas-for-adolescents.html includes Dumb Laws list http://www.speechdrive.net/uploads/5/5/7/1/5571631/dumb_laws_list.pdf

     

    Disorder Specific Materials

     

    Speech Sound Disorders and Differences

     

  • Meet your speech helpers - (9 page PDF) - http://www.home-speech-home.com/support-files/2s6p4e5e0c7h1-2h0e8l9p5e3s4.pdf

  • Free App  - drawMD Speech-Language Pathology By Visible Health, Inc.- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drawmd-speech-language-pathology/id785501875?mt=8 

  • (drawMD ENT  - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drawmd-ent/id516463638?mt=8

  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/

  • Merriam-Webster Learner Dictionary - http://www.learnersdictionary.com/

  • Perfect Pronunciation Exercises - http://www.learnersdictionary.com/pronex/pronex.htm

  • Speech therapy word lists http://www.home-speech-home.com/speech-therapy-word-lists.html

  • Word list generator - http://www.wordlistgenerator.net/

  • John Higgins - consonant minimal pairs - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/wordlist/minimal.html  second listing on page

  • The Sounds of American English - http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/# (also available in Spanish and German)  - also available as an APP for $2.99 for Mac or PC

  • Hear all IPA consonant symbols pronounced http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/consonants.html

     

    Accent modification

     

  • New ASHA Portal - Phonemic Inventories Across Languages -  http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/

  • Hear all IPA vowels (http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/vowels.html) and diphthongs/triphthongs (http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/diphthongs.html) pronounced

  • John Higgins minimal pairs - vowels and diphthongs - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/wordlist/minimal.html (top of the page)

  • Practice in Listening to minimal pairs (and more) -  http://www.manythings.org/pp/

  • Fun easy English (pronunciation) - http://funeasyenglish.com/new-american-english-pronunciation-introduction.htm

  • English Pronunciation/Listening - http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/ - interactive lesson plans and worksheets including lessons for the two "th" sounds; "l" and "r"; /i/ and /I/; "s" "sh" and "ch"; "v" and "w"; and many more

  • Prosody

  • The Golden Rule of Intonation: Questions rise... Statements fall? http://www.voiceoveruniverse.com/profiles/blogs/2070077:BlogPost:50572

  • Listen and Repeat Machine - http://www.manythings.org/lar/

  • Three Kinds of Word Stress - http://web.archive.org/web/20120611072716/http://individual.utoronto.ca/English/PWordstress.htm

  • Pronunciation Worksheets - Word Stress -  http://www.englishclub.com/esl-worksheets/pronunciation/

     

    Motor Speech Disorders (apraxia/dysarthria)

     

  • Dysarthria/Apraxia Screening - www.appstate.edu/~clarkhm/neuropages/screeningprotocol.htm

  • A Comparison of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Dysarthria, and Severe Phonological Disorder - (http://www.apraxia-kids.org/library/a-comparison-of-childhood-apraxia-of-speech-dysarthria-and-severe-phonological-disorder/)

     

    Apraxia

     

  • For adult acquired apraxia - ASHA Leader article, Mauszycki, S. C.  & Wambaugh, J. (2011, April 26). Acquired Apraxia of Speech: A Treatment Overview. "The ASHA Leader". http://www.asha.org/Publications/leader/2011/110426/Acquired-Apraxia-of-Speech--A-Treatment-Overview.htm

  • Rosenbek, John C. and Wertz, Robert T. Treatment of Apraxia of Speech in Adults. In Clinical Aphasiology Conference: Clinical Aphasiology Conference (1972 : 2nd : Albuquerque, NM : March 1-3, 1972) / : s.n.(1976), pages 191-198 (http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/archive/00000662/01/02-17.pdf)

  • The Sounds of Spoken Language - http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

  • Pam Marshalla's Place Cues (on YouTube) - http://www.youtube.com/user/pammarshalla?feature=results_main

  • Online metronome - http://www.webmetronome.com/ (can be downloaded as an APP - not free though)

  • Rate/Rhythm Control Treatment Kuster, J. M. (2012, February 14). Internet: Resources for Choral Reading in Stuttering Treatment. The ASHA Leader. (http://www.asha.org/Publications/leader/2012/120214/Internet--Resources-for-Choral-Reading-in-Stuttering-Treatment.htm)

  • Metalinguistic Cues and Imagery by Caroline Bowen http://speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:metalinguisticcues&catid=9:resources&Itemid=117  (PPT and handout)

  • Top 10 Tips for Dealing with CAS (www.slpinfo.org/CAS-Tips.pdf) by Peter Flipsen

  • CVC Word Play - http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html (2/3 of the way down)

  • Word Family Sort - http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/

  • Repetitive Books: An Effective Therapeutic Tool for Children Diagnosis with Apraxia of Speech by Solomon and Pereira - (http://www.apraxia-kids.org/library/repetitive-books-an-effective-therapeutic-tool-for-children-diagnosed-with-apraxia-of-speech/

  • Bibliography of Books with Rhyme and Repeated Lines  - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/repetitivebooks.html

  • The Animals of Farmer Jones - http://www.antiquebooks.net/cgi-bin/bookfront?book=17&cookie=no&userid=1334864620a

     

    Dysarthria

     

  • Speech Supplementation Techniques for Dysarthria:  A Systematic Review http://www.ancds.org/pdf/technical_reports/TR_4_Sp_Suppl_Technical_Report.pdf

  • Initial Letter Cueing with Alphabet board - http://aacintervention.com/home/180009852/180009852/tips/2006/08aug2006/Initial letter cueing tip.pdf

  • Speech to Speech http://www.speechtospeech.org/how-to-use.html - a telephone relay service for people with speech disabilities

     

    AAC - for speech and/or language disorders

     

  • AAC Boot Camp Poster - http://www.swaaac.com/Files/AssessandImp/AACBOOTCAMPPOSTER.pdf

  • Disability Etiquette - http://www.unitedspinal.org/pdf/DisabilityEtiquette.pdf

  • Google image search - key words - communication board

  • pictureSET -  http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/

  • Basics Cue Cards http://www.easternhealth.org.au/services/cuecards/cards.aspx Cue Cards in Community Languages: Download free AAC picture boards in many languages from Eastern Health

  • Messaging and Vocabulary - http://aac.unl.edu/vbstudy.html

  • Small Talk http://aac.unl.edu/VLN2.html for adults of various ages, by Dave Beukelman

  • A member of  QIAT suggested ideas to get students to "turn on" to using a device for AAC. "ANY app that gets a student engaged and gives him something to "say", even if it's just by meeting your eyes or sharing a laugh, is AAC in my books!" From her list, the ones that are free (many also have a free Android version) are listed below:

  • Exploratory/Sensory:

    - Heat Pad Lite - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/heat-pad-lite-relaxing-heat/id445627681?mt=8

    - Glow Coloring - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glow-coloring/id360776513?mt=8

    - Light Box https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightbox/id331342977?mt=8

  • Purposeful Exploration/Creative:

    - Singing Fingers - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/singing-fingers/id381015280?mt=8

    - Paint Sparkle - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paint-sparkles-draw-my-first/id435539858?mt=8

    - Finger Paint Magic - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fingerpaint-magic/id586165483?mt=8

  • Music:

    - Epic Xylophone - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-xylophone/id482483351?mt=8

  • Interactive/Imaginative

    - Talking Tom (and the other Talking critters!) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-tom-cat/id377194688?mt=8

  • Easy AAC/Fun Sounds:

    - Yes/No Button - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/answers-yesno-free/id474384124?mt=8

    - AnswersHD - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/answers-yesno-free/id474384124?mt=8

    - Ibuttons - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-buttons/id482166012?mt=8

    - Sound of Life - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/funny-voices-sound-of-life/id807469393?mt=8

    - Box of Buttons - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/big-button-box-free/id346524077?mt=8

    - Fat Cat Fast Twenty - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fat-cat-fast-twenty/id526834814?mt=8

  • Others:

    - Access:YouTube (simple, accessible YouTube version, its a website you can add to your Home Screen) - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youtube/id544007664?mt=8

  • Joy Zabala's Sharing the SETT Framework http://www.joyzabala.com/

  • Free Apps for adolecents and adults

  • iSpeech Text to Speech - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ispeech-text-to-speech/id322329515?mt=8

  • Verbally - http://verballyapp.com/

  • Locabulary lite - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/locabulary-lite/id322448547?mt=8

  • Talk Assist - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talk-assist/id329338159?mt=8

  • APPs for AAC http://www.appsforaac.net/

     

    Language - Adolescent and Adult

  • Everyday Life (http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife) - interactive lessons to experience everyday challenges faced by adults.

  • Grocery list http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/grocerylist

    Aphasia Simulations http://aphasiacorner.com/aphasia-simulations/index.html See what it might be like to have aphasia with these powerful simulations from Aphasia Corner

  • 13 Free Practice Communication & Practice Apps http://www.aphasia.com/products/apps/smalltalk

  • Lingraphica has recently released more free apps!

    http://www.aphasia.com/products/apps/talkpath-speech-therapy-apps

  • Teen and Adult Activities - 24 good ideas for language http://www.speechtx.com/language/teen_and_adult_activities.htm

  • Memory, Attention and Language activities from AARP http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/brain_games/

     

    Memory

  • Memory solitaire http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/playing_games.html

  • Memory Gym - http://memorise.org/memory-gym

    second slide - flashing words

  • Toy Theater - http://www.toytheater.com/visual-memory.php

  • Street signs http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/memory/00007E.html

  • Quia Memory Games - e.g. http://www.quia.com/cc/82399.html and http://www.quia.com/jw/344042.html

  • Cognizin Memory App - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cognizin-memory/id419249629?mt=8

  • Awesome Memory App - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/awesome-memory/id384042217?mt=8

  • Colors and Numbers Matching Game Lite App -

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colors-numbers-matching-game/id435369054?mt=8

     

    Building Vocabulary/Word retrieval

     

  • Lisa Vadnie's My Book of Word Retrieval Strategies http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/onecutbooks/vadnie.pdf

  • One-cut book generator (http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/stapleless/index.html)

  • One-cut books Minnesota State University, Mankato student project http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/onecutbooks/onecutbooks.html 

  • One Cut Book http://www.funlessonplans.com/reading_lesson_plans/buddies.pdf  - PDF file with instructions how to make a one-cut book. Scroll down page

  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/

  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary App - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/merriam-webster-dictionary/id399452287?mt=8

  • Vocabulary Quiz from Merriam-Webster - http://www.merriam-webster.com/quiz/index.htm

  • Vocabulary quiz - http://vocabulary.com 

    Vocabulary games

  • RoboBee http://www.wordcentral.com/games/robobee.html

  • Analogies Jeopardy - http://www.quia.com/cb/148767.html

  • QUIA search - http://www.quia.com/shared/search?adv_search=true&tagFromShared=true

  • Word retrieval jeopardy games -

    https://jeopardylabs.com/play/word-retrieval-jeopardy

  • Free Rice - http://freerice.com/ - vocabulary quiz.

  • crossword puzzles

  • Instant Crossword Puzzle maker http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW

    http://www.puzzle-maker.com/crossword_Entry.cgi

  • Puzzlers' Cave http://www.puzzlerscave.com/index.php?crossword=05A9BEDC626E4495AE45909C096D5A94

  • AARP Crossword http://games.aarp.org/games/crossword-easy/crossword-easy.aspx

  • Crossword Lite - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id285702231?mt=8

  • Crickler http://crickler.com/crickler.html - a new type of crossword puzzle that gears itself to your level.

  • Play Four - http://www.merriam-webster.com/game/uclick/playfour.htm

    Hangman - a few examples

  • Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=hangman

  • Hangman and other word games (ASHA column) - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster4/part64.html

  • Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted For Therapy (keyword "hangman" - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html

  • Free Apps

  • Hangman Free - app - https://itunes.apple.com/app/id327449554?mt=8

  • Hangman - app (free) - https://itunes.apple.com/app/id289265443

  • Hangman - app (free) - https://itunes.apple.com/app/id286911400 

  • Free Hangman - app - https://itunes.apple.com/app/id349426859

     

    Grammar

     

  • Paul Morris' Free Language Stuff - http://freelanguagestuff.com/

  • Example of Following Directions - http://freelanguagestuff.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/comprehension-strip-expanded-directions-conj-prep-1-3.pdf

  • Online English Verb Conjugation Trainer http://www.verbs-online.com/english-verbs/english-verbs.htm

  • OWL Online Writing Lab from Purdue University https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/

  • Owl grammar exercises - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/

  • Guide to Grammar and Writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/  is an information treasure.

  • Index - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

  • Interactive Quizzes - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

  • Example -  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/pronoun_quiz.htm

  • Frequently Asked Questions from Dr. Grammar - http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/

  • Daily Grammar Lesson Archives - provides information about grammar with short "quizzes." - http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

  • BBC - Word Grammar -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/word-grammar

  • Pronouns: Filling the gaps - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/worksheet/en27pron-e3-w-fill-the-gaps

  • Grammar Games

  • Grammar Ninja - http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html

  • Mad Libs - http://www.redkid.net/madlibs/

  • Grammar Bytes - http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm   

  • A few free Apps

  • Mad Libs https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mad-libs/id326885152?mt=8

  • MobiLibs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id523474455?mt=8&src=af

  • English and Ladders (use key word to find in the APP store)

     

    Voice

     

  • Ready to quit smoking campaign - many free resources - (http://teen.smokefree.gov/?utm_source=cdc&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=smoking_tobacco)

  • Access goals in Preparing to Quit http://teen.smokefree.gov/quitStart.aspx#tab_SetAQuitDate

  • Sign up for a Smokefree TXT - http://teen.smokefree.gov/smokefreeTXT.aspx

  • Free Quit Smoking APP (http://teen.smokefree.gov/sftapps.aspx#tab_quit_start)

  • Free Posters "Within 20 minutes of quitting" and The Benefits of Quitting - http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/osh_pub_catalog/PublicationList.aspx

  • Vocal Self-Screening http://www.gbmc.org/home_voicecenter.cfm?id=1560

  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice - http://www.gbmc.org/home_voicecenter.cfm?id=1552

  • Caring for your voice poster (www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/ohs/voice_care_poster_a3.pdf) and

    Using Effective Voice Techniques -

    (www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/ohs/using_effective_voice_techniques.pdf)

  • Care of your Speaking Voice - (http://www.gbmc.org/home_voicecenter.cfm?id=1558)

  • Voice Care for Teachers Program - 27 page training booklet (www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/ohs/voice_guide_final.pdf)

  • The Voice Academy (www.uiowa.edu/~shcvoice/index.html) presents strategies relating to vocal health for teachers and contains a fully-scripted, 50 minute in-service curriculum (www.uiowa.edu/~shcvoice/slp.html) that SLPs can use to introduce teachers to this resource.

  • Tools to display sound signals - free, cross-platform sound editor software for recording (and editing if you want). Displays pitch, intensity, spectrogram, voice breaks, etc.

  • PRAAT (www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/)

  • Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)

  • A few FREE voice-related APPS

  • Decibel Ultra - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id410139517?mt=8

  • Decibel 10th - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/decibel-10th/id448155923?mt=8

  • Bla | Bla | Bla

     - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bla-bla-bla/id430815432?mt=8

  • iTalk - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/italk-recorder/id293673304?mt=8

     

    Fluency Disorders (Stuttering and Cluttering)

     

  • Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering

  • Stuttering Homepage - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/stutter.html

  • Therapy materials - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html#stuttering

     

  • Samples of Online Diagnostic Materials

  • Differentiating Developmental, Neurogenic, Psychogenic Stuttering and Malingering by Seery. The entire article available on-line from the ASHA journal site - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2005 Nov; 14(4) 284-297- (http://ajslp.asha.org/)

  • Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania's Diagnostic Intake Form For Teens Who Stutter - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/adolescentintake.pdf

  • SCWP's Disfluency Count Sheet (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/countsheet.pdf)

  • Online syllable counter by Ulrich Natke (http://www.natke-verlag.de/silbenzaehler/index_en.html)

  • Erickson S24 Scale (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/erickson.pdf)  and Erickson S24 Scale Answers (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/ericksonkey.pdf)

  • Situational Anxiety Hierarchy (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/Situational%20Anxiety%20Hierarchy.pdf)

  • Social Phobia Inventory by John Davidson (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad6/papers/molt6.html)  in Larry Molt's "Stuttering and Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder): Background Information and Clinical Implications"

  • Perceptions of Stuttering – (http://www.stutteringevaluator.org/about.php)

  • Samples of Online Treatment Materials

  • Voices - Past and Present (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/voices/voices.html)

  • Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teens (SF video) (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=491)

  • Famous People Who Stutter by Nina Reardon-Reeves  (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/reardon10.html)

  •   Stuttering Didn't Stop Them! (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/famous7/famous7.html)

  • PWS Speak for Themselves (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/PWSspeak/PWSspeak.html)

  • Looking Back and Looking Forward: It Gets Easier (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/bridgebuilders7/bridgebuilders7.html)  - short articles written by adults who stutter, especially for teens who stutter.

  • How do People Talk? (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/howtalk.shtml)  by E. Charles Healey

  • Stuttering Awareness Game - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/awareness.html

  • Which Behavior Can I Change? by Diane Games (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/games102.html)

  • Teaching "Strategies for Fluency" - Using light articulatory contacts, pull-outs, syllable stretch, and more (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/Strategies%20revised.pdf)

  • Dealing with Avoidances, Fears, and Attitudes Through a Hierarchy by Michael Nawrocki and  Katie Dauer (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/dauer10.html)

  • The Why and the How of Voluntary Stuttering by Peter Reitzes and Massimiliano Marcchiori - (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/reitzes8.html) 

  • Tom Kehoe's Science Fair Projects for Students Who Stutter (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/scienceexperiments.html)

  • Small Talk - Ken St. Louis https://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/stlouis.ppt  

  • International Stuttering Support Group Project by Michael Sugarman (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/sugarman8.html)

  • Speaking Freely by John C. Harrison (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/speakingcircles.html)

  • Support Group Activities collected by Judy Kuster's Undergraduate Class in Fluency Disorders and submitted by many people from support groups (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/kuster8.html)

  • 101 Things to do at an NSA chapter meeting - many ideas that can be adapted for group therapy (www.westutter.org/memberCenter/101-Things-To-Do.htm) 

  • Telling my story in three words (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad15/papers/therapy15/reeves15.html)

  • Scenari-Aid - http://www.scenariaid.com/

  • Fluency Coach - http://www.fluencycoach.com/ - free software for people to experience Altered Auditory Feedback/choral speech

  • Breathe2Relax -https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/breathe2relax/id425720246?mt=8

  • Assessment and treatment of cluttering - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/cluttering.html

  • Cluttering Assessment - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ica1/papers/yvonne2c.html

  • David Daly's Cluttering Inventory-R (2006) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/daly10/dalycluttering2006R.pdf)

  • Computer-based Cluttering Assessment Tool (CLASP) by Klaas Bakker -  (http://associations.missouristate.edu/ICA/cluttering_assessment_program.htm) a free software tool for determining percentage of talking time cluttered

     (http://www.fluencycoach.com/download.php)

  • Motormouths Don't Make Sales - lesson 4 of Speak for Success (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/speakforsuccesscourse/a/speechlesson4.htm)

  • Help for the Speedy Speaker: Techniques for Slowing Down a Fast Rate (http://web.archive.org/web/20061215062509/http://members.aol.com/cillae/)

  • iBeat the Metronome - Customizable Metronome in a classy design!  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibeat-the-metronome/id398984403?mt=8

  • Online stop watch - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/stopwatch

  • Free stop watch app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stopwatch/id505889167?mt=8

  • Treating Cluttering: The Power of the Pause by David Daly (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ica1/papers/nuggets/dalyc.html)

    Copyright - Judith Kuster March 13, 2014