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Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted For Therapy

a collection of resources by Judith Maginnis Kuster

The following is one section of Judith Kuster's Net Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences (www.communicationdisorders.com). The internet is FULL of materials that can be adapted to speech-language therapy. Be aware that URLs change and disappear and other sites are available and will become available. These sites are provided simply as good examples.

By request, will be added for those sites added within a four-month period. The will be deleted every four months as new materials are added. The new adds are not necessarily the best adds, just the most recent.

Index

Interactive sites
Reproducibles
General Collections
Kid Stuff
Virtual Library
the Children's Corner
Literacy Materials
Language
Language/ESL
Judy's pronunciation "club"
Speech Sound Disorders
Prosody
Cleft palate/VPI
Augmented and
Alternative Communication
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Aphasia/TBI
Motor Speech
Apraxia
Swallowing disorders
Hearing Disorders
Voice Disorders
Stuttering
Generators
Templates
Pictures/Clipart
APPs
Bulletin Boards
IEPs
Teasing
Commercial companies
Additional Resources
Software

Examples of "interactive" sites

Many of the examples below are also easily adaptable to interactive whiteboards such as SmartBoard, ActivBoard, eBeam, Mimio, Webster, Polyvision, Numonics, Interwrite, and Starboard.

Examples of reproducibles and activities that can be adapted for therapy

General collections

Additional "Kid Stuff"

Below are a few links to toys, books, and television programs popular with young children. Searching these sites will often turn up activities that can be adapted for therapy.

A virtual library - the Children's Corner

Nursery Rhymes and Songs

Alphabet Books Magazines Short articles/stories and books

A Bibliography of Children's Books That Focus on Language Goals by Bonnie Lund (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/languagefocusbooks.pdf)

Bibliography of Books, Stories and Games that Reinforce Speech Sound Targets (http://crokebeck.tripod.com/articbks.htm/homepage.html)

A bibliography of Books with Repeated Lines ( www.aacintervention.com/repeatl.htm) and Repetitive Books: An Effective Therapeutic Strategy for Children Diagnosed with Apraxia of Speech (http://www.apraxia-kids.org/site/c.chKMI0PIIsE/b.980831/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3545757) by Michelle Solomon and Lavinia Pereira has additional suggestions

Electronic books - read-along or listen to Short podcasts and audio books Movie Trailers, Vlogs, and Animated stories

Examples of actual Clinical Materials/Ideas on the Internet

  • North Carolina Guidelines for Speech-Language Pathology Services in Schools (2006) - 254 page manual filled with useful information, checklists, and forms (www.uncg.edu/csd/faculty/NC%20SLI%20Guidance%20Document.pdf)

  • Language

  • Other Language Materials - primarily designed for Teaching English as a Second Language, but easily adapted for children with language-learning disorders and adults who are re-learning language following a stroke.

  • Working on Prosody

  • Speech sound disorders

  • Cleft Palate and VPI Disorders

  • A few examples of using these materials to work on literacy issues as outlined by Christine Maul's ASHA handout online and suggested in ASHA's Roles & Responsibilities of SLPs With Respect to Reading & Writing in Children & Adolescents - Guidelines.

  • Augmented/Alternative Communication

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Aphasia/TBI

  • Motor Speech Disorders/Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Swallowing Disorders

  • Hearing disorders

  • Voice Disorders

  • Fluency/Stuttering

    Past International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conferences are freely available and contain much valuable information and therapy ideas. For MSU, Mankato CEU's or college credit Open this link

    The following section is designed to provide materials, readings, and approaches to assessment and therapy for speech-language pathologists who work with people who stutter. It is not to be considered a "recipe book" to stuttering therapy, but contains resources which may be adaptable to specific clients. It is more extensive than other therapy sections because I have been building this information personally since 1998. Previously it was part of the Stuttering Home Page (www.stutteringhomepage.com), but it was too difficult to continue to maintain the information in two different places so it has been integrated here. If others have materials they would like to share, please contact Judy Kuster

  • ASHA's guidelines for treatment of fluency disorders

    Commercial Companies

    Examples of Templates and Generators to make your own therapy materials

    Examples of Downloadable Software

    Examples of APPs

    Important Resources

    Pictures and Clipart

    Bulletin boards

    Writing behavioral objectives and IEPs

    Dealing with problem behaviors and teasing


    last modified February 6, 2012
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