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. All the of URLs listed below were current when this was fully updated and re-organized January 2010. Additional URLs continue to be added, and changes is URLs have been made as I have discovered them, as reflected by the date at the bottom of the page. Be aware that URLs change and disappear and other sites are available and will become available. These sites are provided simply as good examples.

Index

Interactive sites
Reproducibles
Kid Stuff
Language
Language/ESL
Prosody
Speech Sound Disorders
Literacy Materials
Augmented and
Alternative Communication
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Aphasia/TBI
Motor Speech
Apraxia
Swallowing disorders
Hearing Disorders
Voice/VPI
Stuttering
Commercial companies
Templates and
Generators
Pictures/Clipart
Bulletin Boards
IEPs
Teasing

Examples of "interactive" sites

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

Alphabet Books Magazines Short articles/stories and books A bibliography of Books with Repeated Lines ( www.aacintervention.com/repeatl.htm) Electronic books - read-along or listen to Short podcasts Movie Trailers and Vlogs

Examples of actual Clinical Materials/Ideas on the Internet

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dysphagia and other swallowing disorders

  • Hearing disorders

  • Voice/VPI materials

  • 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

    Commercial Companies

    Examples of Templates and Generators to make your own therapy materials

    Pictures and Clipart

    Bulletin boards

    Writing behavioral objectives and IEPs

    Dealing with problem behaviors and teasing


    last modified January 24, 2010
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    These resources are all "hotlinked" at http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html

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