Resources for Professionals

AAC | Autism | Early Intervention | Intervention for Children with Disabilities | Hearing Impairment | For SLPs in Schools | Health Care | Voice | Stuttering |
How To Learn English | Multicultural Phonemics

AAC

http://www.uab.edu/medicine/circ/ - UAB/Sparks Appointment page
http://www.rehab.alabama.gov/services/crs
https://www.tobiidynavox.com/en-us/
http://www.PrentRom.com
http://minspeak.com/  
https://www.patientprovidercommunication.org/

FaceBook groups:
AAC for the SLP
AAC- Alternative Awesome Communicators
AAC Through Motivate, Model, Move Out Of The Way
AAC Language Lab

AAC Frequently Asked Questions

Click here for a table of AAC Resources in Alabama 
*Note:  If you have updates for the AAC Resource table please email Sonia Cleckler - Sonia.Cleckler@rehab.alabama.gov

Autism

Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council (AIACC):  http://www.autism.alabama.gov/ 
Regional Autism Networks (RAN):  http://www.autism.alabama.gov/Regional-Autism-Network.html 
CDC Links to Autism Spectrum Disorder:  https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/links.html

Early Intervention

Child Find: If you are concerned about your child's development, call the statewide, toll-free Early Intervention Child Find number, 1-800-543-3098
Alabama's Early Intervention System:  http://www.rehab.alabama.gov/services/ei
Free ASHA Toolkit, Communicating With Baby: Tips and Milestones From Birth to Age 5, developed in cooperation with the group Read Aloud 15 MINUTES. Handouts can be used following an early intervention visit, as reference materials in waiting rooms, resources at conferences, and more.

Intervention for Children with Disabilities

Web resource from Penn State University on early intervention with children with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and other disabilities: aackids.psu.edu
https://cerebralpalsygroup.com/cerebral-palsy/
https://www.specialeducationguide.com/ - Lots of info and resources about Special Education

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing Resources 

https://www.aidb.org/ - Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Alabama-Ear-Institute - A non-profit organization in Birmingham with a wonderful collection of links to resources for hearing loss
http://www.rehab.state.al.us/ - Information regarding the different services available through the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation, including Early Intervention, Children's Rehabilitation Service and Adult Rehabilitation Service
https://www.healthyhearing.com/

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Resources for School-Based Clinicians

Super Duper offers some great FREE handouts for teachers and parents! http://www.superduperinc.com/handouts.asp

You will appreciate this age calculator for all of your assessments! http://www.superduperinc.com/agecalc/

Some great websites for therapy!

http://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html
http://www.speechtx.com/
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/WS/index.htm
http://www.nickjr.com/
http://www.learningplanet.com/index.asp
http://www.enchantedlearning.com  
http://www.starfall.com
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/month2month.htm
http://www.handyhandouts.com/
http://sayitright.org/
www.SightWords.com - For parents and educators. Sponsored by the GA Preschool Association

Extensive listing of directories of support services, resources about disorders, links to many organizations, etc.: http://www.k12academics.com/

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Health Care 

ASHA’s Rehabilitation Advocacy Guide 

ICD 10 Info

ICD 10 Codes (PDF Format)

Sites (Recommended by ASHA)

American Occupational Therapy Association & American Physical Therapy Association:  Joint Habilitation and Rehabilitation Coverage Statement 
Commission on Accreditation of Rehab Facilities (CARF): http://www.carf.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/
The American Hospital Association: http://www.aha.org/aha/about/
The American Health Care Association: http://www.ahca.org/
The Health Resources and Services Administration: http://www.hrsa.gov/
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center: http://ectacenter.org/Default.asp

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Voice

Voice Problems in Teachers? Tell your colleagues! https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/directory/voice-academy A free website for teachers. A free ready-to-go, in-service education program can be downloaded and used as an in-service tool. Includes a Communicators Media Kit for promoting this project. [Funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).] 

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Stuttering

National Stuttering Association, a New York-based organization dedicated wholly to education, empowerment, and support for children, teens, and adults who stutter, https://westutter.org/
The Stuttering Foundation: English https://www.stutteringhelp.org/ | Spanish https://www.tartamudez.org/
Internet Resources for SLPs who work with Preschoolers and School-Age Children who Stutter:  http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/schools/SID4page2.html
Stuttering in Other Cultures/Stuttering and Bilingualism:  
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/cultures.html

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How To Learn English

http://www.howtolearnenglish.co.uk/ Contains articles about phonics, dyslexia, reading silently, grammar, body language, and more!

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Multicultural Phonemics

Information on the phonemic systems for the following languages: Arabic, Cantonese, English, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Audiologists can use this information to identify and modify materials and procedures during speech audiometry assessment.
SLPs can use this information to identify a client's phonological system for languages other than English. https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/phono/