What is apraxia?

http://www.apraxia-kids.org/- this site may help parents who have been told their child has "Childhood Apraxia of Speech"

Best website for middle school kids!

http://www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm- A must for middle school staff working with children with social needs!

Great resource for teachers and parents

http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Resource_Links.html:  Use this page to explore other web sites related to speech/language pathology, regular and special education.

Want to know more about social stories?

• Two articles explain social stories and their effectiveness.
• A fact sheet on social stories for children with autism includes information about social stories and a link to abstracts of 26 research articles on their use.
• A video of Carol Gray defines "Social Stories" and provides several examples.
• How Social Stories Work followed by a long list of social stories was written by parents of a child with autism.
• Social Stories explains the basics of writing and using social stories.
• Social Stories presents several scenarios related specifically to school.
• Social Stories offers a number of examples of social stories in several categories.
• Tania Kraus offers illustrated social stories for manners, friendship, and being at school.
• Positively Autism offers PowerPoint presentations of social skills and social stories.

Kuster, J. M. (2012, January 17). Internet: ASD Social Skill Websites. The ASHA Leader.

Great information for teachers of school-age children with aurism

• AIM—Austin Internet Modules of evidence-based practices and interventions for students with ASD. This freely available and continuously expanding resource includes pre- and post-tests, PowerPoints, videos and articles to read.
• Autism Seminar—free undergraduate class lectures to watch and download to your computer, iPad or iPhone from the Yale Child Study Center and iTunes U.
• The Role of the School Speech Language Pathologist and the Student with Autism by SLP Beverly Vicker contains a menu of options and related ideas for delivery of services to meet individual needs of children with ASD.

Kuster, J. M. (2012, January 17). Internet: ASD Social Skill Websites. The ASHA Leader.