Language Resources Blog

Speech Pathology Links

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:56:59 GMT

Speech Pathology Links: New links will be added once I have judged their suitability as relevant to language disorder and speech pathology.

Speech Sound Errors. The most common speech errors a child is likely to make.

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:18:35 GMT

Speech Sound Errors. Articulation disorders and phonological disorders are the two most common types of speech disorders. This page explores both speech disorders.

6th grade books. A guide for teachers and clinicians.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:51:09 GMT

6th grade books are sometimes difficult to select due to the growing complexity of higher reading levels.

3rd grade books. A guide for teachers and speech pathologists.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:43:19 GMT

3rd grade books. The storybooks featured and reviewed here have all proven to be invaluable language stimulation texts.

Tim Winton Review: The Deep.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:37:45 GMT

Tim Winton Review: The Deep is about a young girl overcoming her fear of the water and bravely venturing into the deep blue ocean.

Simplify Classroom Language: Tips for Teachers

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:33:30 GMT

Simplify Classroom Language. Tips for helping students with language difficulty understand verbal instructions.

No-glamour Social Language Cards

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:59:58 GMT

I use a product called no-glamour social language cards. The cards have these great drawings of children in all sorts of social language situations. The

Isobelle Carmody Review: Night School

Sun, 30 May 2010 10:46:45 GMT

Isobelle Carmody Review. Night school is a spooky story about a group of children who spend the night in an old school.

Language Therapy Narrative

Tue, 25 May 2010 02:07:05 GMT

Language Therapy Narrative

Speech-language therapy resources and games that work

Mon, 24 May 2010 22:35:45 GMT

High quality educational activities created by a school based speech-language pathologist who has made a mountain of mistakes, so you don't have to.

Adolescent Language Development: Students in Secondary School

Sun, 23 May 2010 03:20:04 GMT

Adolescent language development continues in the middle school and high school years.

Contact me and send a question or comment

Thu, 20 May 2010 01:51:36 GMT

Contact me if you wish to ask a question about speechlanguage-resources.

Teaching inferencing, the shared book reading way.

Wed, 19 May 2010 23:24:32 GMT

Teaching inferencing to school-aged children is directly related to the comprehension and understanding of stories.

Language Therapy. A sequence of language intervention steps.

Tue, 18 May 2010 23:28:43 GMT

Language Therapy: This page provides links to free procedures, sequences and examples of language intervention techniques

Nobody Ever Told Me (or my Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development

Tue, 18 May 2010 22:36:50 GMT

Diane Bahr, M.S., CCC SLP, NCTMB, CIMI, a certified speech language pathologist has a newly released book out that can be used as a great resource for

Phonological Awareness Therapy: Text-Based Intervention

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:05:32 GMT

Phonological Awareness Therapy: The shared book reading method of language intervention for young children.

Language Therapy Syntax

Mon, 17 May 2010 07:31:31 GMT

Language Therapy Syntax

Oliver Jeffers Review: The Way Back Home.

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:02:28 GMT

Oliver Jeffers Review. The Way Back Home is the story of a young boy who's plane runs out of petrol on the moon.

Storyworld Review. A new book that helps to unlock childrens' imagination.

Sun, 16 May 2010 08:10:35 GMT

Storyworld Review. Storyworld is a book that is made up of 40 illustrated cards and instructions that allows your students to make new and exciting stories.

David Lucas Review: Nutmeg, a picture book for young children.

Sun, 16 May 2010 08:05:14 GMT

David Lucas Review: Nutmeg, the story of a young girl who goes from eating cardboard and sawdust to dining on roast chicken, apple pie and milkshakes.

Sonya Hartnett Review. The Boy and the Toy.

Sun, 16 May 2010 08:00:45 GMT

Sonya Hartnett Review. Sonya Hartnett is best known for her books written for young adults The Boy and the Toy is Sonya Hartnett's first picture book..

Reading difficulty - tips for parents

Sun, 16 May 2010 07:21:53 GMT

Reading difficulty tips for parents of children with language impairment

Invaluable educational tips for parents

Sun, 16 May 2010 07:04:17 GMT

If you're looking for strategies and educational tips for parents you have come to the right place.

Free language activities, available to use with students with language difficult

Tue, 11 May 2010 22:31:17 GMT

Free language activities that demonstrate shared reading strategies and are easy to use.

Working memory problems are an often overlooked difficulty in the classroom.

Mon, 10 May 2010 22:53:42 GMT

Working memory problems: access this page for current information about working memory and the school-aged child.

What is language? School-aged language-development.

Mon, 10 May 2010 22:48:13 GMT

What is language? Language development is something that begins at birth and continues to grow over the course of a person's life.

The vocabulary of the School-Age Child

Mon, 10 May 2010 22:38:37 GMT

The goal of vocabulary intervention for the school-agedchild should always be to provide rich word meanings.

Tony Wilson Review: The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas

Mon, 10 May 2010 00:21:37 GMT

Tony Wilson Review: The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas.

Speech pathology books. Recommended language intervention texts.

Sun, 09 May 2010 22:24:32 GMT

Speech pathology books. Recommended language interevention texts for best practice research, therapy tips, and new ideas.

shared book reading and speech-language pathology

Sun, 09 May 2010 01:50:59 GMT

Shared book reading hasn't always been a speech-language pathologists focus. But times are changing. Speech-language pathologists are ideally suited to support literacy in school-aged children.

Rod Clement Review: Just Another Ordinary Day

Sun, 09 May 2010 01:26:17 GMT

Rod Clement Review: Just Another Ordinary Day is a

Reading difficult material. Tips for parents.

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:47:40 GMT

When reading difficult material it's essential to know when it's best to quit and when it's best to forge ahead.

Reading Comprehension Problems

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:45:12 GMT

Reading Comprehension Problems: This page examines the complexity of reading comprehension difficulties.

Reading Brain Review: Maryanne Wolf's book, Proust and the Squid is a good read.

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:40:01 GMT

Reading Brain Review: Proust and the Squid is a cracking good piece of science writing.

Pragmatic language and the school-age child

Sat, 08 May 2010 03:40:19 GMT

Pragmatic language is a vital social skill that enables the school-aged child to navigate their way through demanding social situations.

Phonological awareness tips and information

Sat, 08 May 2010 03:30:57 GMT

Phonological awareness is the leading predictor of reading success and failure. Read this page and find out why.

Oral language strategies for speech pathologists and teachers.

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:47:56 GMT

Oral language strategies that are designed to stimulate communication skills in your students.

Nicolai Popov Review: Why? A wordless picture book.

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:45:57 GMT

Nicolai Popov Review: Why? A wordless picture book that is an eloquent commentary on the futility of war.

Mousehole Cat Review: A beautiful and striking story.

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:41:18 GMT

Mousehole Cat Review. The Mousehole Cat tells the tale of an old Cornish legend about an old fisherman and his trusted moggy, who save their fishing village.

Metalinguistics and the school-age child

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:36:27 GMT

Metalinguistics is the ability to shift our attention from the meaning of what is said or written to how it was said or written.

Language Literacy Research.: Links to research articles.

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:17:46 GMT

Language Literacy Research: A series of articles about language and literacy

Why is language disorder such a problem?

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:01:21 GMT

Child language disorder! Much has been written about it. But what is it, how does it affect your students, and what can you do about it? Click on this link to find out...

Language Arts review. Kathryn DeKemel's book is a must-read for clinician's.

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:50:33 GMT

Language Arts review. Kathryn DeKemel has created an excellent book about modern language intervention techniques.

Kate DiCamillo Review. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:39:04 GMT

Kate DiCamillo Review. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a modern children's book classic.

John Marsden Review: Norton's Hut

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:35:03 GMT

John Marsden Review. Norton's Hut is a story about kids stranded in a hut in the snow ,and a mysterious man who huddles near the fireplace.

Idioms activities and their meaning

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:31:32 GMT

Idioms activities that enable your students to understand this complex language area

Figurative language worksheets - simile and metaphor.

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:20:28 GMT

Figurative language worksheets that explore the differences and similarities between metaphor and simile.

Figurative Language Similes

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:18:02 GMT

Figurative language Similes.

Figurative Language Metaphor

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:15:26 GMT

Figurative Language Metaphor

Dyslexia defined.

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:04:06 GMT

Dyslexia defined. Dyslexia is a language based learning disability that affects reading and writing skills