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DECEMBER 2007 National Literacy Trust Each month the UK organization the National Literacy Trust, offers a perspective on current issues affecting literacy and education policy and practice. Its web site is resource rich and includes a collection of very good photocopy free handouts on fostering speech and language acquisition, and all topics are listed here.
December REVIEW  About this review Title National Literacy Trust Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Advocate Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability ++++Authority++++ Design++++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical Link hand-checked December 3 2007
NOVEMBER 2007 My Baby's Hearing If your baby has a hearing loss, it is important to catch it early. "Babies begin to develop speech and language in the earliest months of life. If families know about a baby's hearing loss, much can be done to encourage communication development." Sensible, practical advice and information about newborn hearing screening and what to do if your baby is diagnosed with a hearing loss. Here is an example of what this wonderful site offers.
November REVIEW  About this review Title My Baby's Hearing Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability ++++Authority++++ Design++++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical Link hand-checked November 6 2007
OCTOBER 2007 David Crystal and DCblog Professor David Crystal is one of the world's foremost experts on the subject of language. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to the English language. Visit his web site and blog.
October REVIEW  About this review Title David Crystal Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability ++++Authority++++ Design++++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical and technical Link hand-checked September 28 2007
SEPTEMBER 2007 First autism prevalence study in Australia REPORT An exhaustive three year study commissioned by the Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders into the prevalence of autism, led by Perth paediatrician Dr John Wray, has concluded that one in 160 Australian children aged between 6 and 12 years have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - that is over 10,000 Australian children in that age group. The finding is consistent with the latest international research on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders.
September REVIEW  About this review Title First autism prevalence study in Australia REPORT Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality++++ Usability ++++ Authority++++ Design++++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical and technical Link hand-checked September 28 2007
AUGUST 2007 Best Practice Makes Perfect: Preschool Speech-Language This website was created, under the supervision of Dr. Beverly Joffe by 4th year students all completing Bachelor of Speech Pathology degrees in the School of Human Communication Sciences at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. And a very nice job too! Speechwoman was particularly enchanted with the originality of the glossary, the helpful reference bibliography and the information about the levels of evidence for the interventions described. Well conceived and executed, Brigita Balbata, Stephanie Barnes, Emily Bird, Cassandra Byers, Rebekah Kerr and Emily Stevens!
August REVIEW  About this review Title Best Practice Makes Perfect: Preschool Speech-Language Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority++ Design++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical and technical Link hand-checked July 31 2007
JULY 2007 Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) Support This website is designed to provide support and information to those seeking information about a rare speech disorder called foreign accent syndrome (FAS). FAS is speech disorder that causes a sudden change to speech so that a native speaker of one language is perceived to speak with a “foreign” accent. FAS is most often caused by damage to the brain caused by a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Other causes of FAS have also been reported including multiple sclerosis and conversion disorder and in some cases no clear cause has been identified.Speech may be altered in terms of timing, intonation, and tongue placement so that is perceived as sounding foreign. Speech remains highly intelligible and does not necessarily sound disordered. Congratulations William Katz and Diane Garst of the Speech Production Lab University of Texas at Dallas! Related article in the ASHA Leader
July REVIEW  About this review Title Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) Support Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority+++ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Technical Link hand-checked July 31 2007
JUNE 2007 Word Learning Lab Directed by Dr Karla McGregor, the important mission of the Word Learning Lab is to understand how children learn new words, how knowledge of word meanings deepens over time, and how best to facilitate rich vocabulary learning among children who are challenged by language learning impairments.The Lab is part of the Iowa Collaboration on Child Language at The University of Iowa. Aside from being deeply concerned about the two skulking pumpkins excluded from the research team, and distracted by a desire to tour the Iowa cornfields with Bill Bryson on Bacchetta Corsa recumbent bikes, a reason Speechwoman (favourite word: Lycra) was so enchanted by this well-written site was because the current projects are fascinating!
June REVIEW  About this review Title Word Learning Lab Resource description: Education Professional Student Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority+++ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Technical Link hand-checked July 31 2007
MAY 2007    Unicode Phonetic Transcription Put phonetic symbols into your Word documents - easy! And check out the index Nice one, UCL!
May REVIEW  About this review Title Unicode Phonetic Transcription Resource description: Education Professional Student Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority+++ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Technical Link hand-checked July 31 2007
APRIL 2007 CHERI The Children’s Hospital Education Research Institute (CHERI) is a unique research institute that aims to improve the interface between children’s health and their education. CHERI was established in 1996, in association with the University of Western Sydney, University of Sydney, NSW Department of Education and Training, and the Catholic Education Commission of NSW. CHERI is a highly regarded and nationally recognised institute that conducts research into the educational and psychosocial aspects of children with learning problems. In addition, the CHERI team conducts educational assessments for some of these children who also have a genetic or chronic condition such as neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). CHERI also provides information and resources to families and professionals through its conferences, research forums, and helpful information sheets.
April REVIEW  About this review Title CHERI Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority+++ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical and technical Link hand-checked July 31 2007
MARCH 2007 Minimal Pairs for English RP Speechwoman could not wait to make amends upon realising that John Higgin's endlessly useful masterpiece had never received her site of the month award! Minimal pairs are pairs of words whose pronunciation differs by one segment, such as sheep and ship or lice and rice. Beloved by Speech-Language Pathologists everywhere, they are often used in phonological therapy, phonemic awareness activities, auditory discrimination exercises, and in EFL contexts, pronunciation exercises. Use John's meticulously cross-referenced tables of vowels and consonants to retrieve relevant lists of pairs for your clients. Conveniently, all of the lists are plain ASCII text files. They are easy to use, and invaluable when making things like this. When you visit this unpretentious site, check out the  homophones, homographs and more.
March REVIEW  About this review Title Minimal Pairs for English RP Resource description: Education Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority+++ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical Link hand-checked July 31  2007
FEBRUARY 2007 International Directory of Communication Disorders (IDCD) The International Directory of Communication Disorders is an inspirational database on international issues related to communication disorders.  The information is offered as a community service to persons in the professions; it is free, and available for use for any non-commercial purpose. Read more about it here and consider contributing information, ideas, perspectives or even corrections to this wonderful example of cross-cultural community building.
February REVIEW  About this review Title International Directory of Communication Disorders (IDCD) Resource description: Education  Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability ++ Authority++ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical Link hand-checked July 31  2007
JANUARY 2007 Tongue Tie: From confusion to clarity This is the long-awaited companion web site for Australian Speech-Language Pathologist Carmen Fernando's helpful book about ankyloglossia, published in 1998. Reflecting one skilled professional's tireless dedication to, and opinions, observations and expert experience of this common but under-researched congenital condition, this developing site presents a range of useful information and resources for (and by) professionals, and for the families and individuals they serve.
January REVIEW  About this review Title Tongue Tie: From confusion to clarity Resource description: Education  Professional Student Consumer Resource evaluation: Quality+++ Usability +++ Authority+ Design+++ Level of prerequisite knowledge: Non-technical Link hand-checked July 31 2007
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