Welcome to the home page of Dr Caroline Bowen's www.speech-language-therapy.com

Since 1998 www.speech-language-therapy.com has provided information and resources to Speech-Language Pathologists / Speech and Language Therapists, students, and consumers of SLP/SLT services worldwide. The content reflects the professional, clinical and teaching activities and small body of research (ORCiD) of the site owner, Caroline Bowen. She retired from clinical practice in 2011, maintaining her interests in presenting CPD and writing about children's speech sound disorders (2023 book). She is also interested in developmental language disorder, the role of families in intervention, and evidence-based practice vs. pseudoscience (2017 book).
 

Bowen, C. (2023). Children's Speech Sound Disorders, 3rd ed., Wiley-Blackwell. UK | AU | Amazon

The site's intended audience is families and others close to children with voice, speech, language, literacy, and fluency difficulties, and people working in the field of communication sciences and disorders. Its mission is to provide useful, theoretically sound, and where possible evidence-based information about the assessment and treatment of human communication disorders. The site is made possible through the kindness of donors. All pages are listed in the site map. Please read the policy on questions from SLPs/SLTs on child speech assessment and intervention. Colleagues everywhere are welcome to join the private Facebook group E3BPforSSD for professional discussion of speech development and disorders.


 

The Roadmap, currently in production for later in 2025, will take readers on an informative road trip that includes hothousing, parenting, reading, writing, spelling, language, speech, voice, resonance, fluency, executive functioning, working memory, self-regulation, autism and other neurodivergences (such as ADHD, intellectual disability, and NVLD), the highs and lows of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), fitting in and getting on with others, and myth busting. We hope all readers, particularly parents and teachers, enjoy the ride and can use The Roadmap as a reference in supporting children and young people with additional needs, at home, in day care settings, at school, and in a range of community contexts.
 

Social Media

Blue Sky @carolinebowen.bsky.social
X (formerly Twitter) @speechwoman (the account is still "there" but is rarely used)
Facebook EBP for SSD (International Speech Sound Disorders discussion for SLPs/SLTs)