Speech & Language Websites and Resources

Speech and Language Websites & Resources

Autism-specific:

  • an online community designed to bring information on how to live with autism to family, care-takers, educators, medical professionals and others – Autismhangout
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  • here are FREE online Autism Internet Modules! They are well done and the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders (NPDC-ASD) is in the process of adding modules for all the Evidence Base Research they have done on Interventions for students with ASD. There are pre-tests and post-tests, power points, videos and articles to read.
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  • great web resource to purchase products for social skills, academic needs, visuals, sensory tools, etc. They also have have products to support autism awareness!
  • website with tons of information on many topics for educators. The website is created and updated by a group of 4 teachers from the central Florida area.
  • Linda Hodgdon’s site; you can sign up for free email newsletter too!
  • website for APC – Asperger Publishing Company
  • one stop on-line shopping for nearly EVERY book or material related to autism. Or, visit their store in Hopkins, MN
  • fee based, but some great lesson plans, visuals and social stories.
  • a GREAT website with all kinds of ideas for special education ASD teachers. A MUST see!
  • great resource for parents and educators about many ASD topics
  • daily web newspaper about autism
  • great compilation of social skill resources
  • – great online free newsletter to subscribe to

Social Stories/Character Education stories

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  • storybooks online about various character education and some social skill topics. Appropriate for younger children.
  • **English AND Spanish books with lesson plans/discussion questions!!
  • a great compilation of several social skills websites
  • Kelly McKinnon is an expert at social play skills. Look for articles and video samples here.
  • social story site
  • also offers social networking opportunities similar to myspace and facebook to those with autism
  • a nice website explaining the basics of writing and using social stories
  • fee based per item – pretty reasonable, Can purchase a social story framework and it will individualize it for you!
  • Social Story books by Integration Specialist, Tania Kraus
  • an online quiz about manners
  • an interactive online story about learning to get along
  • a great lunchroom social story
  • friendship materials developed by kids
  • bulling materials developed by kids
  • great site to teach about teasing featuring a cool yellow lab as the star!
  • Laura Candler’s website on teaching social skills
  • – Perspective Taking online exercise for younger children

Emotions/Facial Recognition

  • a really fun interactive website where visitors can make their own comic strips choosing from a menu of a variety of characters. You can insert talking and thinking bubbles and even change the facial expression and body language of the characters you choose!
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  • Excellent online video with quiz, featuring Thomas-like vehicle characters with living human faces. Under downloads you’ll find a character emotions pack “for classroom use”.
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  • Two emotions games. Which train is surprised (etc)? And a memory game where you try to remember the order of the trains, then click on the stall door that you think has the train with the right emotion
  • you MUST check this out. Very cool interactive learning tools and games to teach about bullying, communication, stress, depression and more!!!!
  • this is about another aspect of reading faces — following gaze. Click on “channel 9″ for the game LukaHead, then click on “play game”. You can choose whether the child will be the follower (following Luka’s gaze and clicking on the circle he’s looking at) or whether the child will be the leader (clicking on the circle so Luka’s head will look that way).
  • This website has a simple “Feelings Game” with real faces, and a “Facial Expressions” activity where you can manipulate a cyber face. Also has other simple learning games.
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  • Drop n drag cartoon face activity designed for teaching emotions in schools.
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  • Short and easy game with cartoon human faces
  • a portion of a website sponsored by the Science Museum of MN – an interactive activity in facial expressions and recognition
  • 4 games about anger. Helps kids learn what anger looks like, what causes it, and how to calm down.
  • games as above, but about depression/sadness.
  • games as above, but about worry/anxiety
  • short anger movie. Takes awhile to load
  • Emotions game where on some screens you can roll your mouse over a face and see the same person change to a different expression.
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  • printables with neutral, happy, sad, angry, disgusted and fearful expressions in male and female versions. Can be printed as domino cards
  • activities related to dealing with anger

General Websites for Speech & Language

  • Ideas for Educators Supporting Social/Emotional Language Skills
  • this is a jackpot site for speech-language pathologists!
  • There are currently more than 300 pages of language activities in 26 areas.
  • stories, jokes and current event literature with symbols for early readers.
  • – special education (theme-based lessons)-free

Behavior Management:

  • – site that discusses strategies for behavior management