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Speech Therapists' and Speech Therapy Centers' Apraxia of Speech Web Pages

New-Visions
Suzanne Evans Morris' site
Includes "Information Papers," http://www.new-vis.com/fym/p-info.htm, on such topics as:  Sensorimotor ("covers movement and positioning, and sensory processing and integration as they relate to feeding and oral-motor skill development"), Feeding ("addresses oral-feeding development, issues surrounding tube feedings, diet and nutrition, and oral-motor development for feeding and speech"), and Learning ("provides specific suggestions and strategies to create an environment that supports maximal communication and learning")
http://www.new-vis.com/

Judith Kuster's Communication Disorders Sciences Library
http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/welcome.html

Innovative Therapists International
Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's Site
Provide workshops to help therapists learn the "fun", "practical" and very "effective" techniques associated with Oral-Motor Therapy. Online articles include "Horns As Therapy Tools" and "Straws As Therapy Tools"
http://www.oromotorsp.com/

Beckman Oral Motor Therapy
Debra Beckman's Site
"Addresses issues concerning Oral Motor Patterns and Oral Motor Impairments. Debra Beckman gives workshops on this subject."
http://www.beckmanoralmotor.com/

Speech Associations




American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Finding a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist
http://www.asha.org/consumers/find_professionals.htm


ASHA's Professional Services Board (PSB) Accredited Programs
This is a voluntary accreditation program. "This web page provides information on programs offering clinical services in audiology and speech-language pathology accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Professional Services Board (ASHA-PSB)." Members attest that their facilities are well-maintained and accessible to people with disabilities, that the professionals working there are nondiscriminatory, appropriately educated and certified, use current tests and materials, follow recognized standards of care, etc.
http://www.asha.org/consumers/psb/psbprog.htm


Individual Articles About Speech

Language and the Brain
The Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute Letter
On the Brain
Fall 1995 Volume 4, Number 4,
by David Caplan
http://www.med.harvard.edu/publications/On_The_Brain/Volume4/Number4/F95Lang.html

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