Resources

Speech and Language Development

• Early childhood developmental milestones, from birth - 5 years old, by the CDC

• Communication development, from birth - 5 years old, by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

• Communication development, from Kindergarten through 5th grade, by ASHA

• Identify the signs of communication disorders, by ASHA

• Early identification of speech, language, and hearing disorders, by ASHA

• Activities to encourage communication development, by ASHA

Autism and Social Communication

• Information about Autism, by ASHA

• Early social communication milestones, by the First Words Project at Florida State University

• How Speech-Language Pathologists help children who may have Autism, by ASHA

Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition

• Stages of Gestalt Language Development, by Meaningful Speech

• Natural Language Acquisition, by Marge Blanc and the Communication Development Center