USEFUL LINKS

Checklist for typical speech and language development in young children – Speech Pathology Australia

Speech Pathology Australia

Sounds-Write

Spelfabet

The Australian Stuttering Research Centre

Information about stuttering for parents and teachers

iGlebe – A social anxiety treatment for adults who stutter

BOOKS

We LOVE books!!

Books are a wonderful resource for home and clinic therapy. They are easily accessible, can be tailored to a child’s interests and can be used to elicit simple or complex language. They can also be swapped easily for variety, meaning they can be used all the way through treatment.

Here are some of our absolute favourites (although it is difficult to choose as there are so many!):

• The Usborne series of 1001 Things to Spot
• Usborne’s First Thousand Words by Heather Amery and Stephen Cartwright
• Follow the Line through the House and Follow the line to school by Laura Ljungkvist
• Where is the green sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
• The Lego Ideas Book and The Lego Book by Daniel Lipkowitz
• Window by Jeannie Baker
• The You Choose series by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt
• The Big Book of Crazy Mix-ups by Nick Sharratt
• Pants by Giles Andreae
• Where’s Wally series
• Bamboozled by David Legge
• Wacky Wednesday by Dr Seuss

GAMES & ACTIVITIES

Activities which are typically used in your home will feel most natural and be most enjoyable, so before selecting activities from the list below, consider the types of books, games and topics of conversation that your child enjoys.

• Headbanz for Kids
• Sequence / story telling cards
• Sequence Stories (Easy Does It)
• ‘What’s Wrong’ cards
• Hide and seek with a torch
• What’s being said? Cards
• Similarities and difference
• Play sets (doll’s house, farm sets, train sets)
• Lego
• Family photo albums