Netting for FREE and EVIDENCE-BASED Information on
the Internet
NCSHLA - Raleigh, North Carolina
Judith Maginnis Kuster - March 20, 2014
Disclaimer: Be aware - URLs change and disappear and other sites are available and will
become available. All URLs worked when this handout was prepared. If one you like is gone,
there are suggestions for relocating it and for locating many additional resources.
What we will do today
1. Develop a vision of how the Internet can be used to find evidence-based treatment
information.
2. Identify important differences between the Visible and Invisible Web
3. Appropriately evaluate content and locate professionally-relevant websites and
connections.
Most important URL of this workshop - all URLs on this handout are HOTLINKED
at http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/handout/2014ncsearching.pdf
Many "requirements, standards, regulations" we need to stay on top of
1. ASHA's required disclosure statement
2. ASHA's ethical standards
• Code of Ethics (http://www.asha.org/policy/ET2010-00309/)
3. HIPPA regulations
• Health Information Privacy (HIPPA) Training
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/training/index.html
• Protected Health Information - 40 screen PPT for training
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/training/udmn.pdf
• No More Excuses: HHS Releases Tough Final HIPAA Privacy and Security
Rules - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u13GBQgNsYE - free hour-long free
webinar
4. Response to Intervention
• National Center on Response to Intervention http://www.rti4success.org/
• What is RTI http://www.rti4success.org/video/what-rti-and-what-are-essentialcomponents-must-be-present - free webinars on RTI
• Oregon RTI - http://www2.oregonrti.org/node/74 set of vdeos
• RTI An Overview http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti01-overview/
5. Common Core Curriculum standards
• Common Core State Standards - webinars (live and recorded - certificate awarded)
http://www.commoncore.pearsoned.com/index.cfm?locator=PS1wAj
6. Our own state eligibility regulations
NC state speech therapy eligibility rules - 2016 http://csd.uncg.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2012/12/NC-SLI-Guidance-Document.pdf 254 pages!
7. Federal mandates
Provisions in IDEA - "high-quality, intensive preservice preparation and professional
developmet for all personnel who work with children with disabilities in order to
ensure that such personnel have the skills and knowledge necessary to improve the
academic achievement and functional performance of children with disabilities,
including the use of scientifically based instructional practices, to the maximum extent
possible" and IEPs must include "a statement of the special education and related
services and supplementary aids and services, based on peer-reviewed research. . . ."
Evidence-Based Practice
Using the best evidence in decision making (Sackett et. al)
• Worker (clinician) experience/expertise
• Client/patient and family values
• Uses current best evidence to the specific problem under investigation
ASHA's position statement on EBP
"EBP refers to an approach in which current, high-quality research evidence is
integrated with practitioner expertise and client preferences and values into the
process of making clinical decisions."
Debates rage in our field!! - examples
Blogs
• A few examples of well-done Speech-Language Pathology Blogs (several with
downloadable free therapy materials and ideas).
• ASHAsphere - http://blog.asha.org
• Patience, Listening and Communicating with Aphasia Patients - December 31,
2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpyQvOgclXA - 18 minute free video
from the National Stroke Association
• From Professional CCC/SLPs
• Child Talk - http://www.talkingkids.org/
• The Speech Ladies - http://thespeechladies.blogspot.com/
• Cat in the Hat Artic Game https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3SpeCYmd4GfYTgzOWU5MTQtNWQzYS
00MjA0LWFiMGYtMjVmYTNmZThiNGY1/edit?pli=1
• Autism Games byTahirih Bushey https://sites.google.com/site/autismgames/
• Language Resources Blog (check free resources) - http://www.speechlanguageresources.com/speech-language-blog.html
• Free activities - http://www.speechlanguage-resources.com/free-languageactivities.html
• Chapel Hill Snippets - http://chapelhillsnippets.blogspot.com/
• Self-regulation Scale http://chapelhillsnippets.blogspot.com/2012/02/selfregulation-scale.html
• Speech Therapy Tool Box - http://speech-therapy-ideas.blogspot.com
• Oh No! http://speech-therapy-ideas.blogspot.com/search/label/Oh%20No
• Jill Kuzma's SLP Social & Emotional Skill Sharing Site http://jillkuzma.wordpress.com/
• synonym/antonym sentence flip
http://web.archive.org/web/20120311145536/http://jillkuzma.files.wordpress.
com/2008/09/synonym-antonym-sentence-flip.pdf
• Speech Lady Liz - http://speechladyliz.blogspot.com/
• Weather idioms link http://speechladyliz.blogspot.com/2012/03/cloudywith-chance-of-meatballs.html
• Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and More
http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/ - Glenda knows all the AT information sites
• Sign Language Resources http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/2012/03/signingresources.html
• Ann-Marie Elia's Communication Disorders 101 http://communicationdisorders101.blogspot.com/
• Includes Adam Jacobson's amazing list of links to QUIA and more
http://communicationdisorders101.blogspot.com/2010/01/website-resourcesfor-school-based-slps.html
• Speech Peeps - http://allisonspeechpeeps.blogspot.com/p/evidence-basedintervention.html (7 page description)
• Vocabulary Intervention Strategy - Four Square Vocabulary
http://web.archive.org/web/20131020091114/http://www.bemidji.k12.mn.us/C
urriculum/documents/FourSquareVocabularyIntervention.pdf (7 page
description and materials)
• Ms. Lane's SLP Materials - http://slpmaterials.blogspot.com/ TONS of ideas
• J sentence flash cards (medial)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzxZN2dBj1s-dFBYeTF1SmZtdXc/edit
•App review blogs
• No Limits 2 Learning - http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com - an assistive
technology specialist evaluates many resources including apps for AAC.
• Tools, Apps and Resources for TBI
http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com/2011/02/tools-apps-and-resources-fortbi.html
• Mirla Raz's APPs for Speech Therapy - http://appsforspeechtherapy.blogspot.com
• Sean Sweeney's SpeechTechie - http://www.speechtechie.com/
• Blogs and resources reflecting client/patient and family values
• Mommy Speech Therapy - http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/
• Many worksheets for practice http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55
• Floortime Lite Mama http://www.floortimelitemama.com/p/floortime.html
• Emily's writings on aphasia http://connectaphasia.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/emilys-writings-on-aphasia/
• The Stuttering Brain - http://thestutteringbrain.blogspot.com/
• Make Room for the Stuttering - http://stutterrockstar.wordpress.com/
has interviews with women who stutter
• Stammerheadshark - http://stammerheadshark.wordpress.com/
• Voices Past and Present: Paths toward recovery
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/voices/voices.html
Research
QUESTIONS to ask yourself (Strain and Dunlap)
• What are the stated uses of the procedure, product or program?
• To which client/patient population does it apply? Is there documented evidence that
it is valid for use with a specified population?
• To which other populations does it claim to generalize?
• Are outcomes clearly stated?
• Are there alternative interventions that are less restrictive, better researches, or
perhaps more effective or efficient?
• Is the intervention with the existing skill set of practitioners or do they need prior
training and consultation?
• How will the intervention be evaluated if you decide to implement?
• Has the intervention been shown to produce outcomes like the ones intended?
• Are there publications about this procedure, product, or program? Is the information
published in a peer-reviewed professional journal? Is promotional material (e.g.
brochures, training manuals, newsletters, popular press) the only published source of
information?
• Is there peer-reviewed research (or information) that supports or contradicts
the stated outcomes or benefits?
Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous
Evidence: A User Friendly Guide http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/evidence_based/evidence_based.asp
Exploring the Invisible and the Visible Web
INVISIBLE WEB RESOURCES - PEER-REVIEWED
ASHA website for Members only
Diclaimer: Although, we tend to want the quick answer, at present, going only to the
ASHA Website for a quick answer is NOT always the best solution since it is incomplete.
The current content on the ASHA website can frustrating and even misleading in its
current form. There are many additional avenues for clinicians to turn for clinical advice
and support.
• ASHA/N-CEP Evidence-Based Systematic Reviews
(http://www.asha.org/members/ebp/EBSRs.htm) members only
• Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/intro.htm
Goal of EBP for ASHA is to integrate
a) clinical expertise/expert opinion
b) external scientific evidence
c) client/patient/caregiver values
to provide high-quality services reflecting the interests, values, needs, and choices
of the individuals we serve.
• Steps in the Process - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/steps.htm
a. Framing the clinical question
b. Finding the evidence
c. Assessing the evidence
d. Making the decision
• Web-based tutorials - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/web-tutorial.htm
including a page of links to general EBP information http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/General-EBP-Tutorials/
• Compendium of EBP Guidelines and Systematic Reviews
http://www.asha.org/members/ebp/compendium/
• Evidence-Based Systematic Reviews - http://www.asha.org/Members/ebp/EBSRs.htm
("Completed EBSRs - cognition, fluency, hearing, language, speech, swallowing, voice,
service delivery)
• ASHA's Evidence Maps - http://www.ncepmaps.org - currently have 13
• TBI Children (http://www.ncepmaps.org/TBI-Children-Evidence-Map.php)
Additional important collaborations to explore
• Cochrane Library - http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/clibintro.htm
Provides summaries about healthcare interventions - (reviews only randomized
controlled trials - RCT)
• Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group
http://dplpg.cochrane.org/
• University of York Center for Reviews and Dissemination
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/HomePage.asp
Includes DARE - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care
Program http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm
• Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-forguides-reviews-and-reports/?productid=708&pageaction=displayproduct
• National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) - http://www.guideline.gov/
• Partnering with Parents for Greater Treatment Outcomes http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=36085#Section427
• Autism Recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people
with Autism - http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=34822&search=autism
• Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS)
http://www.ancds.org
• Treatment Guidelines for Acquired Apraxia of Speech - 33 page document
http://www.ancds.org/pdf/articles/Wambaugh_06b.pdf
• Aquired Brain Injury Evidence-based Review (ABIEBR)
http://www.abiebr.com/
• What Works Clearinghouse - http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
• Phonological awareness training http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=375
• Play-based Interventions http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=570
• Earobics http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=158
• Best Evidence Encyclopedia - http://www.bestevidence.org/
• Early childhood education best evidence encyclopedia
http://www.bestevidence.org/early/early_child_ed/top.htm
• Campbell Collaboration - http://www.campbellcollaboration.org
• Speech and Language Therapy Interventions for Children With Primary Speech
and Language Delay or Disorder: A Systematic Review
http://campbellcollaboration.org/lib/project/9/
• Trip Database - http://www.tripdatabase.com/
• Functional and physiological outcomes from an exercise-based dysphagia
therapy: a pilot investigation of the McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22365489
• Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum
Disorders http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK107275/pdf/TOC.pdf 374
pages, 2012
Accessing peer-reviewed articles and convention handouts on the Internet
• ERIC database - http://www.eric.ed.gov/
• PubMed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
(interface for MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database)
• Wiley Online Library - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
• ASHA Journals - AJA, AJSLP, JSLHR, LSHSS, JSHD, JSHR, the Leader. Great
member benefit! http://www.asha.org/members/deskref-journals/
• Perspectives - http://www.asha.org/SIG/Perspectives/
• CASLPA Journals - http://209.217.105.25/english/resources/cjslpa_home.asp#articles
• Biomed Central - http://www.biomedcentral.com/ - 259 full text medical
journals - free, but you need to sign up - reports an exciting protocol of first RCT study of
two treatments for child apaxia of speech - Study protocol: A comparison of two
treatments for childhood apraxia of speech: methods and treatment protocol for a parallel
group randomised control trial - http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/12/112
• Free Medical Journals Site - http://www.freemedicaljournals.com (4007 medical
journals)
• High Wire Press http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl (over 2 million full-text
articles).
• Directory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org/ - nearly 10,000 journals
• International Journal of Telerehabilitation http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/telerehab
• Evidence-Based Practice Briefs - http://www.speechandlanguage.com/ebp-briefs
• on stuttering - http://www.speechandlanguage.com/ebp/pdfs/2-4-december2007.pdf
• ASHA Conference Handouts available - http://search.asha.org/ - search key words!
• Evidence-Based Practice and Empirically-Supported Practices in Child Language
Disorders by Laura Justice, Ron Gillam, and Christine Dollaghan (70 page PPT)
http://www.asha.org/Events/convention/handouts/2010/2105-Justice-Laura/
• Evidence-based practice in the treatment of adolescent and adult stuttering: what
do we know and what works? by Ashley Craig (17 pages)
http://www.asha.org/Events/convention/handouts/2007/1718_Craig_Ashley/
FREELY-AVAILABLE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - SOME PEERREVIEWED and SOME FOR ASHA CEUS
• R You Stumped - free webinar recording, PPT handouts and workbook
http://www.thespeechpathway.com/tips/r-you-stumped-resources/
• From Babbling to Books - 1- hour long telecast discussing strategies to develop
language and pre-reading skills in young children
http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/1002/
• Assessment and Treatment of Fluency Disorders in Bilingual Children
http://www.slhs.umn.edu/assets/pdf/Bil-fluency%20lecture.ppt
• IRCA WebShare Series (free) http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3577 designed for caregivers, a new endeavor from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism
• Maryland Assistive Technology Network (MATN Online) http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/9515
• iDevices (two sessions - no longer live, but freely-available
http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/18869
• AAC-RERC on Communication Enhancement webcasts http://aacrerc.psu.edu/index.php/pages/show/id/44
• Maximizing the Literacy Skills of Individuals Who Require AAC - http://aacrerc.psu.edu/index.php/webcasts/show/id/1
• ISAD online conferences http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/isadarchive/onlineconference.html
Examples of FREE ASHA CEUs online
• Linguisystems - http://www.linguisystems.com/ceu
• Stuttertalk and NSA http://www.westutter.org/ceus-through-stuttertalk-the-nsa/
• Prentke-Romich - http://www.prentrom.com/training/asha
• Passy-Muir - http://www.passy-muir.com/ceu
• Super Duper - http://www.superduperinc.com/CEU/FAQ.aspx
• Lingraphica Free CEUs for SLPs – https://www.aphasia.com/learning-assessments
• Audiology Online.com - http://www.audiologyonline.com/
Free professional learning, also offering CEUs for a fee
• Genetics in the Practice of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
http://www.nchpeg.org/shla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&It
emid=27
• Ethics in Audiology http://www.audiologyonline.com/ceus/recordedcoursedetails.asp?class_id=20764
• Autism Internet Modules http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/
Three inexpensive ASHA CEUs
• SpeechPathology.com - http://www.speechpathology.com
• Stuttering Foundation - http://www.stutteringCEUs.org
• Specialty Board for Fluency Disorders - http://www.stutteringspecialists.org/
• ASHA's Online Conferences - fee-based and sponsored by SIGs - watch for them on
ASHA's website
Watch for free online courses!
• Yale Autism Seminar
http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/yale-autism-seminar-video/id392283098
• Explore Open Courses - http://oedb.org/open/
• MIT
• Acoustics of Speech and Hearing- http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electricalengineering-and-computer-science/6-551j-acoustics-of-speech-and-hearing-fall2004/
• Brain Mechinisms for Heaing and Speech
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/health-sciences-and-technology/hst-722j-brainmechanisms-for-hearing-and-speech-fall-2005/
VISIBLE WEB RESOURCES - TYPICALLY NOT PEER-REVIEWED
• Encyclopedia - http://wikipedia.org
• Newspapers - http://newslink.org/
A Few Trusted, Dedicated Databases/Subject Guides
• PediaStaff resources - http://www.pediastaff.com/resources
• PediaStaff blog http://www.pediastaff.com/blog/
• Positvely Autism - http://www.positivelyautism.com/whatwedo/
• Going to the Doctor
http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/DoctorVisit_Story.pdf
• Internet Public Library (IPL) - http://www.ipl.org
• The Educator's Reference Desk (need to be careful!)
• US Government Resources
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD) - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov -good, but misses good resources
• National Library of Medicine Directory of Health Organization
Online - http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/ (again, you need to be careful)
• Long-standing Subject Guides
• Caroline Bowen's Communication Disorders Home Page
http://speech-language-therapy.com/
• Articles, Freebies, Links, Word Lists, Worksheets on this Site
http://speech-languagetherapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=108
• b/f minimal pairs - http://www.speech-languagetherapy.com/pdf/mpBvsFsiwi.pdf
• Eric H. Chudler's Neurological Disorder Resources
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/disorders.html
• Neuroscience for Kids - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
• Guide to Otolaryngology Resources on the Internet (maintained by Aletta
Moore) - http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/others.html
• Judith Kuster's Net Connections to Communication Disorders
http://www.communicationdisorders.com
• Stuttering Home Page - http://www.stutteringhomepage.com
EXPLORING THE VISIBLE WEB YOURSELF
Evaluate PERFORMANCE
• Does site load quickly?
• Is design attractive?
• Easy to navigate?
• Links work?
• Graphics, multimedia, background enhance or interfere?
• Appropriate writing style?
• Search engine on the site?
Evaluate CONTENT
• Who created the resource?
• Comparison of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Dysarthria, and Severe
Phonlogical Disorders http://www.apraxia-kids.org/library/a-comparison-ofchildhood-apraxia-of-speech-dysarthria-and-severe-phonological-disorder/
• Why was the resource created?
• Information accurate?
• Quackwatch - http://www.quackwatch.org
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mentserv.html
• Link to appropriate information?
• What is intended scope?
• Any advertising clearly identified?
• Information current and updated as appropriate?
Some RED FLAGS
• Nothing in peer-reviewed literature
• Founder is a "guru-type"
• Only information comes from founder and the program itself
• Appears in self-promotion-type activity
• Stands to earn a lot of $$ selling product or program
• Claims "cure"
• Relies only on "testimonials", not "data"
• Blames consumer if it doesn't work
AutomatedSearch engines - the big three
• google.com
• bing.com
• yahoo.com
Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted for Therapy
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html
Finding reliable information using a standard search engine
Google: http://www.google.com
• Star Early Literacy Games and Activities
http://rces.rocklinusd.org/Students/STAR-Early-Literacy/
• RCT floor time http://www.asatonline.org/resources/articles/dirfloortime
• evidence based practice autism http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/node/727
Some ways to make Google work better for you
• Understand how a search engine is "searching"
• Choose keywords carefully
• STAR Early Literacy Games and Activities http://rces.rocklinusd.org/Students/STAR-Early-Literacy/
• A pilot randomized controlled trial of DIF/Floortime parent train
intervention for pre-school children with autistic specrum disorders http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21690083
• Developmentally-based Individual-difference Relationship-based
intervention (DIR)/Floor Time
http://www.asatonline.org/treatment/treatments/developmentally
• Evidence-Based Practices for Children and Youth with ASD http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/content/briefs
• Learn some of the advanced search strategies for any search engine!
• Consider using quotation marks (full-text searching)
• Unique feature -- *
• Another unique feature -- ~
• Consider Boolean searches (and/+, -/not, OR)
• Tool for real-l speech spectrogram display http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/sfs/rtgram/
• combine strategies and consider various key words
• Hard of Hearing and Deaf Students: A Resource Guide http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/hearimpair/toc.htm
• pdf - Floor Time
http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/HuronISD/HuronISD/Departments/Documents
Categories/Documents/FloorTime.pdf
• pdf - Story sequence http://abcteach.com/free/s/story_pics__prek_set1_4.pdf
• ppt --Brown Bear
http://www.slideshare.net/pet408/brown-bear-brown-bear-what-do-you-see
• Image search - http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
• YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/
• German accent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUsVcYhERY
• Google Play - https://play.google.com/store
• Free Android Apps
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=free+speech+therapy&c=apps
• Google News - http://news.google.com
• Even More from Google
• Translate - http://translate.google.com/?hl=en
• Babylon - http://translation.babylon.com/portuguese/to-english/
• Product search - http://www.google.com/shopping
• Blogsearch - http://blogsearch.google.com
• Research Digest - Blogging on brain and behaviour
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/
• Where is language located in the brain? There are two sides to this
story.
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2013/11/where-is-languagelocated-in-brain.html?m=1
• Brain and Behavior Research Foundation http://bbrfoundation.org/
• Autism articles - http://bbrfoundation.org/autism
• Book search - http://books.google.com
• A few additional "google goodies"
• define:evidence based practice
• conversion, calculator, checking range of numbers
• Google phone - http://www.google.com/chat/voice/
• Google lets you ask questions
- what does a cochlear implant sound like?
http://www.hei.org/research/aip/audiodemos.htm
- are oral motor exercises useful in treatment of phonological disorders?
• Karen Forrest "Are Oral-Motor Exercises Useful in the Treatment of
Phonological/Articulatory Disorders? Seminars on Speech and
Language/Volume 23, Number 1 2002
• Nonspeech Oral Motor Exercises: An Update on the Controversy
ASHA presentation by Gregory Lof
www.asha.org/Events/convention/handouts/2009/1955_Lof_Gregory_L.htm
•What is the evidence for. . . : Oral motor therapy by Caroline Bowen
http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/pdf/acq/bowen2005.pdf
• Remember what works, but don't only rely on "the old favorites" or the first page!
• bing - http://www.bing.com
Especially the image, videos and the flight searches
• The Three Little Pigs - line drawings
• Coloring Pages 101 http://www.coloringpages101.com/printable_page/31260/Others/The_Thr
ee_Little_Pigs_11.aspx online
• Coloring Pictures for Kids - http://coloringpagesforkids.info/the-threelittle-pigs-coloring-pages/#more-139 download
• Pinterst - http://pinterst.com - SEARCH speech therapy, therapy materials, speech
pathology, SLP, child language, speech therapy APPs, AAC, etc.
• ASHA Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/ashaweb/ (over 10,500 followers,
following nearly 5000, and currently has 27 boards)
• Pinterest search - http://www.pinterest.com/search/ (must register)
• Pediastaff - http://pinterest.com/pediastaff/ (over 56,000 followers and
135 different "boards")
• Speech Lady Liz - http://pinterest.com/speechladyliz/
• Krista Dotson's Speech Pathology
http://pinterest.com/krista_michelle/speech-pathology/
• Starfish Therapies Apps in Therapy http://pinterest.com/motorsmartkids/apps-in-therapy/
Specialized/Unique Search Tools
Good For Research
• Scholar Google - http://scholar.google.com
• An Evidence-Based Speech Sound Disorders Update - Gregory Lof
http://www.msha.ca/documents/EvidenceBasedSpeechDisorders-G.Lof.pdf
• speechBITE - http://www.speechbite.com/ - Australian-based resource includes
systematic reviews
randomized controlled trials
non-randomized controll trials
case studies
single case experimental design
• Scirus - http://www.scirus.com/
• SUMSearch - http://sumsearch.org - searches MEDLINE, DARE, and NGC
Just Plain Good
• Rhymezone - http://www.rhymezone.com/
• FindSounds - http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
• SoundJax - http://soundjax.com
• OneLook Dictionary - http://onelook.com
• Picture Dictionary - http://www.dicts.info/picture-dictionary.php
• Quixey - http://www.quixey.com - a search engine for apps!
Recommended "kid-friendly" Search Engines
(There are "Family Filters" - on several search engines and any K-12 school system
probably has a built-in filter)
• GoGooligans - http://gogooligans.com/ - advanced safe search for kids and teens
• KidZui (http://kidzui.com) - free kids' browser with kid-safe games, videos,
websites
• Zac browser - http://zacbrowser.com/ - for children with autism
• ZillyDilly - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zillydilly-for-ipad/id492673037 designed by a child psychiatrist - for iPads
Things to try if you get an "error message"
Getting an error message? Try:
• check URL very carefully
htm/html
. : //
most URLs are case sensitive
CAPS
/ at the end
check for _ (underscore)
check for paragraph marker
• some more tricks to try
move backwards
try adding www
use search engine
• The site may be gone
check "cache" in Google (or Yahoo, Bing, other search engines such as
Gigablast or Yippy)
Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org
Connecting with Colleagues
Discussion Forums
The following is a sampling of discussion forums relevant to speech-language pathology
and audiology. Most are open to anyone, some are closed. The forums and addresses
were current when this was printed. Be aware that forums disappear or change locations,
and new forums appear all the time, so there are no guarentees that what is listed will
remain available, or that new and better ones haven't been formed.
Some warnings
1. don't believe everything you read
2. know where you are in cyberspace
3. don't subscribe to too many
4. use the delete key
5. use good subject lines
ASHA Community Lists http://community.asha.org/ASHA/Discussions/AllDiscussions/
• Available to access and post - for all ASHA members
• SLP Schools (1519 members)
Ana Paula Mumy's May I Have a Word
• Early Intervention (1150 members)
Supporting Early Literacy in Natural Environments
• Available to access and post - for all SIG members. Access only - all ASHA
members
• SIG 4 - Fluency and Fluency Disorders (1187 members)
• SIG 18 - Telepractice (959 members)
• SIG 16 - School-Based Issues (5445 members)
Speech Goals Aligned to Common Core
Listserv – an old standard
provide forums to discuss topics
host computer holds subscriber email addresses
message to the list address is relayed to all subscribers
subscription is free
most are "open"
Commands to remember
subscribe
unsubscribe (or signoff)
Subscribing and using a listserv
Computer address - to subscribe, review, or unsubscribe
e.g. - listserv@lsv.uky.edu
List address - to send messages to all subscribers
e.g. QIAT@lsv.uky.edu - one of my favorites!
• Can ask questions - "Does anyone know of a free app that can be used
to make flash cards for speech/language therapy?"
• I LOVE BitsBoard (for a very small fee Bitsboard Pro can add audio)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitsboard-educationgames/id516842210?mt=8
• Here is a nice article listing many:
http://www.shellypalmer.com/2013/07/best-flashcard-apps-for-theipad/
• Flashcard machine is a good free app. You can make your own or
download from Quizlet or Google Docs
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/
• Here is a list for ipad http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/flashcardapps-for-the-ipad
• Studyblue.com http://Studyblue.com
• I know that there are a couple of free card decks from ABA (actions)
and SuperDuper.
• Can collaborate
• Bibliography of Books with Rhyme and Repeated Lines
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/repetitivebooks.html
• Members often mention valuable resources
• Lauren Ender's AAC apps Pinterest (http://penterest.com/asenders)
• Grocery List - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/grocerylist
• All Reading Curriculum - http://aacliteracy.psu.edu/
• Maintains an open archive - http://indicators.knowbility.org/archives.html
Some good mailing lists relevant to SLPs
• APRAXIA-KIDS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU is a list parents and professionals interested in
children with apraxia. To subscribe send following message to Listserv@Listserv.syr.edu
subscribe Apraxia-kids firstname lastname
• DOWN-SYN@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU is a forum for the discussion of Down
Syndrome. To subscribe, send the message subscribe Down-syn firstname lastname to
listserv@listserv.nodak.edu
• HEMI-KIDS@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG is a forum for parents of children with
hemiplegia. To subscribe, send message subscribe Hemi-Kids first name lastname to
listserv@icors.org
• STROKE-L@LSV.UKY.EDU is a forum on cerebral-vascular disease for the exchange
of ideas and information among professionals, stroke survivors and their support system. To
subscribe, send the message subscribe Stroke-L firstname lastname to
listserv@lsv.uky.edu
• ACOLUG@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU (Augmentative Communication On-Line Users'
Group) was created to exchange ideas, information and experiences on augmentative
communication. To subscribe send the message subscribe acolug firstname lastname to
listserv@listserv.temple.edu
• VOICESERVE@LIST.MEDICINE.UIOWA.EDU is a voice disorders list managed by
Michael Karnell. To subscribe send the message subscribe voiceserve firstname lastname
to listserv@list.medicine.uiowa.edu
• DYSPHAGIA@B9.COM is an open mailing list. To subscribe, follow the directions on
http://lists.b9.com/mailman/listinfo/dysphagia
Several yahoo groups are very relevant to SLPs
• NECKBREATHERS - for adults and teens who have trachs. To exchange information and
to have fun - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/neckbreathers/info
• STUTTERINGCHAT - Online support for people who stutter https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/stutteringchat/info
• ABINEWS2U - is to inform, educate, and enlighten others about TBI (Traumatic Brain
Injury) or ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/abinews2u/info
• BEYOND-HEARING is a support group for people with hearing loss, often partial or
acquired - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/beyond-hearing/info
• TSVOICESURGERY - a group for women and men who have had or are
considering surgery to raise (or lower) the pitch of their voice
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tsvoicesurgery/info
• ALZHEIMERS - a support group for caregivers, friends, and patients dealing with
Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders of memory and dementia http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/alzheimers/info
• AUTISM-ASPERGERS is a list for parents and caregivers of kids with autism and
aspergers or any other disability. Professionals are welcome as well
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/autism-aspergers/info
• PHONOLOGICALTHERAPY is a list for clinicians, including student clinicians,
clinical phonology researchers and university teachers
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/phonologicaltherapy/info
• Messages can be sent to you by email OR can be just be read online
• Past messages are typically archived and available for group members to read at
the web address for the mailing list
• Many YAHOOGROUPS have treasures in the links, files, and databases
Social Networks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
• Twitter
• http://twitter.com
• http://search.twitter.com
• ASHA - https://twitter.com/ashaweb - nearly 3000 followers
• New Portal on Guides to Bilingual Service Delivery
• Phonemic inventories across languages
http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/
• GeekSLP - http://twitter.com/geekslp - nearly 6000 followers
• Judy Kuster - http://twitter.com/judykuster - 130 followers;-)
• Announces updates to the Stuttering Home Page
• Facebook - www.facebook.com
• Adult Rehab Speech Therapy - nearly 3000 members
https://www.facebook.com/groups/adultrehabspeechtherapy/
• SLPeeps - over 3500 members
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191796874188184/
• Speech Pathologists at Large - over 8500 members
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/2212002912/
• Speech and Language Therapy - over 8000 members
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2231511612/
• Augmentative Communication Program at Boston Children's Hospital
(https://www.facebook.com/ACPCHBoston)
• Linkedin - www.linkedin.com
• Search linkedin groups - http://www.linkedin.com/search-fe/group_search
• PediaStaff - http://www.pediastaff.com/resources-speech-languagepathology-resources
• Text/video chat
• Skype - www.skype.com/
• Google phone - https://www.google.com/voice/?setup=1#setup/
• Facebook option
Friday Afternoon/Monday Morning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRJf9Z_1XpA)
Copyright 2014 - Judith Kuster