Stuttering and language development

Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, 2011.

Speech Language Pathologist Lois Jean Brady wrote this book in order to educate parents, teachers, and other professionals about the breakthrough method she calls "iTherapy" which is the use of Apple products (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and various apps (computer applications) in meeting students' individual educational goals. She shares important tips on how to use apps responsibly and effectively by maintaining a child-centered, team approach to teaching and learning, taking into account the individual's interests, strengths/challenges, vision, motor planning, attention, sensory processing, memory, cognitive ability, environment, and access to tools.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1997.

This informative, reassuring guide helps parents and teachers identify normal speech development and potential problems, with advice on when and where to seek help, how to support your child's prescribed speech program, and how to lessen the risk of speech language difficulties.

Glen Allen, Virginia: PI Communication Materials, 2000.

This booklet includes 10 speech and language techniques are discussed, including delaying responses to gestures, how to read books to young children, self-talk, echo-expansion modeling, and communicating expectations. All the techniques contain specific examples of what parents might say or how they may act in everyday situations.

Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2005.

This book offers an overview of selective mutism, and advice for finding and managing treatment. It also explains steps that parents can take to encourage children to speak comfortably in the classroom and with friends, using s a gradual "stepladder" approach.

Avery Publishing Group, 1999.

Many parents do not know that the simple act of speaking to a child, even before he or she can respond, stimulates the child to learn speech. This book shows how babies learn and encourages parents to use all settings from parks to stores to car rides as opportunities for rewarding exchanges.

Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation, 2002.

The goals of this book are to help you distinguish between normal disfluencies and stuttering and to enable you to begin working with your child with a better understanding of the problem.

It takes two to talk: a practical guide for parents of children with language delays [5th ed.] / Pepper, Jan.

Toronto, ON: Hanen Centre, 2017.

This book will show parents how to help their child communicate and learn language during everyday activities like mealtime, bath time, playtime and book reading.

London: Jessica Kingsley Pub, 1994.

Research has shown that speech and language skills are often severely delayed in children with disabilities such as Down's syndrome or autism. In order to stimulate these skills, it is essential that regular speech therapy is provided from an early age. This practical guide offers parents, and other caregivers, a week by week program that encourages language acquisition, and aims to teach the child to use the type of language and communication that is appropriate in differing situations. 

Toronto, ON: The Hanen Centre, 2002.

This guidebook contains practical information on how to increase children’s participation in social interactions and expand their expressive and receptive language and emergent literacy skills during everyday activities and conversations.

Living and learning with a child who stutters: from a parent's point of view / Cloutier-Steele, Lise G.

Toronto: NC Press, 1995.

This book discusses what stuttering is; stuttering in the early years and at school; stuttering and the teenage years and tips for parents and teachers.

More than words: a parent's guide to building interaction and language skills for children with autism spectrum disorder or social communication difficulties / Sussman, Fern; Baird Lewis, Robin (ill.).

Toronto: Hanen Program, 2012.

Updated to reflect the most current view on naturalistic models of communication, this illustrated guidebook provides a step-by-step guide for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other social communication difficulties. Presented in a user friendly format, the book’s research- based strategies show parents how to turn everyday activities with their child into opportunities for interaction and communication.

The new language of toys: teaching communication skills to children with special needs / Schwartz, Sue.

Bethesda, MA: Woodbine House, 1996.

This is a how-to guide about using everyday toys, both store bought and homemade, to develop communication skills in children with disabilities and make playtime a fun, exciting and educational experience.

New York: Penguin Books, 2006.

This book is about teaching a child to want to read. It provides evidence to support reading aloud and the other practices that nurture lifetime readers as well as a large list of recommended titles from picture books to novels.

The silent child: exploring the world of children who do not speak / Danon-Boileau, Laurent.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Offering a fascinating portrait of an eminent psychoanalyst at work as well as a gold mine of insight into the roots and nature of language, this book takes us inside the lives of six young children struggling against great obstacles to learn to speak and read.

Memphis, TN: The Stuttering Foundation of America, 2005.

This 55-minute film will benefit adults who stutter, their families, and speech-language pathologists. Noted authorities answer questions about stuttering and demonstrate a variety of therapy techniques.

Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation of America, 2004.

Meet Swish and his young friends! They talk about stuttering, dealing with teasing, what helps, and how to teach others about stuttering. Cartoon animation and real children come together to help other kids who stutter in this engaging and lively video.

Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation of America, 2004.

This video is designed for a wide range of uses: for families whose child is stuttering; for speech-language pathologists working with preschoolers; and for school, clinic, university and hospital settings.

Taking speech disorders to school / Bryant, John E. 

Plainview, NY: Jayjo Books, 2004.

Michael's story helps kids understand the cause and effects of his disorder and how speech therapy helps him communicate more clearly.

Teaching word recognition: effective strategies for students with learning difficulties / O'Connor, Rollanda E.

New York: The Guilford Press, 2007.

Most struggling readers, including those with reading disabilities, have difficulties recognizing printed words. This book synthesizes the research on how children learn to read words skillfully and translates it into step-by-step strategies for the classroom.

Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation of America, 2005.

Speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents and physicians will find this video helpful. It is useful for in-services presentations and as a take home tape for parents.

London: Jessica Kingsley Pub. 1996.

This guide examines the issues surrounding children with communication difficulties. The authors consider key issues such as the active role that the child plays in language development, from the earliest words to the blossoming of the adult system. The text is interwoven with the experiences of parents and teachers, and concludes with a collection of useful experiences of parents who have had children with communication difficulties.