Resources and literature

Below are a number of resources and reading material for parents of children with speech-langauge, hearing, or feeding difficulties

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

llinois Speech-Language Hearing Association

apraxia-kids.org

National Alliance for Autism Research (now Autism Speaks)

Applied Behavior Analysts of Chicago

Stuttering Foundation of America

Speech Delay

Gerber Website

Hearing loss resources

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

John Tracy Clinic-Spanish available

Oral Deaf Education

The Chicago Hearing Society

Speech-language/feeding literature

• The Hanen Centre
• The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet
• Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction
• Baby Signs
• Therapy Techniques for Cleft Palate Speech and Related Disorders, Kuschner
• "Just Take a Bite ”
• "How to Get Your Kid to Eat but Not Too Much" by Ellyn Satter

Hearing loss literature

• http://www.listenup.org/
• Listen Learn and Talk ; Cochlear Americas
• Bader 1999. Top Ten Strategies for Parents AG Bell
• Schwarz, S. 1996. Choices in Deafness: A Parents' Guide to Communication Options- Second Edition. Woodbine House: Bethesda, MD.
• Estabrooks, W., 1994, Auditory Verbal Therapy for Parents and Professionals: AG Bell Association for the Deaf Washington, DC.
• Estabrooks, W., 1994, Cochlear Implants for Kids: AG Bell Association for the Deaf Washington, DC.
• Flexer, C., 1994, Facilitating Hearing and Listening in Young Children. Singular Publishing Group: San Diego.
• Mangiardi, A., 1995. 25 Ways to Promote Spoken Language in a Young Child with a Hearing Loss. AG Bell Association for the Deaf: Washington, D.C.
• Nevins, M. & Chute, P., 1996. Children with Cochlear Implants in Educational Settings. Singular Publishing Group: San Diego, CA.
• Pollack, D., Goldberg, D.M. & Caleffe-Schenk, N, 1997. Educational Audiology for the Limited-Hearing Infant and Pre Schooler: An Auditory-Verbal Program. (3rd Edition) Charles C. Thomas: Springfield, IL.
• Tucker, B., Esq. IDEA Advocacy for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: A Question and Answers Book for Parents and Professionals. AG Bell Association for the Deaf: Washington, DC.

Additional resources

Department of Specialized Care for Children

Early Intervention of Illinois

Family Resource Center on Disabilities

Special Education law/Parent Rights

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