Speech Disorders
What is Apraxia?
Stuttering Foundation
Checklist and Info on Milestones Affected by Speech and Language Disorders
Communication & Hearing
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center
Hearing
Hands and Voices
Guide by Your Side
Iowa Dept of Education- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
Vision
Iowa Educational Services for the Blind or Visually Impaired
Iowa Department for the Blind
Iowa Dept of Education- Blindness and Visual Impairment
NAPVI (National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments)
FamilyConnect
What is Apraxia?
- http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/pages/apraxia.aspx
Stuttering Foundation
- http://www.stutteringhelp.org/
Checklist and Info on Milestones Affected by Speech and Language Disorders
- https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/voice/SpeechLanguageDevelopmentalMilestonesEnglishFS.pdf
Communication & Hearing
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center
- http://www.uiowa.edu/~wjshc/
- Provides clinical services for all ages. Also provides summer programs and the KidTalk preschool program.
Hearing
Hands and Voices
- http://www.iowahandsandvoices.org/
Guide by Your Side
- http://www.idph.state.ia.us/iaehdi/program.asp
- The Iowa Hands & Voices GBYS program provides emotional support and unbiased information to families of infants and toddlers with a hearing loss.
Iowa Dept of Education- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
- https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk-12/special-education/special-education-programs-services/audiology-deaf-and-hard-hearing
Vision
Iowa Educational Services for the Blind or Visually Impaired
- http://www.iowa-braille.k12.ia.us/
- Iowa Statewide Vision Services/Iowa Braille School supports children (birth - 21) with a visual impairment who have an IFSP or an IEP.
Iowa Department for the Blind
- http://www.blind.state.ia.us/
Iowa Dept of Education- Blindness and Visual Impairment
- https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk-12/special-education/special-education-programs-services/blindness-and-visual-impairment
NAPVI (National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments)
- http://www.spedex.com/napvi/
- Provides support for parents of children with visual impairments.
FamilyConnect
- http://www.familyconnect.org/parentsitehome.aspx
- FamilyConnect is an online, multimedia community created by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI). This site gives parents of visually impaired children a place to support each other, share stories and concerns, and link to local resources.