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Below you will find a variety of resources to help you better understand and/or support someone with speech, stuttering, voice and language development.

Books

Stuttering:

  • 6 Great Books about Stuttering, for Kids | American Institute for Stuttering (stutteringtreatment.org) 
  • The Best Books for Children to Support Stuttering | SpeechEasy
  • 10 Great Middle Grade Books About Stuttering (and Kids Who Stutter) (readingmiddlegrade.com)
  • Stuttering is Cool | Home

Websites

Speech and language development, and communication: 

  • Read, Speak, Sing to Your Baby: How Parents Can Promote Literacy From Birth – Caring for Kids  

  • Delayed Speech or Language Development - Kids Health – Information for Kids, Teens and Parents from the Nemours Foundation 

  • Speech and Language Development – Health Link BC 

  • Ordre des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec 

  • Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders 

  • Preschool Speech and Language Program | Ontario.ca 

  • Speech and Language Problems in Children – Medline Plus 

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 

  • Children | Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (sac-oac.ca) 

  • SAC-Milestones-TriFold_EN.pdf (sac-oac.ca) 

 

Stuttering:  

  • American Institute for Stuttering | Speak Freely, Live Fearlessly! (stutteringtreatment.org) 

  • Helping a Child Who Stutters (part 2) - Hôpital Sainte-Justine 

  • The Stuttering Foundation 

  • Canadian Stuttering Association 

  • Stuttering – Medline Plus 

Factsheets

Speech

Stuttering

Voice

Apps

JABtalk

Free
Last updated July 2018
Available from Google Play 

Videos

 

Stuttering:

  • For Parents of School-Age Children: Focus on the Big Picture - YouTube 
  • For Parents of Children who Stutter: Focus on Communication - YouTube
  • Stuttering for Parents and Listeners: A Young Woman's Perspective - YouTube
  • Stuttering for Parents: Helping Your Child who Stutters at Home - YouTube
  • Parents of School Age Children who Stutter: Open the Lines of Communication - YouTube
  • Minimizing bullying for children who stutter: 1st in a series - YouTube
  • Bullying Video #2 Verbal Responses Part 1 - YouTube
  • Bullying Video #3 Verbal responses part 2 - YouTube
  • BHSM Video - bullying #4 - YouTube

Local contacts

First Words Preschool Speech and Language Program of Ottawa 

Pinecrest-Queensway Health & Community Services
1365 Richmond Road, 2nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K2B 6R7

613-688-3979 ext. 3434
Intake 613-737-7600 x 2500 
Fax: 613-820-7427 

first.words@pqchc.com

Learn more about the First Words Preschool Speech and Language Program of Ottawa

 

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School Based Rehabilitation Services (SBRS) include occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy (PT) and speech therapy (SLP) provided to school-aged children in their school (public, private or home school) to help them fully participate in the school curriculum.

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