Speech Therapy Resources
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: www.asha.org
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.
ALTA California Regional Center: www.altaregional.org
Regional centers are nonprofit private corporations that contract with the Department of Developmental Services to provide or coordinate services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities. The Alta Regional Center serves the counties of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.
Families for Early Autism Treatment: www.feat.org
FEAT is a non-profit organization of parents, family members, and treatment professionals dedicated to providing best outcome Education, Advocacy and Support for the Northern California Autism Community.
The Hanen Centre: www.hanen.org
The mission of the Hanen Centre is “to provide the important people in a young child’s life with the knowledge and training they need to help the child develop the best possible language, social, and literacy skills.”
The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders: www.icdl.com
The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL) is a non-profit organization founded by Stanley Greenspan, MD, and Serena Wieder, PhD. The mission of ICDL is “to engage in, develop, conduct, support, and disseminate programs, research, seminars, and publications on the prevention and treatment of emotional and development disorders in infancy and childhood.”
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: www.nidcd.nih.gov
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language.
The Stuttering Foundation of America: www.stutterhelp.org
The Stuttering Foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
UC Davis MIND Institute: www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute
The MIND Institute (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) is a collaborative international research center, committed to the awareness, understanding, prevention, care and cure of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Zero to Three: www.zerotothree.org
Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.