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Special Education Resources
Important Links:
Speech-Language Websites
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
The Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education. PaTTAN supports the Department of Education’s efforts to lead and serve the educational community by offering professional development that builds the capacity of local educational agencies to meet students’ needs. PaTTAN’s primary focus is special education. However, services are also provided to support Early Intervention, student assessment, tutoring and other partnership efforts, all designed to help students succeed
www.pattan.k12.pa.us
Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Association
The Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association is a professional society of scientists, clinicians, teachers, and others who have common concerns and interests in the field of human communication disorders. The Association is affiliated with the American Speech Language Hearing Association and is recognized by the Legislative Council of ASHA as the official organization representing speech pathology and audiology in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
www.psha.org
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
The AAC Institute is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to the most effective
communication for people who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
www.aacinstitute.org
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.
www.cec.sped.org
American Speech and Hearing Association
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 118,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.
www.asha.org
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
With more than 170,000 members and a commitment to excellence in education—encompassing all grade levels and subjects—ASCD stands out as a leading source for information, ideas, and professional development opportunities that are guiding the world's most successful schools.
www.ascd.org
Speech Pathology. com
SpeechPathology.com is dedicated to bringing our readers news, information and professional education. We do not sell products or offer clinical services. Our goal is to remain the primary information resource for the benefit of the patients we are honored to serve, the profession we choose to participate in, and the industry that provides the tools to accomplish our goals. We appreciate your thoughts, reflections and input on these matters, and we're grateful for your participation.
www.speechpathology.com
National Center for Speech-Language Pathology in Schools
The National Center for Speech Language Pathology in Schools (NCSLPS) offers unique opportunities to gain CEUs as well as participate in a best practices supported membership. Readily accessible CEU opportunities are available by contemporary leaders in issues critical to speech language pathologists in school settings. Some of the topics for CEUs are performance based assessment, curricular issues (literacy), and relevant IEPs. NCSLPS CEU prices are a significant value.
www.uc.edu/ncslps
Northern Speech Services Inc—National Rehabilitation Services
For over 25 years, NSS-NRS has been the name that thousands of Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Educators and other healthcare professionals have trusted to provide affordable, quality continuing education. Our goal has always been to deliver the very best CE value to our attendees by offering affordable tuition and experienced, respected presenters. To date NSS-NRS has sponsored over 1,450 seminars throughout the United States and Canada. We are proud of the fact that of the over 56,000 professionals we have served, more than 95% said they would recommend our programs to a colleague. As a result, you can be confident when registering for one of our seminars that you will take home more than just CEUs. You will take with you relevant, practical information to aid in developing strategies to use with your clients.
www.nss-nrs.com
Audiology Online
Audiology Online is dedicated to bringing our readers news, information and professional education. We do not sell products or offer clinical services. Our goal is to remain the primary information resource for the benefit of the patients we are honored to serve, the profession we choose to participate in, and the industry that provides the tools to accomplish our goals. We appreciate your thoughts, reflections and input on these matters, and we're grateful for your participation.
www.audiologyonline.com/ceus/
Online CEU
A speech pathologist owned and operated company and an approved Continuing Education Provider of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Register securely on-line, log on and off as often as you'd like, and print your certificate immediately upon successful completion of a course. Register now for our practical continuing education courses with handouts to use with your students or clients immediately.
Online course topics include: ADHD, Adult Neurogenic, Articulation, Apraxia, Assistive Technology, Autism, Brain Injury, Craniofacial, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Dysphagia, Fluency, Language, Learning Disabilities, Motor Speech Disorders, Prevention of Medical Errors, and Trachs and Ventilators.
www.onlineceus.com
Professional Development Resources
Professional Development Resources is a Florida nonprofit educational organization that provides busy health care professionals with accredited continuing education home study courses on topics that are vital to contemporary clinical practice.
www.pdresources.org
Edlantis
Edlantis Seminars is a nationally recognized provider of continuing education for occupational, physical, and speech therapists. We offer training seminars through the internet or by mail to help you meet your professional goals as well as state requirements. We have a growing selection of courses that are clinically relevant, informative, and valuable to your job.
www.edlantis.com
Advance
ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists is a weekly publication, reporting on up-to-the-minute developments, the latest technology, and current trends in audiology and speech-language pathology. Coverage of the professions is enhanced by the timeliness of the publication. Our veteran editorial staff and professional consulting staff combine to offer a user-friendly publication that readers turn to again and again. Issues covered range from commonsense tips and strategies for every practice setting and patient population to ground-breaking developments in treatment and technology.
http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com
The Stuttering Foundation
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.
We are the first and the largest nonprofit charitable organization in the world working towards the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering, reaching over a million people annually.
We also offer extensive educational programs on stuttering for professionals. Through our award-winning Web site, we hope that we may be of service to you. (800)992-9392.
www.stutteringhelp.org
Special Education Continuing Education
Welcome to Parentpals.com Special Education Guide, a special education community where parents and professionals share information and offer support. Please submit your articles and links.
www.parentpals.com
Speech Dynamic Incorporated
If you need ASHA Continuing Education Units but are strapped for time and money, Speech Dynamics Audio Courses provide the perfect answer. Audio "rental" Courses are informative, easy to listen to, affordable, and best of all, they come to you! Listen to a cassette or CD in the comfort of your own home or car and learn on your schedule.
http://www.speechdynamics.com/audiocourses.html
SAFE Verbal Behavior Project
SAFE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group of parents of children with autism interested in seeking out and sharing information, discussing difficulties/issues, and exchanging ideas with the goal of helping people with autism live a full and independent life. We meet in informal settings to provide the right balance between leisure and productive interaction, where people are exposed to options and methods to assist with current difficulties and where each others ideas/experience can be built on and customized to meet individual needs. We seek out knowledge and resources on topics of interest regarding edge methods/options to help each family meet their own goals.
www.autismsafe.org
PA Professional Education
Thanks to a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Learning Sciences International, the Online Professional Education Network (OPEN) provides leading-edge online professional education programs to educators.
http.//pa.professionaleducation.org/