Links - Speech Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 123,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.
Association for Children with a Disability
An information, support and advocacy organisation for children with a disability and their families in Victoria.
Our organisation is run by parents of children with a disability - most of our staff and committee are parents - so we know what it means to have a child with a disability. We cover all types of disability and are a non-profit organisation.
Australian Stuttering Research Centre
The Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC) was established in 1996 in the Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney. The purpose of the ASRC is to establish and disseminate knowledge about stuttering and its treatment. Research at the ASRC is facilitated by a close collaborative relationship with the Stuttering Unit within the Bankstown Health Service which is a specialist treatment facility located nearby.
Best Start is a prevention and early intervention project that aims to improve the health, development, learning and wellbeing of all Victorian children from conception to eight years of age.
The Child Health Record is produced by the Office for Children, Department of Human Services, to help you understand your child’s health and development in each age range and assist you in the future when it is time to enrol for a preschool program and when starting school.
CleftPALS is the support group for children and families affected by Cleft Lip / palate. We have contact with parents throughout Melbourne and regional Victoria, regular support play dates, feeding equipment orders, regular newsletters, informative seminars and family fun days to help support you. We lobby government on behalf of cleft affected families, hold fundraising events, inform and educate the medical and general communities, and support Cleft affected children in the third world.
ComTEC offers services throughout Victoria to people of all ages with a disability who have communication and technology needs. The ComTEC team consists of speech pathologists and occupational therapists, with expertise in communication and technology for people with disabilities.
Early Childhood Intervention Services
Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS) support children with a disability or developmental delay from birth to school entry and their families. ECIS provides special education, therapy, counselling, service planning and coordination, assistance and support to access services such as kindergarten and child care.
Early Language in Victoria Study (ELVS)
ELVS is a community study which aims to learn more about how language develops in young children. In particular, we aim to learn more about why language development is more difficult for some children. We hope this information will help in developing early intervention and prevention programs for children who are at risk for language impairment. Originally the study planned to follow the children until they were 4 years old, but we recently obtained funding from the NHMRC for a follow-up study, so we are now following the children until they are 7 years old!
Site produced by 4th year bachelor of Speech Pathology Students and dedicated to providing information about the incidence and treatment of stuttering in adolescents.
Noah’s Ark began using its Toy Library model over 30 years ago as a way of bringing families who have children with additional needs together. The original Toy Library in Windsor spread using mobile outreach services that grew into a network of centres that today include Bendigo, Endeavour Hill, Geelong, Heidelberg, Horsham, Ringwood, Windsor, Sunshine, Swan Hill, Traralgon and Wangaratta. Now families and many organizations use the Library, including preschools, child-care centres, family day care and primary schools, other early intervention programs and private therapists. It provides information and specialist advice and is much more than a simple lending service.
NURSE-ON-CALL is Victoria’s new telephone health line, providing Victorians with immediate, expert health information and advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Private Speech Pathologists Association
The purpose of this site is to provide Victorian clients, referring sources and Victorian Speech Pathologists with information regarding the nature of Services offered by Private Practice in Victoria, the locations of your nearest providers and how to locate clinicians with the expertise required to meet your needs.
Scope is committed to overcoming the personal, structural and attitudinal barriers that prevent those with disability from participating in community life and works to make our community more inclusive, more accessible and more welcoming.
Speech Pathology Australia is the national body for the Speech Pathology profession in Australia. Its website contains information on private practitioners, education, qualifications and disorders etc.
Produced by the Raising Children Network (Australia) and supported by the Australian Government. This site provides information for parents about many issues related to parenting.
