Children and Youth Services

Additional Links

http://www.asha.org/

This is the website for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This website gives general information to families on speech and language development, speech and language disorders, pre-reading skills, and swallowing. Easy and useful strategies are outlined for families on various topics.

http://www.investinkids.ca/

This website has lots of information for parents wanting to learn more about their child’s overall development, including their speech and language skills. It describes the emotional, social, intellectual, and motor milestones for 0- 5 years. Fun activity pages are provided for each age range.

http://www.pbs.org/parents

This website has a variety of topics including reading and language development in children ages 0 through 9 years. It describes listening, talking, reading, and writing expectations for each age-range. Everyday activities are given to help parents encourage their child’s language and literacy skills.

http://www.healthlinkalberta.ca/

Health Link Alberta’s Your Health Website. This link can also be reached at http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/ or http://www.capitalhealth.ca/. Your Health contains health information about disorders, tests, diseases, symptoms, and much more. Included on this website is speech and language information for families of children from birth to 12 years of age.

Picture of mother with small child in the snow. Mother says "Oh, look, snow! It's cold! Pretty snow." Child replies "oh".

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