Useful websites and leaflets
Websites
Afasic is a UK charity to help children and young people with communication difficulties, their families and professionals working with them. It offers a range of services and information that include a helpline, publications, support groups, online message boards and membership. Click here to view a glossary on specific language impairment.
Talking Point is an information resource for parents and professionals, focusing on speech, language, and communication difficulties in children.
The British Stammering Association is the only national organisation for adults and children who stammer, run by people who stammer.
Early Support is the central government programme to improve the quality, consistency and co-ordination of services for young disabled children and thier families across England.
Elklan has been set up by two speech and language therapists, to provide training and resources for all those seeking to support and understand children of all ages with a wide range of communication difficulties.
The Dyspraxia Foundation is a UK charity which exists to help people to understand and cope with dyspraxia. It offers a resource for parents, for teenagers and adults who have the condition, and for professionals who help all of them.
I CAN is a children's communication charity that work to foster the development of speech, language and communication skills in all children with a special focus on those who find this hard: children with a communication disability. This website includes useful frequently asked questions.
National Deaf Children's Society help to remove the barriers to the achievement of deaf children throughout the world.
