Consumer Resources

These web links focus on activities and resources in Colorado, but include links to national resources where appropriate.

Colorado Assessment & Treatment Programs

• PEAK Parent Center
• University of Colorado – Boulder
• University of Northern Colorado – Greeley

Private Practice Assessment and Treatment Services are listed in the Member Directory

Professional Societies

• American Academy of Audiology
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Other State Speech-Language-Hearing Associations
• Acoustical Society of America
• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
• American Academy of Otolaryngology
• American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Educational Audiology Association
• National Hearing Conservation Association
• National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Metro Speech-Language Network

Research Programs

• Marion Downs National Center for Infant Hearing

General Resources and Support Groups

• Aphasia
• Apraxia
• Autism
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Learning Disabilities
• Stuttering
• Voice
• Word-Finding

Aphasia

• National Stroke Association
• National Aphasia Association

Apraxia

• The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) & Apraxia-KIDS
• Talking with Technology Camp

Autism

• Autism Society
• Autism Society of Larimer County (Colorado)
• Autism Resources

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Hearing Loss Association of America
• Searchwave: Your Digital Hearing Aids Guide

Learning Disabilities

• Courage to Risk
• National Fragile X Foundation
• PEAK Parents Center
• Special Education Non-Profit Resources

Stuttering

• Stuttering Foundation of America
• National Stuttering Association
• Friends Who Stutter
• The Stuttering Home Page
• National Stuttering Association – Colorado

Voice

• National Center for Voice and Speech

Word-Finding

• Word-Finding Strategies To Remember Names and Words You Often Forget

Guidance from the US Department of Education for Comprehensive Evaluation and Appropriate Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Following are documents for the new and important guidance from the US Department of Education on the need for comprehensive evaluation and appropriate treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASHA worked very closely with the Department to obtain this guidance.

• ABA ED Guidance Letter
• ASHA Press Release
• ED Guidance Letter