Speech Therapy Resources and Materials

What tools do speech therapists use?

SLPs use a lot of different tools in the course of their work, such as different technologies, games, and downloadable resources and worksheets they can use in their practice. 

Whether you’re a mobile or office-based SLP, you can use technology to help your clients meet their goals. Using a tablet in sessions can be a great way to play games with your clients, do worksheets together, or any number of other activities that you want to be a little more mobile for. A tablet or a computer is also a great way to make use of a digital whiteboard feature, which helps keep your clients engaged and focused on their goals. 

SLPs might also use assistive technology, like adaptive communication switches or a speech to text software. These kinds of speech therapy resources can help your clients both in sessions and out in their life to communicate more effectively. 

Another tool that speech therapists can use is written worksheets and note templates to help keep their clients engaged and themselves organized. When you’re managing a full caseload of clients, keeping written records of the activities you do with your clients and your notes after each session can go a long way. Below, we’ve gathered a list of worksheets, websites, games, and tons of other speech therapy resources that you can use in your practice to help your clients.

Speech therapy resources for ASHA’s Big Nine

ASHA’s Big Nine are the nine areas of focus that are within the scope of practice of speech-language pathologists​​. In no particular order, the Big Nine includes: 

• Articulation and motor speech
• Stuttering (also known as “fluency”)
• Voice and resonance 
• Receptive and expressive language
• Hearing 
• This includes the impact on speech and language
• Swallowing and orofacial myofunctional therapy
• Cognitive aspects of communication 
• This includes attention, memory, sequencing, problem-solving, and executive functioning
• Social aspects of communication
• This includes challenging behavior, ineffective social skills, and lack of communication opportunities
• Alternative and augmentative communication (also known as communication modalities) 
• This includes oral, manual, augmentative and alternative communication techniques, and assistive technologies

SLP resources for ASHA’s Big Nine

To help make things easier, we’ve compiled a list of reliable resources and materials for SLPs that fall under ASHA’s Big Nine. We’ve organized the resources into the nine different categories with a brief description for how that material can help you and your practice. 

Articulation and motor speech

Bjorem Speech Publications has picture-cueing cards that focus on speech sounds instead of letters. These cards are highly engaging, attractive, diverse, inclusive, and evidence-based. There are also free materials you can download from the website.

Stuttering (also referred to as “fluency”)

Stuttering Therapy Resources has books, free resources, videos, and an assessment tool, Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES™). SimplePractice also has an Ask the Experts webinar for Stuttering Awareness. The panelists are J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA of Stuttering Therapy Resources and Martha Horrocks, MEd, CCC-SLP, author of the Positive Stuttering Identity Workbook. 

Voice and resonance 

Transplaining has a course called “Culturally Responsive Practices Working with Trans/GNC Patients, Clients, and Students Across All Settings for Speech/Language Pathologists.” You can also read Kristie Knickerbocker, MS CCC-SLP’s online blog that has free and low-cost materials to use with pediatric and adult voice clients. 

BOOM Cards™ has a variety of client handouts and activities you can use during voice therapy. If you’re looking to specialize or grow the voice clientele for your practice, check out The Confident Clinician Cooperative. You can purchase a membership that includes a mentorship with Kristie Knickerbocker, MS CCC-SLP, Aaron Ziegler, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Cara Bryan, MA CCC-SLP. In addition, SimplePractice has an Ask the Experts webinar for working with trans clients and helping clients who want to work on voice as they find a more gender affirmation configuration.