Our Speech Pathologist Resource Guide for SLPs

Speech Language Pathology Resources for Students and Professionals

The sections below cover professional development, research and evidence, blogs, books, websites with therapy materials, and apps. Free materials are easy to find online, but they vary in quality and upkeep. Before you use a resource with clients or students, check:

• Who made it. Look for the creator’s name and credentials, or the organization behind it.
• When it was last updated. Sites and apps that haven’t been updated in years may have broken links or outdated content.
• What it costs. Many “free” sites offer a few free items and charge for the rest through subscriptions or paid downloads.
• What evidence supports it. Compare a material or approach with the research summaries in the evidence resources below.

Professional Development Resources for Speech Therapists

Professional organizations, conferences and continuing education providers help SLPs keep their skills current. Our professional development guide for speech pathologists covers the steps for each career stage, from student to licensed SLP.

Continuing education is also a requirement for SLPs who hold ASHA’s Certificate of Clinical Competence. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), certificate holders must earn 30 professional development hours during each three-year certification maintenance interval. Under ASHA’s professional development requirements, effective January 1, 2026, those hours must include at least 1 hour in ethics and at least 2 hours in topics that strengthen the ability to provide services that align with the unique histories, values and circumstances of individuals, families and communities, or to build self-reflection, adaptability and collaboration with colleagues, students and others. Our guide to ASHA certification for speech language pathologists explains how the certificate works.

These organizations offer conferences, continuing education and member resources:

• American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology : The AAPPSPA is a professional organization for speech pathologists and audiologists in private practice. It hosts an annual conference and provides resources to members.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association : ASHA describes itself as the national professional, scientific and credentialing association for its members, who include speech language pathologists, audiologists, assistants and students. Its website has a continuing education course finder and lists in-person and online events.
• International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication : The ISAAC is a membership organization working toward the best possible communication for people with complex communication needs. It holds an international conference for members, including speech pathologists.
• National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing : The NBASLH works to increase the number of certified Black speech-language and hearing professionals and to improve services for Black individuals with communication disorders. It hosts an annual convention for professionals and students.
• National Student Speech Language Hearing Association : NSSLHA is a national organization for students who plan careers in communication sciences and disorders. Membership includes access to ASHA’s peer-reviewed journals and savings on initial ASHA membership and certification fees for students who hold NSSLHA membership for the last two years of a graduate program. Our list of things speech pathology students should do before graduating includes more student resources.
• SpeechPathology.com : This subscription site offers continuing education courses for SLPs on topics such as dysphagia, child language disorders, apraxia and speech sound disorders.

Research and Evidence Resources for SLPs

These free resources help students and practicing SLPs find research on communication disorders and check the evidence behind a treatment approach.

• ASHA Evidence Maps : ASHA’s Evidence Maps organize research summaries, including systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines, by clinical topic.
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders : The NIDCD has resources and research on voice, speech and language disorders.

Helpful Speech Therapy Blogs

These SLP blogs share therapy ideas, practical tips and news about the profession.

1. Allison Fors

Speech and language resource author Allison Fors blogs about topics such as how hearing loss affects speech and language development, cleft palate, IEPs and seasonal book ideas for therapy.

2. Nice Speech Lady

Nice Speech Lady is a resource hub run by a medical speech pathologist. It includes blog posts, news about speech pathology and a resource library that includes articulation materials.

3. Panda Speech

Panda Speech, based in Texas, publishes children’s books and speech therapy resources and is run by an SLP. Its blog has posts for parents and SLPs on topics such as language development milestones, school-based versus clinic-based therapy and data collection for school SLPs.

4. Speechy Musings

This speech therapy blog shares therapy ideas and activities organized by goal, theme and season, along with posts on AAC, language therapy, speech sounds, goals and data collection, and SLP organization.

Interesting Books for Speech Pathologists

Looking for a good read? Here are our recommended books on the brain, language and neurological conditions.

• “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science,” by Norman Doidge. This book focuses on neuroplasticity research, showing how the brain adapts to physical problems.
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death,” by Jean-Dominique Bauby. In this memoir, the author describes life with locked-in syndrome after a brainstem stroke. He wrote the book by blinking his left eye, the only part of his body he could move.
• “The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language,” by Steven Pinker. Pinker explains how people acquire and use language.
• “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales,” by Oliver Sacks. This book is a collection of stories about individuals affected by neurological disorders.
• “Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism,” by Temple Grandin. The author, a professor of animal science, explains how she thinks, feels and experiences life with autism.
• “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries: 101 Stories of Hope, Healing and Hard Work,” by Amy Newmark and Dr. Carolyn Roy-Bornstein. This book is a collection of stories from people recovering from traumatic brain injuries. It gives speech language pathologists insights into what some patients may feel.

Websites and Online Resources for SLPs

These websites offer therapy materials and practice resources for SLPs. Some materials are free, and others are paid.

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association : ASHA’s practice resources for school-based SLPs cover topics such as caseload and workload, service delivery and supervision.
• Do2Learn : Do2Learn offers free materials, including printable picture cards and visual schedule resources.
• Speech and Language Kids : This site from an SLP offers free materials such as a screener, a goal bank, an AAC activity, a workbook, videos and podcasts, along with a paid curriculum.
• Speechlanguage-Resources.com : This site for educators and SLPs who work with children offers free screeners, board games, language activities and grammar worksheets.
• Speech Therapy Ideas : Speech Therapy Ideas features game and activity ideas for speech and language, including crafts and picture cards, with paid membership options.

Helpful Apps for Speech Language Pathologists

Technology helps speech language pathologists when working with clients and students. Here’s a list of apps for speech pathologists to check out. Several are paid or use subscriptions.

• Articulation Station: Articulation Station Hive, from certified speech language pathologists, offers articulation practice from the word level up to stories and conversation. It replaced the original Articulation Station app and uses a subscription after a free trial.
• ArtikPix: ArtikPix is an app with flashcards and matching activities for speech practice with students who have articulation needs. It is free with one sound deck, and other decks are paid.
• DAF PRO: The DAF PRO app provides delayed auditory feedback so users can slow the pace of speaking to communicate more clearly. It’s geared toward people with speech disorders who speak at a fast rate, including those who stutter or who have neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease.
• LAMP Words for Life: This augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app is built on Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP), a therapeutic approach. Its maker says the app is designed to meet the communication needs of children with autism.
• Speech Tutor Pro: This articulation app includes articulation decks, videos with palate views and front and side views of sound pronunciation, with display modes for children and older clients.
• Splingo Apps: Splingo apps focus on speech and language using animations and reward-based gameplay. Apps cover pronouns, receptive language, actions, categories, describing words and more. They are free to download, with in-app purchases.
• Tactus Therapy: Tactus Therapy makes speech therapy apps for adults, including stroke survivors, covering aphasia, apraxia, cognition, dysarthria and swallowing. Many of its apps have a free trial.
• Word Vault: Word Vault provides articulation practice activities, language-building stimuli and social language content. It was developed by two ASHA-certified SLPs. The Essential version is free. Extra features are available by subscription, and a separately purchased Word Vault Pro version includes some of them without a subscription.