Childhood Stroke Awareness

These web sites are very helpful to all families needing more information on infant and childhood stroke.

• Understanding stroke terms in plain words

http://www.speech-therapy-on-video.com/stroketerms.html

• Children's Hemiplegia & Stroke Association
  Support for Children with Hemiplegia, Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy, Infant Stroke or Childhood Stroke

http://www.chasa.org/

• Kids Have Strokes

http://www.kidshavestrokes.org/

• Support Group

http://www.hemikids.org/

• A very helpful UK site. HemiHelp

http://www.hemihelp.org.uk/home

• Pediatric Stroke Network

http://www.pediatricstrokenetwork.com/hemi.html

Speech related sites:

http://www.apraxia-kids.org/ apraxia info

http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=56  a lot of  oral motor info

http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=56  more speech info