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• Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network (CLLRNet) - CLLRNet is a not-for-profit Canadian corporation dedicated to improving the language, literacy and numeracy skills of Canadians. CLLRNet develops evidence-based tools and resources relevant for policymakers, practitioners, parents and educators concerned with increasing the literacy skills of Canadian children. The Network promotes high quality applied research on the literacy issues that are most important for Canada. CLLRNet is unique in Canada and the world, as a mechanism for researchers, trainees and partners in the policy, service delivery and knowledge exchange sectors to work together on the common goal of improving literacy skills.
• Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development - The Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development aims to cover a wide range of topics, including language, reading, and writing development. In order to provide in-depth, quality information, each topic is broken down into several Encyclopedia entries, and each entry focuses on a specific aspect of the topic. Most importantly, the entries are written by internationally recognized experts in the field.
• Free Multi-Language Resource Material for Parents - Walearning.com offers some excellent reproducible parent handouts and video presentations for preschool children and their parents to encourage early language and literacy development. Some materials are available in Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean.
• Handbook for Language and Literacy Development: A Roadmap from 0 to 60 Months - 'The Roadmap' is an online resource dedicated to the provision of evidence-based information on children’s language and literacy development. The resources created by The Roadmap combine the best of what is known about each of the relevant factors and their interactions to provide the big picture of how children’s abilities as language and literacy learners develop from infancy until 60 months of age.
• Literacy, ESL, and Health Care - Candace Myers, MSc, SLP(C) - This article reviews the effects of low literacy skills, and provides resources for health care professionals in producing clear "plain language" materials for patients.