RESOURCES

Children's Speech Communication

• National Communication Association--K-12 Resources http://www.natcom.org/index.asp?bid=269
• National Communication Association--K-12 Speaking, Listening, and Media Literacy Standards and Competency Statements. http://www.natcom.org/nca/files/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/000000000119/K12%20Standards.pdf 
• Questia- Children's Communication Resources Links http://www.questia.com/library/communication/human-communication/childrens-communication.jsp
• Gunning Fog Index (calculation website): http://simbon.madpage.com/Fog/
• Gunning Fog Index (example and formula): http://www.idph.state.ia.us/health_literacy/common/pdf/tools/gunning.pdf
• Children's Social Communication Development Instrument http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/observing.html     
• Autism and Communication (National Institutes of Health) http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/autism.asp

Children and Media

• Children's Media Project  http://www.childrensmediaproject.org/index.asp
• National Institute on Media and the Family http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_vlent.shtml
• PBS- Children and Media http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/
• United Nations- Children and media in South Africa http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/children_media.html
• Federal Communications Commission--Children's Educational Television http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/childtv.html
• 2008 Annenberg (USC) Digital Media Survey and children  http://www.digitalcenter.org/pdf/2008-Digital-Future-Report-Final-Release.pdf
• Museum of Broadcast Communication-- Children and Television http://museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=childrenand

General Chldren's Links

• National Association for the Education of Young Children  http://naeyc.org/
• Partnership for Children in the United Kingdom http://www.partnershipforchildren.org.uk/resources/children-s-communication.html
• ODU's in suppolrt of Children (Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice) http://www.al.odu.edu/sociology/isoc/index.shtml
• Child Development Institute http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/communication.shtml
• Children see. Chldren do video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHi2dxSf9hw
• Child Friendly initiative http://www.childfriendly.org/

General Communication Research Links

• Communication Institute for On-line Scholarship http://www.cios.org
• Communication & Mass Media Complete @ ODU  http://www.lib.odu.edu/researchresources/databases/c/index.htm
• APA Refresher Guide Download the Word document
• Old Dominion University Library- Search Resources http://www.lib.odu.edu/index.php

Professional Communication Associations

• National Communication Association http://www.natcom.org
• Southern States Communication Association http://www.ssca.net
• International Communication Association http://www.icahdq.org
• Western States Communication Association http://www.westcomm.org
• Eastern Communication Association http://www.ecasite.org
• Central States Communication Association http://www.csca-net.org
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication http://www.aejmc.org
• Association for Rhetoric and Communication in South Africa http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/rhetoricafrika
• Broadcast Education Association http://www.beaweb.org
• International Listening Association http://www.listen.org
• Religious Communication Association http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rca/
• World Communication Association http://wcaweb.org/