As parents and caregivers are becoming more and more aware of the importance of communication in their children's development, Internet resources regarding language development have begun to appear in great number. The following are just five of the vast language development resources available on the Internet.
             I.The Child Development Institute: Language Development in Children
             Created by a clinical child psychologist, The Child Development Institute was designed to provide important development information to parents and caregivers. Though the site contains information about all types of child development, the language development web page is especially intriguing. The page provides an age chart ranging from six months to eight years that details briefly details language development. From four months to five years, the page also provides more detailed language development milestones. Because communication is a goal of regular language development, the page includes information about communicating with children ages newborn to eighteen, communication disorders, and communications research. Because this page provides not only language development milestones for parents and caregivers, but also information about how a child's language development affects their lives and others' lives, this site is relevant to this course, and would be useful for anyone involved in this field of study.
             II.The American Speech-Language Hearing Association
             The United States credentialing association for those in the field of language
             development, The American Speech-Language Hearing Association provides resources for those with communications disorders and professionals who work with those disorders and the people they affect. In regards to this class, the web site has two important features, a network of pages for students and one for the public. In the student pages, the association provides information about the professi...