Childhood apraxia of speech

Is your child more of a thinker than a talker? Read this if you are worried about speech delays. A mom shares important info on Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

Want to understand how it feels to not be able to talk? Read this poem by Evelyn Byrne written through the eyes of her son with apraxia.

Fresh speech and language activities and ideas for the busy Speech Language Pathologist

While it can be tempting to segment words in speech therapy, this may not be the best approach with students with childhood apraxia of speech. Apraxia therapy is all about movement and children with childhood apraxia of speech have difficulty moving from one sound to the next. So how do we work on helping children produce all the sounds in a word without segmenting? What strategies can SLPs use? Learn my favorite alternatives to segmenting and how to use them in Apraxia therapy here.

Chaining is a very effective cueing technique in Apraxia therapy. It can use used with children with childhood apraxia of speech to correct a distorted sound in a word and to work on omission of initial and final sounds in a word. Not sure how to use forward and backward chaining in apraxia therapy? Here you will learn what forward and backward chaining is, how to use it in apraxia therapy and my step by step process for using forward and backward chaining with children with CAS.

This section of my blog is dedicated to Childhood Apraxia of Speech. My intent is to raise awareness and share resources for families with affected loved ones. The majority of the play activities…

May is the month of “Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)” awareness. Apraxia is a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for children to speak. Children with the diagnosis of apraxia of speech generally have a good understanding of language and know what they want to say.

I recently attended the Colorado Speech, Language and Hearing Association Spring Conference and the speaker gave me a lot to think about. At the conference, Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, Ph.D., from Portland State University discussed current theories of phonological development and various treatment approaches. What she said made a lot of sense and affirmed the approach I take in therapy for the young nonverbal child. It is very risky to diagnosis a young nonverbal child with childhood…

What are Motor Speech Disorders? The term motor speech disorders is used to denote a collection of communication disorders involving the retrieval and activation of motor plans for speech, OR the execution of movements for speech production. The two major subcategories are apraxia and dysarthria of speech.