Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a neurological motor speech disorder that affects a child’s ability to plan and program the way their mouth, tongue, and jaw move in order to produce accurate sounds. 

Unlike traditional language or play-based therapy, CAS is treated by motor-based therapy becau...

I receive many assessment inquiries from parents who are frustrated that their child is not making progress in speech therapy.

It is always a good idea to start by having a conversation with your child’s SLP to discuss your concerns. Ask the therapist if other treatments might be helpful and if ...

SLPs don’t just do one type of therapy.

Depending on the client’s needs and goals, there are different approaches we can use to help clients reach their goals and make meaningful progress. 

Language-based therapy is typically the most common type of therapy used by SLPs, especially when working wi...

What is CAS?

Childhood Apraxia of Speech or CAS is a neurological motor speech disorder. When a child has CAS, their brain struggles to plan and program the physical movements required to produce sounds. 

The National Institutes of Health defines CAS as:

“A neurological disorder that affects the ...

A child can have co-occurring speech sound disorders.  A child can have Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and have some articulation errors or errors in phonological patterns.  A child can have CAS and have dysarthria.  The  assessment process will help determine the role and impact that each disord...

Here is an important statistic!

Sixty-five percent of the children with suspected childhood apraxia of speech (SCAS), have poor reading skills compared to twenty four percent for children with other speech sound disorders and no SCAS. (Miller & Lewis, 2019)

Reading difficulties appear to be a comb...

A common question that I am asked is, how I incorporate AAC in my apraxia therapy sessions?

The approach will differ for each child and will also vary depending on whether you are the only speech therapist working with the child or if your primary goal is to enhance verbal communication through mot...

Principles of Motor Learning (PML) refers to how you structure practice of the target words, in apraxia therapy.

Before we go further, click here to receive a handout with the PML to refer to for session planning.

This blog post will focus on clinical application of the PML. Refer to the handout f...

A frequently asked question in my DM's is, when can I start working on phrases?

In apraxia therapy, we look at building verbal communication skills through improving their speech motor planning skills.  Therefore, it may be more advantageous to teach more single words then to work on phrases, as si...

Does a child need make eye contact in apraxia therapy?

What is multisensory cueing? And why is it so important in apraxia therapy?

Multisensory cueing involves visual, auditory-verbal, and tactile cues. Children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) struggle with sequencing speech movements and transitioning between sounds. The use of multisensory cue...