Feedback is very important in apraxia therapy. It is part of the structure of principles of motor learning. It gives the child information as to whether or not his production was accurate or if he needs to change the movements on the next production.  

Do you know about the different types of feedb...

When teaching a new word, please don't segment!

Segmenting is when you teach each sound in the word separately. It creates robotic speech and does not help the child move between the sounds.

Apraxia therapy is all about movement.  Children with childhood apraxia of speech have difficulty moving fr...

What is Prosody of Speech? And why do children with CAS have difficulty with Prosody?

Prosody is: 

The rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech.  

• Stress: the emphasis on a syllable.
• Rhythm: the timing of the stress of syllables in a sentence.
• Intonation:  the way the pitch of your voice goes...

The focus of apraxia therapy is on the movement

I attended an advanced CAS workshop with Dr. Edythe Strand.  Dr. Strand is well known is the field of CAS treatment.  She created an evidenced based treatment program called DTTC, which stands for Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing. The focus of the ...

 Rapport, the trust and connection you build between you as the SLP and the client (and their family!), is an extremely important part of apraxia therapy. 

But it doesn't have to be overwhelming or complicated. 

In this post, I'll share more about why rapport matters, how you can create a stronger...

Chaining is a very effective cueing technique in Apraxia therapy. 

Children with childhood apraxia of speech often simplify syllable structures which results in omission of sounds.

Forward and backward chaining can be used to correct a distorted sound in the word and help a child work on the omiss...

 Word repetition is a foundational element of motor speech therapy. 

Children acquire new motor plans by accurately practicing the same word again and again. 

This type of word repetition is different from traditional, language based therapy. And it's one of the most important elements of apraxia ...

So.....I was a guest on a podcast! I engaged in an informative discussion with Cara Tambellini Danielson from @caraspeech  https://www.instagram.com/caraspeech/ on her podcast Early Education Matters with Cara Speech.  The topic of the podcast is Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Early Interv...

When your child or client has very few sounds, it can be difficult to figure out how to best support their development or where to begin with treatment. 

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a complex motor speech disorder that affects a child's ability to plan and coordinate the movements needed t...