#APRAXIA OF SPEECH HOW TO#
It helps to use all the senses when learning how to say sounds. Your child must practice speaking to get better at it. Working on how to move those muscles to say sounds will help. Mouth muscles are not weak in children with CAS. make those movements the right way at the right time.ĭoing exercises to make the mouth muscles stronger will not help.plan the movements needed to say sounds and.The goal of treatment is to help your child say sounds, words, and sentences more clearly. See ASHA’s information for professionals on the Practice Portal’s Childhood Apraxia of Speech page. Individual or group therapy may be appropriate at different stages of treatment. As speech improves, treatment may be less often. Your child may begin with therapy 3–5 times per week. Treatment for CASĪ child with CAS should work with an SLP. A child with a hearing loss may have more trouble learning to talk. It is important to have your child’s hearing checked by an audiologist. You should also talk to your doctor, who can check for any medical problems. check how well others can understand what your child says.check how well your child says speech sounds alone and combined in syllables or words and.To test how your child says sounds, the SLP will To test for CAS, the SLP will look at your child’s oral–motor skills, speech melody (intonation), and how they says different sounds. Find an ASHA-certified SLP in your area by using ASHA ProFind. Many children with speech sound disorders also have language disorders.
#APRAXIA OF SPEECH PROFESSIONAL#
Seeing a Professional Testing for CASĪn SLP can test your child’s speech and language skills. Damage may be caused by a genetic disorder or syndrome, or by a stroke or traumatic brain injury. In some cases, damage to the brain causes CAS. Most of the time, the cause of CAS is unknown. problems with reading, spelling, and writing.can say shorter words more clearly than longer words.Ĭhildren with CAS may have other problems, including.tends to put the stress on the wrong syllable or word.does not always say words the same way every time.You should talk to your doctor and see an SLP if your child is older than 3 years and Your child may show some or all of the signs below. It can take a lot of work, but the child’s speech can improve. A child with CAS will not learn speech sounds in typical order and will not make progress without treatment. Even though the word “developmental" is used, CAS is not a problem that children outgrow. The problem is not how the child thinks but how the brain tells the mouth muscles to move.ĬAS is sometimes called verbal dyspraxia or developmental apraxia. Sometimes, the child might not be able to say much at all.Ī child with CAS knows what they want to say. The child might not be able to move their lips or tongue in the right ways, even though their muscles are not weak. When a child has apraxia of speech, the messages do not get through correctly. These messages tell the muscles how and when to move to make sounds. In order for speech to occur, messages need to go from your brain to your mouth. Visit ASHA ProFind to locate a professional in your area. Speech-language pathologists, or SLPs, can help. It can take a lot of work to learn to say sounds and words better. Apraxia is a motor speech disorder that makes it hard to speak.
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