by Shannon Archer | Aug 8, 2018 | Apraxia
What is all the fuss about Principles of Motor Learning (PML) and Childhood Apraxia of Speech? “Motor learning refers to the practice or experience leading to relatively permanent changes in the capability of movement (Schmidy & Lee 2005). As a child, I was...
by Shannon Archer | Mar 21, 2017 | Apraxia, Articulation
I am currently working with a student with moderate to severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). As a component of building utterances, I teach the article “a” and “the” as part of a hierarchical approach to expanding utterances. This is an...
by Shannon Archer | Nov 11, 2016 | Apraxia, Receptive-Expressive Language
Multisyllabic Generalization Practice Currently, I am working on multisyllabic words and length of utterance with one of my clients who has CAS (childhood apraxia of speech). It is so important to make therapy both fun and functional. I expect my students/clients to...
by Shannon Archer | Jun 30, 2016 | Apraxia
Childhood Apraxia of Speech, CAS Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a speech sound disorder that is believed to be caused by a disruption in the motor planning or programming for speech. There have been disagreements in the etiology and characteristics of the disorder....
by Shannon Archer | Jun 30, 2016 | Apraxia
Diagnosing CAS Diagnosing Childhood Apraxia of Speech or CAS is not always clear cut and simple. With an articulation disorder such as a distortion of the ‘r’ phoneme, a diagnosis can be made using a standardized testing tool and observations. A CAS...
