Childhood Apraxia of Speech Treatment Types What is

Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Treatment Types What is Apraxia? Treatment Types: • A motor speech disorder where neurological impairments affect the motor programming and planning, neuromuscular control, or execution of speech • Motor-Programming Approach Statistics: • Occurs in every 1 -2 children per 1, 000 • Affects every 3 boys to 1 girl Signs of Apraxia • Inconsistent errors on consonants and vowels • Lengthened and disrupted coarticulatory transitions between sounds • Inappropriate prosody The Anatomy: • • Employs motor learning principles and involves frequent and intensive practice of targeted speech sounds Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment: practice in producing multisyllabic words, to improve accuracy and fluent transitioning of speech sounds and controlled syllable stress • Linguistic Approach • • Approaches apraxia as a language learning disorder Integrated Phonological Awareness: promotes speech production, phonological awareness and letter sound knowledge • Sensory Cueing Approach • • Provides external cues and gestures which involves the child’s senses Integral Stimulation: SLP models the sound or word, then the child imitates the SLP • Rhythmic Approach • • Uses intonation patterns to improve functional speech production Melodic Intonation Therapy: uses singing, rhythmic speech and hand tapping, and training with common phrases