Blogs and Podcasts

Children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) do not outgrow the disorder, but with appropriate speech therapy, many children do attain intelligible speech. However, some children's speech may still sound different or they may exhibit language errors in their speech that don't respond to traditional therapy. Read my guest blog to find out more about what to look for to indicate that a child may have had CAS, even if they no longer meet the criteria for that diagnosis.

Whether or not childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) can be diagnosed in children under three years of age is a somewhat controversial and definitely misunderstood topic. Can CAS be diagnosed in children under age 3? Check out my guest blog for my thoughts on this question!

In this guest blog, I dive into all of the questions about negative practice when treating children with apraxia. If you are new to apraxia therapy, it won't be long before you will probably hear about negative practice. What exactly does that mean, and is it ever okay? Read the full blog here .

In honor of AAC Awareness month, I wrote an AAC 101 blog containing essential information about AAC (augmentative and alternative communication). Read this blog for a quick review and/or update, or share it with someone who is just starting to learn about AAC! The full blog is available here .

Previously I wrote about CAS Myths. Busting those myths means that CAS is a unique speech sound disorder, although having CAS doesn’t...

ASHA published their technical report on childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in 2007, when I was in graduate school. This report was the...

As a speech-language pathologist who diagnoses childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), I think carefully about how I explain this speech sound...

There are a number of evidence-based treatment methods designed to treat speech sound disorders, including those for phonological...

The issue of what a child actually knows versus what the child can communicate with speech is a frequent topic that comes up with...

It’s pretty complicated to teach children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) how to talk and read. There’s a lot to know. One...

YES , non-speaking children CAN learn to read. While many of us first learned to read by reading aloud and reading skills are often...