Informal apraxia assessment

    • What are the different types of apraxia in children with CAS?

      Children with CAS have difficulty with speech. Other types of apraxia, which may co-occur or occur separately in children, are: Oral apraxia: Child has trouble with mouth movements such as puckering lips or throwing a kiss. Limb apraxia: Child has trouble with voluntary hand movements, which may make it difficult to use sign language.



    • Do children with Down syndrome have apraxia of speech?

      Other terms such as developmental apraxia, dyspraxia, pediatric verbal apraxia or just aprax- ia all refer to the same problem. Some children with Down syndrome have characteris- tics of CAS, but many do not. Down Syndrome News, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2007, has an article by Libby Kumin, Ph.D., CCC- SLP, on Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).


    • How does the SLP assess a child's speech?

      So, the SLP will try to determine if a child’s speech is affect- ed by CAS, oral motor skills, articulation, and/or phonology. If your child is speaking, the SLP will listen during play activities or conversation in order to analyze your child’s speech.


    • [PDF File]CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH: OVERVIEW OF TREATMENT APPROACHES

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      different formal and informal measures, including a case history, a full oral mechanism examination, speech sound production assessments, and language evaluations if needed. One formal assessment used to identify a child presenting with CAS is The Kaufman Speech Praxis Test (KSPT).


    • [PDF File]Introduction to Childhood Apraxia of Speech

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      Dynamic Assessment- Dynamic assessment involves a process in which cueing is provided to facilitate performance and thereby reveal emerging skills. It contrasts with static assessment, typical of most standardized tests, in which the child’s skills are measured after a single response with no assistance from the examiner


    • [PDF File]Motor Speech Disorders Evaluation Template

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      Motor Speech Evaluation Template 2 Templates are consensus-based and provided as a resource for members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).


    • [PDF File]Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource Guide

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      Test for Children (KSPT), The Apraxia Profile, and the Verbal Motor Production Assessment for Children(VMPAC). Based on red flags in the case history, speech characteristics, parent report, oral motor evaluation, informal and formal testing, the SLP can determine whether your child isdemonstrating patterns of CAS.


    • [PDF File]Speech-Language Pathology Medical Review Guidelines

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      Assessment Documentation The speech-language pathologist employs a variety of formal and/or informal speech-language assessment tests to ascertain the type, factor(s), and severity of the speech-language disorders. The initial assessment establishes the baseline data necessary for evaluating expected


    • [PDF File]Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) - CHAT

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      Informal Motor Speech Exam - Assess a minimum of 3 speech tasks - Articulation test –dynamic assessment - Speech sample - Dynamic assessment of syllable shapes, CV, VC, CVCV, CVC multi-syllabic words GOAL: to cue and practice 5x to help the child get the target production. Take a video to reference later! Be sure to take notes of the cues that


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