Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS)
CAS is a pediatric neurological speech sound disorder. This disorder impairs the precision and consistency of the movements that underlie speech. However neuromuscular deficits are absent. It may be the result of a known neurological impairment, and include complex neurobehavioral disorders with known or unknown origins. It may also occur as an idiopathic neurogenic speech sound disorder. The main impairment in planning and/or programming spatiotemporal boundaries of a movement sequence results in the disorder of speech sound production and prosody.
Etiology
The etiology of CAS has been universally attributed to neurological deficits. However, there are differing viewpoints when it comes to specific …show more content…
Treatment Method
Many factors play an important role to make treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech successful. Factors like frequency, intensity, and the focus of treatment.
One of those factors is the frequency in which they receive treatment. It is said that the more frequently individuals with CAS receive treatment the better (3-5 times per week).
Secondly, intensive treatment fairs better. Individuals with CAS tend to do better in individual intensive treatment, rather than group therapy. However, as the child improves and needs treatment less often, group therapy can then be a great alternative.
Lastly, treatment should focus on improving the planning, sequencing, and coordination of muscle movements for speech production. Oral exercises do not help, CAS isn't due to muscle strength, but rather muscle coordination. The most helpful thing to do in therapy is have the individual practice speech using multi-sensory feedback. Improvements have been shown when the client practices speech using a number of senses (tactile, visual, and auditory). This multi-sensory feedback allows for the client to more readily repeat syllables, words, and sentences, which improves muscle coordination and sequencing of …show more content…
There has been some agreement that ASD has to do with an inheritable genetic difference or mutation. Research that supports this is the fact that ASD is much more common in boys than girls, having something to do with the X chromosome. When it comes to twins there is a higher rate of concordance for identical twins than fraternal twin, this being because identical twins have the same DNA. Studies have also shown that a children with an older sibling with ASD have a 20% higher risk of having ASD, that risk increases if the child has more than one older sibling with the
CAS is a pediatric neurological speech sound disorder. This disorder impairs the precision and consistency of the movements that underlie speech. However neuromuscular deficits are absent. It may be the result of a known neurological impairment, and include complex neurobehavioral disorders with known or unknown origins. It may also occur as an idiopathic neurogenic speech sound disorder. The main impairment in planning and/or programming spatiotemporal boundaries of a movement sequence results in the disorder of speech sound production and prosody.
Etiology
The etiology of CAS has been universally attributed to neurological deficits. However, there are differing viewpoints when it comes to specific …show more content…
Treatment Method
Many factors play an important role to make treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech successful. Factors like frequency, intensity, and the focus of treatment.
One of those factors is the frequency in which they receive treatment. It is said that the more frequently individuals with CAS receive treatment the better (3-5 times per week).
Secondly, intensive treatment fairs better. Individuals with CAS tend to do better in individual intensive treatment, rather than group therapy. However, as the child improves and needs treatment less often, group therapy can then be a great alternative.
Lastly, treatment should focus on improving the planning, sequencing, and coordination of muscle movements for speech production. Oral exercises do not help, CAS isn't due to muscle strength, but rather muscle coordination. The most helpful thing to do in therapy is have the individual practice speech using multi-sensory feedback. Improvements have been shown when the client practices speech using a number of senses (tactile, visual, and auditory). This multi-sensory feedback allows for the client to more readily repeat syllables, words, and sentences, which improves muscle coordination and sequencing of …show more content…
There has been some agreement that ASD has to do with an inheritable genetic difference or mutation. Research that supports this is the fact that ASD is much more common in boys than girls, having something to do with the X chromosome. When it comes to twins there is a higher rate of concordance for identical twins than fraternal twin, this being because identical twins have the same DNA. Studies have also shown that a children with an older sibling with ASD have a 20% higher risk of having ASD, that risk increases if the child has more than one older sibling with the