Activity Description

This course includes a review of the primary characteristics of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS).  A summary of the literature that guides therapeutic decision-making for children in this population is included.  The implementation of an integral stimulation approach that couples with motor learning principles before, during, and after speech practice is discussed.

Activity Audience

This course is for Speech-Language Pathologists.

Learning Outcomes

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Define and state the primary characteristics of CAS.
• Discuss current literature that guides decision-making in the treatment of CAS.
• Apply principles of motor learning to the treatment of CAS across the therapy process.
• Describe an integral stimulation approach to the treatment of CAS.

Host Requirements

1. Have a minimum of five participants.
2. Schedule your DVDs for Groups with LinguiSystems a minimum of 30 days prior to your in-service.  LinguiSystems is unable to accept late registrations.

Materials Provided

1. FREE Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech DVD
2. Downloadable course handout
3. ASHA paperwork for those who wish to receive FREE ASHA CEUs
   • Attendance Roster
   • Course Evaluation form
   • Self-Assessment of Learning
   • ASHA CEU Participant Form
4. Completion certificate for all participants

Author Biography

Karen A. Czarnik, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/L, is an associate professor in the department of communication sciences and disorders at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois.  She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of clinical methods, developmental disorders of speech, fluency, and research methods.  She is also a clinical educator in the areas of prevention, diagnostics, and treatment at Saint Xavier University.

In addition to working at the university, Karen has worked in the public schools and in private practice.  She regularly conducts presentations for state and local professional and parent organizations on the topics of fluency disorders, language processing, sound production disorders, and childhood apraxia of speech.

Karen is the author of Treatment Program for Childhood Apraxia of Speech published by LinguiSystems.

LinguiSystems, Inc. funded this presentation, Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, in its entirety.