What is Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)?
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Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is the term most commonly used at this time to describe a communication disorder with a specific set of characteristics affecting a child’s motor speech planning, speech sound development, and expressive oral language use.
A child knows what s/he wants to communicate but is unable to get that message to the speech articulators (i.e lips, tongue, soft palate, jaw), in a such a way that intelligible spoken words are heard.
It is important to know the history behind this disorder and more importantly to find an ASHA certified and state licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) who is trained and experienced in diagnosing and providing intensive and appropriate SLP intervention to a child exhibiting characteristics of CAS, or any other speech-language-learning-communication challenges.
