Main description:

Here's How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Third Edition offers clinicians and students of speech-language pathology (SLP) a comprehensive look at the assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). This book helps guide the SLP on which assessment tasks will provide the information needed to make a confident diagnosis of CAS at different stages of development, as well as best practices for treatment of CAS.

The authors take a deep dive into application of evidence-based treatment strategies for children with CAS, and move beyond theoretical ideas to provide recommendations of specific activities to facilitate improved speech praxis in children across age groups, making this book extremely informative and practical. This latest edition maintains the original intention of the prior editions - to provide clinicians and students with a holistic look at the complex needs of children with CAS and to offer practical ideas for evaluation and treatment. The amount of new research over the past several years has been substantial. Fortunately for the readers, Here's How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Third Edition summarizes the most current research regarding the nature of CAS, best practices in evaluation, and effective treatment strategies to give clinicians greater confidence in working with children with this complex speech disorder.

Contents:

Foreword by Edythe A. Strand, PhD, CCC-SLP

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Understanding Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Chapter 2. Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Chapter 4. Evidence-Informed Decision Making in Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Chapter 5. Establishing Vowel Accuracy and Natural Prosody

Chapter 6. Facilitating Speech and Language in Minimally Verbal Children

Chapter 7. Addressing Early Literacy Concerns in Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Chapter 8. Supporting the Needs of Older Children with Ongoing Communication Challenges

Chapter 9. Treating Children with Co-Occurring Disorders

Chapter 10. Considerations in Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Via Telepractice

Chapter 11. The Changing Needs of Children Over Time

Chapter 12. Developing Meaningful Goals and Collecting Data

Chapter 13. Partnering With Parents to Maximize Treatment Outcomes

Glossary

Index