Evaluation & Treatment Of Childhood Apraxia Of Speech: K-SLP Methods & Behavioral Strategies to Build Vocal Communication

PRESENTED BY NANCY R. KAUFMAN, MA, CCC-SLP

This online video course will focus on evaluation and treatment strategies for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) using the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol methods. This presentation will include signs and symptoms of CAS, establishing motivation, shaping word approximations, implementing and fading cues, reinforcement strategies, data collection, scripting functional expressive language, coaching parents, and practicing skills in the natural environment. Also discussed will be implementing the principles of motor learning for practice schedules, and how to move from the acquisition stage to the retention stage of learning to be an effective vocal communicator.

The methods, strategies, and techniques presented in this course follow the most current research in CAS and will provide clinicians with the information they need to help children progress from a simple core vocabulary to phrases and eventually to sentences and conversational speech. Therapy session videos will be shown throughout the presentation to enhance the learning experience.

Children ages 2-6 years will be the focus of this presentation. Offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs.

Run Time: 6:00:01

Course Overview:

  1. Overview of the K-SLP Approach | Roots in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA/AVB)
  2. Evaluation of CAS | Signs and Symptoms
  3. Simplifying the Motor Plans of Words | Shaping Successive Word Approximations
  4. Implementing and Fading Cues
  5. Combining Words | Scripting Functional Expressive Language
  6. Behavioral Principles, Errorless Teaching, and Five Lists of Single Words
  7. Coaching Parents
  8. K-SLP and Autism Spectrum Disorders
  9. Pre and Post Progress Videos