Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)

Video recorded on December 3, 2016 at New York University. Dr. Edythe Strand is Emeritus consultant, Division of Speech Pathology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic and Emeritus Professor, Mayo College of Medicine. Dr. Strand’s research has focused on developmental, acquired and progressive apraxia of speech, and issues related to intelligibility and comprehensibility in degenerative dysarthria. She is an experienced clinician who has worked in the public schools, private practice, and hospital and clinic settings. Her primary clinical and research interests include assessment and treatment of children and adults with neurologic speech, language and voice disorders. Dr. Strand’s publications include many articles and book chapters related to motor speech disorders. She frequently gives lectures on the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders in children and adults, management of communication disorders in degenerative neurologic disease, and neuroanatomy. She is the co-author of the books: Management of Speech and Swallowing in Degenerative Disease; Clinical Management of Motor Speech Disorders in Children and Adults; and is Co-editor of the book, Clinical Management of Motor Speech Disorders in Children. Dr. Strand is an ASHA fellow and has been awarded Honors of the Association of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Sections: 1. 00:00-13:18 Introduction to Motor-Based Learning 2. 13:19-56:00 Principles of Motor Learning 3. 56:01-2:05:29 Planning Treatment/Writing Goals 4. 2:05:30-2:59:01 Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing (DTTC) – Examples 5. 2:59:02-3:07:45 Special Problems in Treating CAS: Audience Questions and Answers