Speech Therapy For Apraxia

Walker's Tiny Talkers Speech Therapy Clinic in Bentonville Specializes in Speech Therapy For Apraxia

Childhood Apraxia of Speech- speech disorder in which a child has difficulty making accurate movements when speaking.

Signs of apraxia include:

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• Inconsistent errors on consonants and vowels

• Disrupted patterns

• Loudness

• Rhythm of speech

• Disrupted transitions between sounds and syllables.

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Some of the treatment  approaches include the following:  

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• Kaufmann Treatment-   teaches children to combine consonants and vowels to form words while controlling for speech motor coordination difficulty.

• Multisensory-Cuing- sensory cues are used to help the child see, feel, hear and understand speech movements.

• Rhythmic Approaches- use intonation patterns (melody, rhythm, and stress) to improve functional speech production.

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