Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Where to Begin with Treatment

This course has been designed to help professionals understand what Childhood Apraxia of Speech is and how we can differentiate this from other speech sound disorders.

Christina Bays, MS, CCC-SLP

Starts Jul 18, 2024

Enroll by Jul 16, 2024

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Course Description

This course has been designed to help professionals understand what Childhood Apraxia of Speech is and how we can differentiate this from other speech sound disorders.

We discuss various options for assessment and a resource has been provided for immediate use. Once a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis has been confirmed, we discuss how to use this information to determine appropriate target words.

We review the Principles of Motor Learning and discuss how we can use these principles to help get more bang for our buck within treatment sessions.

The steps of Dynamic Temporal and Tactile cueing are reviewed in order for appropriate use and fading of prompting so ensure increased motor learning for our students and clients.

The webinar concludes with therapy activity ideas to use within sessions.

Speaker Biography

Christina Bays has been practicing Speech and Language Pathology since 2009. She has always had a passion for speech sound disorders and problem solving during assessments to determine the best treatment approach for her students.

In 2016, she was chosen to manage the Childhood Apraxia of Speech resource center for her school district. Throughout this journey, she has assisted countless Speech and Language Pathologists with their students in support of assessing and treating motor speech disorders. She has attended numerous trainings in the area of motor speech assessment and treatment.

Christina was recently accepted to and completed the intensive boot camp at Apraxia Kids, to receive the title of having advanced training and expertise in the area of CAS.

Christina has a passion for working with students with speech sound disorders, and helping these children to take risks with their speech production, and communicate to the best of their ability.

Learning Objectives

Give and understand the definition and characteristics of CAS
Learn about options for differential diagnosis
Use assessment information to choose appropriate targets
Explain the Principles of Motor Learning and how they apply to treatment
Understand Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing
Obtain ideas for activities to use in therapy

Target Audience: Webinar is suitable for

Speech Therapists
Speech Therapy Assistants
Special Education Teachers
Education Specialists

Program Flow with minutes

CAS Definition and Characteristics: 5 mins
Differential Diagnosis: 15 mins
Target Selection: 15 mins
Principles of Motor Learning: 14 mins
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing: 10 mins
Sample Activities: 5 mins

Course Duration:

1h 00m

Financial Disclosures

Receives payment from ReadySetConnect for attendee registrations

Non-Financial Disclosures

Full-time employee of San Diego Unified School District
California Teacher Credential for SLP: 2011-Current
California Speech-Language Pathology License: 2009-Current
Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA): 2009-Current

Previous presentations, professional accomplishments

Christina has been presenting workshops in the area of childhood apraxia of speech for the SLPs in the SDUSD school district each year since 2016. Topics have included differential diagnosis, treatment, principles of motor learning, and target selection.

Current Professional Affiliations (state and national affiliations)

Recognized by Apraxia Kids for Advanced Training and Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech: 2024