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The course will: 1) Discuss goals related to treatment of apraxia of speech and related motor speech
disorders; 2) Define childhood apraxia of speech along with subsequent motor speech impairments that may
also be present; 3) Provide participants with an understanding of when a muscle-based approach is
appropriate in a treatment plan; 4) Discuss sensory, feeding and motor issues as related to children with a
diagnosis of apraxia of speech and other motor speech disorders; 5) Teach how oral placement activities
through structured repetition improve muscle skill and teach muscle memory; 6) Teach how using a multi-
sensory tactile approach is used with clients to transition from OPT to facilitate speech production; and 7)
Provide strategies for planning and implementing a multi-modality motor speech program.

The course will: 1) Discuss goals related to treatment of apraxia of speech and related motor speech
disorders; 2) Define childhood apraxia of speech along with subsequent motor speech impairments that may
also be present; 3) Provide participants with an understanding of when a muscle-based approach is
appropriate in a treatment plan; 4) Discuss sensory, feeding and motor issues as related to children with a
diagnosis of apraxia of speech and other motor speech disorders; 5) Teach how oral placement activities
through structured repetition improve muscle skill and teach muscle memory; 6) Teach how using a multi-
sensory tactile approach is used with clients to transition from OPT to facilitate speech production; and 7)
Provide strategies for planning and implementing a multi-modality motor speech program