Description: Apply the principles of motor planning to the treatment of childhood apraxia of speech with this program, complete with detailed instructions; 2000 stimulus pictures; and tactile-kinesthetic cue cards. The 65-page manual shows you how to establish motor learning for different syllable shapes and pattern sequences. Incorporate research-based principles into therapy organization and goal selection and: -select target sounds and words to build intelligibility and promote easier acquisition -set up a practice schedule to maximize motor learning -use blocked practice to establish new motor sequences -use random practice to facilitate generalization of learned motor sequences -adjust the type and frequency of cues/modeling -adjust the type and frequency of performance feedback -incorporate prosody training early in the treatment program -use tactile/kinesthetic cue cards to support the establishment of movement sequences for speech The stimulus cards are customized to apraxia therapy with: -325 picture cards (three pictures per side for 1950 pictures) -30 picture cards for multisyllabic words (one picture per side for 60 total pictures) -12 tactile-kinesthetic cue cards The tactile-kinesthetic cue cards develop sound blending and syllable transitions. Students produce a variety of phoneme sequences while moving one finger along a visual representation of the movement sequence. These cards are coated, so you can write target sound sequences on them with a dry-erase marker. The cue cards represent the following hierarchy of syllable structure: -CV words -VC words -CVC words -Initial strident/continuant -Final strident/continuant -Medial consonants -Backward chaining: /s/ blends -Backward chaining: /l/, /r/ blends -Three-syllable words -Four-syllable words -Repetitions: caterpillar -Repetitions: dinosaur Students progress and: -establish a wide variety of phonetic movements/motor plans -stabilize sounds that are produced inconsistently -establish a core, meaningful vocabulary -speak with smoother syllable transitions

Author: Karen Czarnik

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: age3-12

Format: KIT

Target: SLP;

Keywords: articulation; apraxia; sound production disorder; treatment;