Children with Autism Who Have Apraxia of Speech

[Guest guest]

CHILDREN WITH AUTISM WHO HAVE APRAXIA OF SPEECH

Oct 15, 2004

Merrillville, Indiana, at the Radisson Hotel

(http://www.radisson.com/merrillvillein)

Tamara S. Kasper, MS, CCC/SLP and Kaufman, M.A., CCC/SLP

(http://www.kidspeech.com/)

Cost $169.00 / Group Price $149.00

(There are a limited number of discounted registrations available

for parentscontact NSS-NRS for information at info@... or

by phone at 989-732-3866)

(SLPsCEUs are available. Contact Hours = 7)

This program examines the process by which children with autism and

apraxia of speech become motivated to express their wants and needs

verbally. Children who may have an adequate repertoire of

consonants and vowels in isolation may not be able to coordinate the

motor movements necessary to produce and combine these units to form

syllables, words, phrases, and sentences. These children may not be

able to speak or may be unintelligible speakers. They may even have

difficulty executing the oral movements necessary to produce

isolated phonemes. Add to this scenario the diagnosis of autism and

the behaviors associated with this diagnosis (avoidance, aggression,

and/or self-stimulation) and the management of these children can

become difficult and challenging. This clinical program will focus

on the evaluation and treatment of children with developmental

apraxia of speech who may also have a diagnosis of autism. The

information presented will stress techniques and procedures to

maintain cooperation while assisting children to become verbal

communicators. Kaufman's hierarchy of shaping word approximations

toward functional vocabulary and language will also be presented.

Online registration is available through Northern Speech Services,

Inc.-National Rehabilitation Services:

http://www.nss-nrs.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/NSS.woa/wa/Seminars/detail?

id=1000330

(If you have trouble using this link, go to www.nss-nrs.com, choose

CE Seminars from the drop- downs near the top of the page, then

choose By Date or By State).

To register by phone, call 989-732-3866.