Overview

Many autistic individuals experience difficulties motor planning and programming movements of their bodies (developmental coordination disorder/global apraxia/dyspraxia) and mouths (childhood apraxia of speech (CAS)). In addition, many autistic individuals are Gestalt Language Processors. Treatment for CAS is often focused on decontextualized words that are practiced in a drill fashion, which is often at odds with how to best support Gestalt language development in autistic children.

In this course, information derived from clinical experience combined with recent research will be combined and presented to give speech-language pathologists guiding principles and clinical strategies to use when treating autistic children with motor planning and programming challenges for speech.

Following this training, participants will be able to:

List two foundational aspects of neuroaffirming therapy.
Identify three ways that apraxia therapy may be modified for an autistic child.
Name two multisensory cues that may not be appropriate for autistic children.

This course meets the requirement for Professional Development hours towards your ASHA renewal since it is approved by TSHA! You can count these hours towards ASHA renewal when you submit your Compliance Form.

Curriculum

4 Sections
3 Lessons
Lifetime

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Lesson 01 – Learning Guide and Handouts
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- 1.1
  Download the Learning Guide and Handouts
Lesson 02 – Video Link
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- 2.1
  Watch the video and complete all learning exercises
Post-test
1
- 3.1
  Post-test – Modifying Motor Speech Approaches for Neurodiverse Children
  5 Questions
Course Evaluation
1
- 4.1
  Complete the course evaluation – Modifying Motor Speech Approaches for Neurodiverse Children

Instructor

Breanna Waldrup

Breanna Waldrup, MS, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist. She is recognized for Advanced Training and Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) by Apraxia Kids. Breanna has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of motor speech disorders, particularly CAS, for 12+ years and has presented at conferences and provided trainings on the diagnosis and treatment of CAS and literacy throughout the country.