Pro-ed Treatment Program for Childhood Apraxia of Speech by Karen Czarnik - 37629

Pro-ed Treatment Program for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Ages: 3-10Grades: PreK-5

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

Complete Kit Includes: 65-page manual; 325, 7½" x 2½" double-sided, coated picture/stimuli cards; 12, 4" x 6" cue cards; 30, 4" x 6" double-sided, coated picture/stimuli cards; and data sheet all in a sturdy storage box. (©2010)