Using Respectful Therapy Practices to Address Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Course Description

In this self-paced course, you'll explore how childhood apraxia of speech, traditionally viewed as a motor-planning disorder treated with regimented and repetitive practices, can be approached more thoughtfully.  Through lecture, reflection activities, and examples, you'll discover how speech components of respectful treatment approaches contrast with traditional therapy strategies.

Instructors: Alisson Reber

Alisson Reber, MA, CCC-SLP

Alisson received her BA in viola in 2007 and her MA in Speech Language Pathology in 2013. Her first exposure to CAS came unexpectedly in 2008, through supporting an apraxia expert in genotype/phenotype research activities. Since then, she has enjoyed gaining significant virtual and in-person experience helping "tricky" clients access respectful, child-led speech sound therapy that adheres to principles of motor learning.

• Financial Disclosures: Alisson worked for Presence for six years and was compensated for creating this presentation.
• Non-Financial Disclosures: none

Target Audience:  Speech-language Pathologists

Education Level: Intermediate

Time Ordered Agenda: 

• Instructor Biography and Disclosures (5 minutes) 

• Course Agenda & Reflection (5 minutes)

• An Overview of Apraxia (3 minutes)

• CAS Therapy (25 minutes)

• Respectful Therapy (20 minutes)

• Course Conclusion (5 minutes)

Contact Hours:  1 hour

Cancellation Policy: 

Continuing education courses are offered at no cost to contracted and employed Presence providers. In the event a course is canceled, the participants will have the option to attend a rescheduled event offered within 60 days of the canceled course.

Please note: Registered participants who register for live courses but do not attend or cancel with less than 24 hours notice may have future course registration restricted after three documented incidents.

Accessibility Policy: 

Our courses are intended to be accessible by addressing the needs of not only people with mobility impairments, but also those with sensory impairments (i.e., hearing, speech, vision), and emotional or learning disabilities. Available accommodations include but are not limited to Closed Captioning, color contrast, transcription of auditory and visual information, as well as adjustable font sizes. Please contact asksupport@presence.com to request additional accommodations.

Complaint Policy:

Any course concerns should be directed to asksupport@presence.com within two weeks of course completion.

Completion Requirements: 

To earn a course certificate, participants are required to complete the course, pass a quiz with 80% accuracy, (3 attempts are allowed), and complete a course feedback survey.

Please download your certificate upon completion of the course.