Improving Intelligibility
In Apraxia and Dysarthria
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Learn ten pathways to improving intelligibility in children with severe expressive speech disorders including apraxia and dysarthria.
seminar details
This seminar, recorded in 2007, presents an effective plan for developing intelligibility in children with apraxia, dysarthria and other forms of severe expressive speech disorders including severe phonological disorders. Most children with severe expressive speech disorders don't respond well to traditional articulation and phonological therapy.
The focus of this seminar is on practical, highly effective therapy techniques to develop consonants, vowels and intelligible speech through the facilitation of specific respiratory, phonatory, resonatory, and articulatory skills. This is a practical seminar which will have immediate impact on your work with children who demonstrate severe speech delay and disorder. Numerous therapy and classroom samples are presented throughout the lecture.
This seminar will provide you with effective ways to help even your most difficult speech students. You will leave with a wealth of ideas for day-to-day therapy, for home practice and for working with classroom teachers and other team members in coordinated treatment.
topics covered
- Methods to facilitate vowels, diphthongs and breath support for improved intelligibility
- Methods to encourage syllables, prosody, and resonance in clients with motor speech disorders
- Methods to facilitate jaw mobility and stability for syllable and phoneme development
- Ways to facilitate voiceless-ness and stridency
- Methods to facilitate tongue mobility and place of articulation
seminar timeline
AM Agenda
- Develop Vowels
- Develop Breath Support
- Develop Syllables
- Develop Prosody
- Develop Early Consonants
PM Agenda
- Develop Voiceless-ness
- Develop Stridency
- Develop Jaw Stability
- Develop Tongue Mobility
- Establish Place
Recorded with MSHA in 2007 before the ASHA Convention in Boston, MA.
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feedback
"Your workshop on apraxia and dysarthria was tremendous - one of the best professional development sessions I have attended in a very long time. Thanks for a great experience!"
Lee Jacobsen, SLP
"You have enlightened me with your approach to understanding and treating apraxia. I feel more confident as a therapist in understanding and using this philosophy and approach to therapy."
Jennifer McMillian Kramer
msha attendee program evaluation
This seminar was recorded on November 14th, 2007, at the Massachusetts Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Pre-ASHA Convention Seminar. The following summarizes the on-site feedback that was obtained.
| Area | Average Rating (Scored 1-5) |
| Program Content | 5 |
| Speaker | 5 |
| Audio Vistuals | 4.8 |
| Handouts | 4.9 |
| Program Quality | 5 |
did this session meet your expectations?
100% responded "YES"
what were the major strengths of this program?
Most prevalent answers included:
- Speaker was very engaging
- Session was very hands-on
- Speaker offered detailed explaination of diagnoses and intervention
- Abundance of examples and/or case studies
- Speaker was confident and well-organized
- There was enough allotted time for Q&A
- Speaker combined research with practical applications
what were the major weaknesses of the program?
None related to speaker (room was cold, parking fee, etc.).
"I saw you at MASHA in Boston [2007] and loved every minute of your talk!"
Melinda Clougherty, SLP
