Making Confident Decisions When Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Does that “less than confident feeling” pop into your head when you begin treating a child with childhood apraxia of speech? During this course we will review how to choose targets and learn about treatment approaches and strategies. Specific attention will be paid to DTTC – Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing and multi-sensory approaches as well as how to incorporate cueing into therapy. Videos of preschool and early school-age children in therapy will be used to help with strategy and understanding.

Presenters

Jennie Bjorem
M.A. CCC-SLP
Jennie received her bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Louis University and graduated from Truman State University with her master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders in May 1999. She has a great understanding from a parent perspective as she has a young child with special needs. She is the owner of Children’s Therapy Services in Leawood, Kansas. Jennie’s area of expertise is in early intervention birth through 5, parent education and childhood apraxia of speech. She currently provides 22 speech therapy sessions a week to children with CAS. Jennie is recognized for her advanced training and expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech by Apraxia Kids. She presented at the Apraxia Kids national conference, had over 75 hours of CAS training in 2018 and was awarded the ASHA ACE Award for Continuing Education. Jennie travels the country speaking on the topic of CAS in her spare time. Jennie is the creator of the Bjorem Speech Sound Cues for acquisition of speech and literacy.

Learning Objectives

Describe the different treatment approaches available for CAS
Explain cueing strategies to support a motor planning approach to therapy
Explain the hierarchy of Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing approach

Agenda

5 minutes	Intro and disclosures
15 minutes	Target selection overview relevant to DTTC
15 minutes	Treatment approaches for childhood apraxia (CAS)
25 minutes	Treatment of CAS using DTTC and multi-sensory play-based therapy approaches

Disclosures

Content Disclosure	This presentation will focus exclusively on the use of Bjorem Speech Sound Cues and will not include information on similar or related products.
Financial Disclosure	This webinar was funded by our sponsors, SLP Toolkit and SLP Now. Sponsors are not responsible for the content of this course nor does brIQht ideas endorse their products or services.
In-Kind Disclosure	brIQht ideas would like to thank the presenter of this course who has provided her speaking services at no charge.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate level, Professional Area, Professional Area

Making Confident Decisions When Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech