Toddler, Spanish, and Apraxia Oh My? A How-To for SLPs

Apraxia intervention can feel a little overwhelming – it’s a more specialized area than what many of us were exposed to in graduate school and the cases might be few and far between. Research has outlined the principles of motor learning and there are several efficacious approaches we could employ. But much has been studied with school-age, English-speaking children. So how do we apply this highly repetitive, focused protocol to young children? Furthermore, it is estimated that 48% of children enrolled in early intervention belong to a racial/ethnic minority group, of those children, up to 75% are Spanish-speaking. How does a SLP even approach this? This session will discuss how a family-centered approach is an evidence-based intervention. When we center families, honor their home language use and expertise, then we can provide balanced, meaningful and efficacious intervention. This session will discuss the bilingual intervention research as it applies to apraxia. Spanish intervention will be highlighted, demonstrating assessment measures, target selection, and available resources.

Presenters

Jacquilyn Arias
M.A., CCC-SLP
Jacquilyn Arias is a certified SLP with a passion for supporting children and their families through evidence-based and naturalistic interventions. She provides individual and group therapy, while also sharing her time in research, multi-disciplinary collaborations, and professional development. She is the co-founder of Habla Cadabra SLP, a company that focuses on the creation of Spanish resources.

Learning Objectives

Identify specific phonotactic and linguistic characteristics in Spanish that impact apraxia assessment, target selection, and intervention
Describe how treatment targets are systematically and collaboratively addressed with young learners
Apply target selection, treatment activities, and parent collaboration to other cases with multilingual speakers

Agenda

5 minutes	Introduction
10 minutes	Background/Family-Centered Intervention
15 minutes	Apraxia principles and characteristics of Spanish
15 minutes	Case Study Reviews
10 minutes	Practical Tips
5 minutes	Closing

Disclosures

Speakers - Financial	Jacquilyn Arias is the co-founder of Habla Cadabra SLP, which sells Spanish therapy resources. Jacquilyn is receiving compensation for this course.
Speakers - Nonfinancial	Jacquilyn Arias has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
Course - Content	Jacquilyn Arias has no additional content information to disclose.
Course - Financial Support & In Kind	This course is sponsored by SLP Toolkit.

ASHA

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