Every child is different, so treatment for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) will look different for each child. The majority of interventions will address movements needed to produce words and help improve overall communication. Since CAS can differ from child to child, therapy will be specific to your child and individualized to treat other speech or language issues that might co-occur.
There are a few therapy treatments specifically designed to address CAS:
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC), which is designed to improve the brain’s ability to plan and program movements for speech
PROMPTs for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT), which involves an SLP doing tactile (touch) cues on the child’s face to guide their jaw, lips, and tongue to correctly form words
Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP), which combines several motor learning principles used to teach language and a speech-generating device to help develop independent and spontaneous communication
Speech EZ, which is a multisensory therapy that addresses various levels of speech motor control, particularly motor preparation and execution processes
For more information, see our full article Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) 101.
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