Literacy and Children with Apraxia of Speech

By: Sharon Gretz, M.Ed.
Sharon Gretz is the founder and current executive director of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA). She also is the parent of a child diagnosed with apraxia of speech.

Sharon's personal journey with her son, as well as her professional dedication to helping children and families affected by apraxia is both inspiring and incredibly insightful.

We wish to thank Apraxia-Kids and Sharon Gretz, M.Ed. for making this article available.

NB: This article is written for the parents of children who have Childhood Apraxia of Speech and related problems. We publish it here because we know that therapists like to give their client's caregivers as much information as possible.

Many parents wonder if their young child with apraxia of speech (verbal dyspraxia) will go on to experience difficulties in their education . While there is no certainty that literacy problems will or will not develop, there is research that has shown that children with spoken language problems are at higher risk for literacy related problems. The purpose of this paper is to summarize some pertinent research and articles on the relationship of spoken language problems to literacy development.

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