The Relationship of Practice and Repetition to Motor Learning for Speech in Children with Apraxia
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By: Edythe Strand, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD
Clinicians and parents commonly observe that practice and repetition facilitate progress in therapy for childhood apraxia of speech. Why is this aspect of treatment more important in children who have apraxia, than for children who's primary deficit is in language or phonology? The answer lies in the fact that children with apraxia of speech primarily exhibit deficits in planning and executing movement.
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By: Edythe Strand, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD
Clinicians and parents commonly observe that practice and repetition facilitate progress in therapy for childhood apraxia of speech. Why is this aspect of treatment more important in children who have apraxia, than for children who's primary deficit is in language or phonology? The answer lies in the fact that children with apraxia of speech primarily exhibit deficits in planning and executing movement.
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