Speaking of apraxia: a parents' guide to childhood apraxia of speech

Preface

Acknowledgements

How This Book Is Organized

Section 1. Tell Me More-The Straight Scoop on Speech Basics

Chapter 1. Does My Child Have Childhood Apraxia of Speech?

Chapter 2. An Introduction to Speech, Language, and Listening

Chapter 3. When You Suspect Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Where to Go and What to Ask

Chapter 4. At the Speech Clinic: Your First Appointment with a Speech-Language Pathologist

Section 2. Now What?!

Chapter 5. Getting the Apraxia Diagnosis: Initial Reactions

Chapter 6. So What Caused All of This?! Theories and Medical Diagnoses Related to CAS

Chapter 7. All About Speech Therapy: An Introduction to Theories & Methods Best Suited for Kids with Apraxia

Section 3. Helping Your Child

Chapter 8. Fish Oil, Diet, Horses, Music, and More: Complementary and Alternative Medical (CAM) Approaches to Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Chapter 9. What You Can Do at Home: Tapping into Your Inner Speech-Language Pathologist

Chapter 10. An Eye for Design: Creating a Language-Rich Environment at Home & Encouraging Sound Sleep

Section 4. Off to School

Chapter 11. Off to School: Preparing Your Child (and Yourself!)

Chapter 12. Phonological Awareness: Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

Section 5. Coping & Hoping

Chapter 13. CAS Affects Us All: Coping as a Family

Chapter 14. I Am More Than CAS: Tending to Your Child's Feelings

Chapter 15. Resolving Apraxia: Where Do We Go from Here?

Chapter 16. Shaking Your Groove Thing: Networking, Advocating, and Resources

References

Appendix A. A Guide to the Most-Asked-About Conditions in Relation to CAS

Appendix B. Health Insurance

Appendix C. Summer Speech Camps and Enrichment Programs

Appendix D. Speech & Language Milestones

Appendix E. Research on Reading Difficulties and Speach & Language Disorders

Appendix F. Glossary

Advisory Board

Index