Learning Outcomes

Understanding Apraxia

Principles and Treatment

Handling Apraxia and Dysarthria

Lesson Summary

In this module, you will learn about childhood apraxia of speech, its characteristics, and the principles of motor learning. We discuss the treatment, including the planning and organising the education of a child with CAS and associated language disorders. We identify the symptoms, causes and ways of treating dysarthria.

Dysarthria and Apraxia: Overview, Assessment, and Treatment - Course Assessment

This free online psychology course explains how to diagnose and treat the speech disorders dysarthria and apraxia.

Dysarthria and Apraxia: Overview, Assessment and Treatment

The motor speech disorder known as ‘childhood apraxia of speech’ (CAS) can afflict children as they learn to speak. This psychology course takes you through the causes, characteristics and symptoms of apraxia to show you how to assess and diagnose the disorder. We compare CAS to speech delay and discuss the role of speech therapy. We then move on to dysarthria, a slurring of speech caused by brain or nerve damage that affects the vocal muscles.

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