Parents and caregivers are an important part of the CAS team, and we believe YOU CAN effectively and confidently help your child at home! This 10-video series provides practical, research-informed guidance to help you feel more confident supporting your child’s speech practice at home. Learn about CAS, motor-based treatment, home practice strategies, and ways to partner with your child’s SLP.
The content is grounded in our funded research study, "The Effects of Caregiver Training on DTTC Treatment Outcomes in Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Randomized Controlled Trial," led by Dr. Julie Case at Hofstra University and Dr. Maria Grigos at New York University, who worked closely with 40 families to understand how caregiver training can support home speech practice. Presenters are Hannah Deschaine and Kelly Sullivan, two ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists with specialized training in childhood apraxia of speech who worked closely with these families.
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Throughout this video series, you will often hear the recommendation to collaborate with your child's speech therapist. Working closely with your child's SLP to align on therapy goals and communicate regularly about home practice strategies is one of the most important things you can do to support your child's progress. You may find it helpful to share this video series with your child's SLP so that they have a clear understanding of the information we've shared and how to best support you as you begin practicing at home.
As you watch, we encourage you to take notes and keep track of any questions that come up to bring to your next conversation with your child's SLP. Each video below includes an accompanying transcript and a short handout that covers the key points from that video, definitions of important terms, and suggested action items to help you put what you have learned into practice.
Finally, we hope you will come back to these videos throughout your home practice journey. As your experience grows and your child's needs evolve, you may find that different parts of the series resonate with you in new ways.
Testimonials
When we first started figuring out that my three-year-old son has Childhood Apraxia of Speech we knew nothing about how we could help him. Even after learning a lot about apraxia, we still didn’t know how to do home practice. A parent video series like this would have been incredibly useful from the start. Understanding the type of Speech Therapy kids with CAS need, and how you can contribute to that therapy at home, is very empowering and that’s what parents like me need.
The Parent and Caregiver Video Series is an essential training resource for families impacted by CAS. Families can often feel lost after a CAS diagnosis because traditional Speech Therapy is not able to meet your child’s need and it can be difficult to find a SLP who is trained to treat CAS. Having access to this video series empowers parents and families to help improve their child’s speech outcomes and be an active participant in their child’s treatment plan.
When we first learned our daughter had CAS, we were so overwhelmed and had so many questions. Our SLPs have been amazing at helping us understand the difficulties she is having and how to help support her. This video series is like having an SLP at home with you, helping you create a program tailored to your child. Knowing that you can support your child’s progress at home is so empowering and rewarding. When they say that one word just right, totally perfectly and you can identify how hard it was for them to get to that point, and celebrate that progress with them, it feels amazing.
The video series breaks each part down in short and concise information with examples both to do and what not to do in a way that is not overwhelming but helpful to guide you before and during home practice. Visual examples are given that also provide clarity and take the guess work out of home practice.
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