Articles

Important and formative journal articles about CAS and its treatment.

Important and Formative Articles about CAS

Click on the topics below for in-depth information about CAS and its treatment.

ASHA Position Statement on CAS

Short summary of ASHA’s Technical Report on CAS, outlining research and treatment recommendations, published in 2007.

ASHA Technical Report on CAS

In-depth article on the  research and treatment recommendations for CAS, published in 2007.

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing

Article by Dr. Edythe Strand about how to implement Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC), published in 2019.

Principles of Motor Learning in Treatment of Motor Speech Disorders

Important study by Maas et al. laying out the principles on which therapy for CAS is founded. Published in 2008.

A Systematic Review of Treatment Outcomes for Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

A review and summary of studies on different therapy approaches for children with CAS by Murray, McCabe & Ballard published in 2014.

Interventions for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

A review and summary of studies on different therapy approaches for children with CAS by Morgan, Murray & Liegois, published in 2018.

Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment – A Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Other Pediatric Motor Speech Disorders

Tutorial describing Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST) by Drs Patricia McCabe, Donna Thomas and Elizabeth Murray, published in 2020.

RCT of Children with CAS comparing Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST) and the Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme-Third Edition

A randomized control trial comparing treatment using ReST and the Nuffield Dyspraxia Program (NDP3) by Murray, McCabe & Ballard published in 2015.

Differential Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Compared to Other Speech Sound Disorders: A Systematic Review

A review and summary of studies to determine the discriminative characteristics of CAS by Murray, Iuzzini-Seigel, Maas, Terband and Ballard, published in 2020.

Appraising Apraxia: When a speech-sound disorder is severe, how do you know if it’s childhood apraxia of speech?

An article discussing the characteristics of and assessment for CAS by Dr. Edythe Strand, published in 2017.