FOR SCHOOLS
Are you headed to your child’s school to host an event for raising awareness? Check out our Be the Voice page for additional materials!
Support a child with CAS by helping their peers and professionals at school understand apraxia. Check out the Apraxia Kids Classroom Awareness Kit available with activities and information for students and teachers.
- Being a Great Friend Bookmark – Share with friends, peers, and staff to use as a bookmark in school or at home
- Teacher’s Guide – This short guide can help educators learn the best ways to support their students with apraxia in the classroom.
- Classroom Activity – Apraxia Kids Color Pages or Word Searches
- Stickers – share with students to wear in class or to take home
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
It’s the first day of school for children with apraxia of speech! This handout will help them communicate with their classmates and teachers
MY CHILD HAS APRAXIA: LETTER TO A TEACHER
Explains childhood apraxia of speech in easy to understand language for new teachers in a child’s life. Gives a list of suggestions and aid to teachers.
LETTER TO A TEACHER FROM A YOUNG CHILD
This is a one page document that can be “personalized” to every child. Created by Diane James and used with her permission
CLASSROOM TEACHER FLYER
Helping teachers, administrators, and classmates understand a student’s childhood apraxia of speech.
This flyer covers the basics of apraxia, how it may affect students in various ways, and offers many suggestions on how teachers and others can help in the classroom.
Being a great friend
Download the Being a Great Friend rack card.
