12 Oct New Health Professionals Flyer
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a disorder that requires a team approach. Families work closely with their speech-language pathologists and their school district (if they are of school age). Another important arm of the team is medical professionals. Sometimes a child may have other co-occurring disorders that require bringing additional medical professionals onto their team: pediatricians, ENTs, neurologists, developmental pediatricians, and more!
Often these additional medical personnel may not have a good understanding of what CAS is and how it is different from other types of speech sound disorders. Apraxia Kids has developed a flyer that explains what CAS is along with other speech and language disorders, when a referral to a speech language pathologist is appropriate, and debunks common myths that are often believed. Did you know that it is a myth that boys not meeting the developmental milestones are ok because they start talking later than girls? With the new guidelines of speech and language development published by the CDC, both boys and girls should start talking within the typical range. If a child is not meeting those developmental milestones (regardless of their gender), they are behind their peers and need to be seen by a speech-language pathologist. The “let’s wait and see” attitude that has been used in the past by many professionals, is not appropriate, and can have detrimental effects on later development of academic, literacy, and social skills!
We hope that the apraxia community will begin sharing this flyer with the medical professionals they work with in order help raise awareness so that children can be identified and provided with appropriate services as early as possible. Families and professionals can use this flyer to have a conversation with medical professionals about CAS and how they can support other children they see in their practice. By sharing this with the medical professionals in your life you are not only helping your own child but your entire community! You never know who may need this information.
Download and share the new Medical Professionals Flyer below:
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a disorder that requires a team approach. Families work closely with their speech-language pathologists and their school district (if they are of school age). Another important arm of the team is medical professionals. Sometimes a child may have other co-occurring disorders that require bringing additional medical professionals onto their team: pediatricians, ENTs, neurologists, developmental pediatricians, and more!
Often these additional medical personnel may not have a good understanding of what CAS is and how it is different from other types of speech sound disorders. Apraxia Kids has developed a flyer that explains what CAS is along with other speech and language disorders, when a referral to a speech language pathologist is appropriate, and debunks common myths that are often believed. Did you know that it is a myth that boys not meeting the developmental milestones are ok because they start talking later than girls? With the new guidelines of speech and language development published by the CDC, both boys and girls should start talking within the typical range. If a child is not meeting those developmental milestones (regardless of their gender), they are behind their peers and need to be seen by a speech-language pathologist. The “let’s wait and see” attitude that has been used in the past by many professionals, is not appropriate, and can have detrimental effects on later development of academic, literacy, and social skills!
We hope that the apraxia community will begin sharing this flyer with the medical professionals they work with in order help raise awareness so that children can be identified and provided with appropriate services as early as possible. Families and professionals can use this flyer to have a conversation with medical professionals about CAS and how they can support other children they see in their practice. By sharing this with the medical professionals in your life you are not only helping your own child but your entire community! You never know who may need this information.
Download and share the new Medical Professionals Flyer below:
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