12 Nov Research Priorities for CAS: A Long View
Summary by Tricia McCabe and Molly Beiting
This free (open access) article is the introduction for a special issue of the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, featuring fourteen papers from the 2022 Apraxia Kids Research Symposium.
Over the past 15 years, the field of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) has made significant progress in several areas: understanding of basic biology (like genetics and brain science), developing better diagnostic tools, creating more effective treatments, and understanding the broader impacts of CAS on people with the disorder. The papers in this special issue review the progress made so far and present new findings that fill important research gaps.
This article also discusses future areas of research need, collected through a series of discussions held at the Symposium. Over 50 Symposium attendees (including clinicians, researchers, adults with CAS and parents of children with CAS) expressed the following as the most important needs:
- identifying the right research questions,
- broadening who should be included in the research,
- figuring out the best research methods, and
- applying research findings to real-world practice.
Symposium attendees stressed the importance of considering the diversity of people with CAS and ensuring that high-quality, evidence-based practices are implemented effectively throughout their lives.
The goal of this article and the accompanying special issue is to highlight the advancements in CAS research and to outline a long view of the work ahead.
McCabe, T., Beiting, M,…Grigos, M. (2024) Research Priorities for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Long View Prologue. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(9S). 3255-3268. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/pdf/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00196
Summary by Tricia McCabe and Molly Beiting
This free (open access) article is the introduction for a special issue of the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, featuring fourteen papers from the 2022 Apraxia Kids Research Symposium.
Over the past 15 years, the field of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) has made significant progress in several areas: understanding of basic biology (like genetics and brain science), developing better diagnostic tools, creating more effective treatments, and understanding the broader impacts of CAS on people with the disorder. The papers in this special issue review the progress made so far and present new findings that fill important research gaps.
This article also discusses future areas of research need, collected through a series of discussions held at the Symposium. Over 50 Symposium attendees (including clinicians, researchers, adults with CAS and parents of children with CAS) expressed the following as the most important needs:
- identifying the right research questions,
- broadening who should be included in the research,
- figuring out the best research methods, and
- applying research findings to real-world practice.
Symposium attendees stressed the importance of considering the diversity of people with CAS and ensuring that high-quality, evidence-based practices are implemented effectively throughout their lives.
The goal of this article and the accompanying special issue is to highlight the advancements in CAS research and to outline a long view of the work ahead.
McCabe, T., Beiting, M,…Grigos, M. (2024) Research Priorities for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Long View Prologue. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(9S). 3255-3268. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/pdf/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00196
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