I believe in an intensive, functional and family-centered approach to treatment of children with childhood apraxia of speech. As recommended by ASHA, I encourage families to participate in 3-5 treatment sessions per week along with a detailed home program to ensure that the child receives the practice and feedback he/she needs to be successful. I also believe that treatment should be as functional as possible, which is why in the initial stages of treatment, goals are centered around building up a base of functional words and phrases. Therapy also focuses on motor planning in increasingly complex syllable and word structures, which are then trained at the phrase, sentence and conversation level. I use a variety of multi-sensory cues and a step-by-step system to fade cues and models to gradually encourage the child to communicate independently. I also encourage family members to be active participants in each treatment session to learn strategies and techniques to facilitate their child's communication in real time. A big part of therapy is counseling families on how they can incorporate information and techniques that they learn in therapy into daily interactions. Activities and materials used in therapy are fun, play-based and easily replicated at home.