How to Prepare for Speech Therapy Using Principles of Motor Learning

Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor-based speech disorder; therefore, speech therapy for children with apraxia must be based on the principles of motor learning (PML). Using a traditional articulation approach will not be adequate in increasing the reliability and flexibility of the child's speech motor planning system. Join Cari as she outlines how the speech-language pathologist prepares for speech therapy using PML.

Presenters

Cari Ebert
MS, CCC-SLP
Cari Ebert, MS, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in the Kansas City, Missouri area. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa in 1993 and her master’s degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1995. Cari is a therapist, consultant, author, product developer, and nationally recognized speaker who gets paid to do what she loves most—TALK! She specializes in autism, apraxia, and early intervention. Cari’s son has dual diagnoses of autism and apraxia, allowing her to engage audiences both as a professional and as a parent of a child with different abilities. In 2018, Cari co-authored a book with Dave Hammer titled, "The SLP’s Guide to Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech." In 2020, Cari released a book on autism titled, "The Learning to Learn Program." Visit her website www.cariebertseminars.com to browse Cari’s wide variety of speech therapy and early intervention products.

Learning Objectives

Describe the four factors related to motor learning
Explain the difference between knowledge or performance feedback and knowledge of results feedback
List 5 examples of multisensory cues that can be used to support speech motor planning skills

Agenda

5 minutes	Introduction
10 minutes	Pre-practice
10 minutes	Target selection
10 minutes	Conditions of practice
10 minutes	Conditions of feedback
15 minutes	Use of multisensory cues

Disclosures

Speakers - Financial	Cari Ebert is co-author of the book "The SLP's Guide to Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech" which she will reference in this session.
Speakers - Nonfinancial	Cari has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Course - Content	This course will include discussion of apraxia speech therapy products that were created by Cari Ebert. Other similar speech therapy products will also be discussed.
Course - Financial Support & In Kind	This course, and all courses in SLP Summit January 2022, are being sponsored by SLP Now and SLP Toolkit.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area, Professional Area

How to Prepare for Speech Therapy Using Principles of Motor Learning