NYU Motor Speech Lab

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May 14, is Apraxia Awareness Day — a day dedicated to increasing understanding of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and advocating for the children and families impacted by this complex motor speech disorder.

At the Case Speech Lab & NYU Motor Speech Lab, we are dedicated to advancing evidence-based assessment and treatment for children with CAS while supporting the clinicians and families who help these children find their voices every day.

We are SO EXCITED to be presenting at the Apraxia Kids National Conference in Pittsburgh July 9th -11th. This year it is being offered both virtually and in-person. We are presenting in both modalities.

It is the only major conference on the speech, language, learning, and life needs of children with apraxia.

Have you registered yet?!?!

We’re excited to share that Apraxia Kids is offering a scholarship for families to attend their upcoming national convention this July.

Our lab will be presenting, and we are looking forward to connecting with families and clinicians.

Families—this is a great opportunity to connect, learn, and be part of the CAS community. We encourage you to apply!!!

We will post the link in our stories: https://www.apraxia-kids.org/apraxia-kids-national-conference-hope-tickets/

The truth is it is ALWAYS APRAXIA AWARENESS month for us!

In Childhood Apraxia of Speech, children are learning to plan and execute complex speech movements—often with repeated breakdowns in accuracy.

This process is effortful and requires sustained attention, repeated attempts, and tolerance for error.

Frustration is not a sign that therapy is going wrong.
It reflects the demands of motor learning.

Our role is not to eliminate frustration, but to support children in staying engaged, regulated, and successful within these demands.

Have you MADE THE SHIFT to pediatric motor speech therapy?!?!?

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In Childhood Apraxia of Speech, the core deficit is in motor planning and programming.

Practicing isolated sounds does not address the temporal and spatial demands of speech.

Approaches like Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing target whole-word movement sequences to support real motor learning.

Have you Made the Shift to pediatric motor speech therapy?

Did you know our very own Lead SLP Nicole Kolenda is also an NYU Steinhardt Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders alumni and is leading a master class this week!!!

Beyond the CSD Classroom: Putting Theory into Practice is a series of clinical courses related to the clinical management, assessment and treatment of select populations. Nicole's talk will examine how the Principle's of Motor Learning can be used to guide effective intervention for children with Speech Sound Disorders.

Registration is free and open to all!

Please find the link in our stories or message us directly.