Perth/Fremantle CAS Clinic
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a speech disorder in which a child has difficulty coordinating the complex oral movements needed for speech. Specific therapy techniques that improve motor learning are recommended for CAS.
Speech Pathology is essential for the management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Eos Clinical offers evidence based Childhood Apraxia of Speech assessment and treatment in the Perth & Fremantle metropolitan areas.
Telehealth is also available.
Therapy Programs Available
PROMPT
PROMPT is an acronym for 'Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets'. It is a tactile cueing technique for phoneme production
ReST
Rapid Syllable Transition Training (ReST) is a treatment that teaches how to use new speech movements by using nonsense words.
NDP3
The Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme is a flexible program that aims to develop a complete inventory of speech sounds.
DTTC
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) is a motor speech approach incorporating the principals of motor learning.