SLP Mommy of Apraxia Laura Smith
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Laura Baskall Smith is a speech/langauge pathologist specializing in childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and also has a daughter with CAS, dysarthria, and developmental language disorder. This podcast discusses topics related to motor speech disorders and brings Laura's unique perspective not only as a speech language pathologist, but also a mother to a child with a speech disorder. Laura is the author Overcoming Apraxia available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and the owner and clinical director of A Mile High Speech Therapy located in Denver, Colorado. Hit subscribe and join us!
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S3:1 Apraxia Awareness Day 2022 Expert Panel!
Listen as apraxia specialists Amy Grahfam, Jennie Bjorem and Cari Ebert join Laura Smith for an apraxia awareness day special!
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S2: 6 Interview with Dr. Erika Levy on pediatric dysarthria
Join Laura from SLP mommy of Apraxia/Dyspraxia/Dyslexia and Cari from Cari Ebert Seminars as we sit down with Dr. Erika Levy who is an expert in the treatment for pediatric dysarthria for this special edition of uncorked! Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that can co-occur with apraxia, but unfortunately there are not a lot of great resources for parents or professionals. Dr. Levy shares practical treatment ideas along with audio clips for examples.
References: Levy, E. S., Chang, Y. M., Hwang, K. H., & McAuliffe, M. J. (in press). Perceptual and acoustic effects of dual-focus speech treatment in children with dysarthria. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Moya-Galé, G., Keller, B., Escorial, S., & Levy, E. S. (in press). Speech treatment effects on narrative intelligibility in French-speaking children with dysarthria. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. -
S2: 5 Is it word finding, or an apraxic moment
Does your child or client say yes when they mean no? Do they say purple even when you know they know it's green? Is this just word finding related to the expressive language disorder or could it be a symptom of their apraxia? Listen to Jordan from Fighting for my Voice and myself discuss it here.
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S2: 4 Apraxia Specialist Panel
Join myself Laura Smith, Jennie Bjorem, Amy Graham, and Cari Ebert as we get together for this special apraxia awareness month edition to answer our most frequent inbox related questions about childhood apraxia of speech.
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Episode S:2:3 - Adult Apraxia Panel
THIS is the future of CAS!! Kelsey is now a certified SLP, Shelby was just accepted to graduate school to be an SLP and Jordan - well you all know Jordan! He received his bachelor degree in psychology and is basically our apraxia spokesperson and advocate!
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Episode 2:2 Red flags for CAS: Results from retrospective video analysis.
Take a listen as researchers Dr. Meghan Overby and Sue Caspari discuss infant red flags for CAS compared to other children with SSD and typical developing children.
Customer Reviews
Super helpful and uplifting
I’m so thankful that she’s putting this out there...trying to learn as much as possible about speech apraxia and this gives me so much hope that things might get better thank you