Speech Apraxia affects 1-10 in every 1000 children and is on the rise Nationwide!

This Communication disorder affects children throughout their lifespan, and speech services can promote speech skills.

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that first becomes apparent as a young child is learning speech. For reasons not yet fully understood, children with apraxia of speech have great difficulty planning and producing the precise, highly refined and specific series of movements of the tongue, lips, jaw and palate that are necessary for intelligible speech. Which is frustrating for the child and makes communication difficult. 

Children with Speech Apraxia Need intensive Speech therapy, Speech therapy can sometimes cost as much as $100 per session, with an individual sometimes needing 2-4 sessions per week, adaptive Communication devices, sometimes even impacts feeding. Speech Apraxia has tremendous effects on a child's daily life. Children will not outgrow speech apraxia but can make tremendous gains with speech therapy to promote not only quality of speech and quality of life. basics of speech just by being around other children, such as in a classroom. Therefore, speech-language therapy is necessary.

Due to the costs of therapies and lack of insurance coverage children are not getting the therapies they should be getting. Adding this diagnosis to CSHCS will help Children receive the intensive Speech therapy sessions they need to have a voice, to have a chance to receive therapies. All children with a Communication Disorder should be able to receive this medically necessary therapy.