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Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a type of motor speech disorder. In this case, the brain fails to plan the correct movement of oral muscles for speech. Thus, a child with CAS faces difficulty in speaking correct sounds or words. Remember, there is no muscle weakness or abnormal tone in this disorder as in Dysarthria . Instead, it has a relation with motor planning. A client knows what he/she wants to say but fails to coordinate the required muscle movements. Other names for CAS include the following. Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS)  Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD) DSM-5 also calls it Verbal Dyspraxia.  Childhood Apraxia of Speech Symptoms CAS may have the following signs or symptoms. Sound errors are inconsistent i.e., the client may speak the same sound with a different error. This is true for both vowels and consonants.  Problem with a smooth transition from one sound to another. Pauses between syllables or sounds.  Inappropriate prosodic feature

Speech Sound Disorders include different types of speech disorders in which a client does not produce speech sounds correctly or even omit them. As a result of this, intelligibility becomes compromised.  Speech Sound Disorders, Articulation Disorder, Phonological Disorder It is important to note that, the term SSD is a blanket term. We can classify it in the two following categories. Functional Organic 1. Functional Speech Sound Disorder These include those impediments which don't have known cause. Here is the overview to understand the concept. Children start expressing after birth through cry. It takes years to learn all the phonemes including vowels and constants . They learn to speak easier sounds like vowels and bilabial consonants at an early age. During this process of learning, some sounds are easier for them and some are difficult. In some cases, children show difficulty to articulate particular phonemes beyond the expected age. Such cases might fal

Dysarthria is a speech disorder that happens due to the weakness of the speech muscles. It occurs due to neurological injury to the motor speech system.  Dysarthria is a type of Motor Speech Disorder.   (Definition of Dysarthria) .  Anarthria is the severe form of dysarthria.  It may affect any group of muscles which helps in speech production. These may include muscles of breathing, throat, tongue, and face. Patients with this speech disorder have difficulty in using the sub-system of speech. These are respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, and prosody. Read More: Childhood Apraxia of Speech Structures involved in the speech system include the following. Respiratory muscles Larynx Pharynx Velophayranx Tongue  Jaws Facial muscles Lips Read More:  Articulation Disorder & Phonological Disorder Dysarthric Speech Patients with this disorder exhibit difficulty in speaking. This difficulty depends on the severity of the problem. Their speech ma

Social Communication Disorder  SCD is a difficulty in communication according to different social situations. It includes comprehension as well as expression of language. It affects both verbal and non-verbal skills. It is also known as Semantic Pragmatic Disorder (SPD) or Pragmatic Language Impairment. Read More:  Childhood Apraxia of Speech We acquire and learn different aspects of social communication with time. These include the following areas. Processing of Language Cognition Interaction with others and Social understanding  Social context or Pragmatics  Have a look at some important points related to Social Communication Skills. 1. Use of language for different reasons Greetings (Good morning) Demand (Give me water) Information (I am going) Request (Please go with me) Choice (I don't like this) Promise (I will give you candy) Question (Where are you going?) Apologize (I am sorry for my fault) Comment (A beautiful picture) Direction (Do this f