The motor speech disorder that involves difficulty with the sensorimotor control processes is called childhood dysarthria. Childhood dysarthria is involved in the production of speech, typically that of motor programming and execution. This can be a result of a neurological condition (neurofibromatosis), traumatic brain injury, or neurological impairment during or

Childhood apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder that involves issues with planning and programming of movement sequences that result in dysprosody and speech sound production errors. When compared to phonological impairment, childhood apraxia is quite rare as it occurs in about 1 to 2 children per one thousand.

`Inconsistent speech disorder, which is also known as inconsistent phonological disorder, is less common than phonological impairment. This disorder is characterized by inconsistent productions of the same word items (lexical) and is aligned with phonological assembly difficulty including difficulty with selecting and sequencing phenomes, without the accompaniment of oromotor difficulties.

Phonological impairment is one of the most common forms of speech sound disorder with cognitive linguistic difficulties that include the learning of the phonological system or language. Phonological impairment is characterized by pattern-based speech errors such as velar fronting. These errors may be delayed for a child’s age or disordered.

Speech sound disorders, often abbreviated as SSD, are a form of communication impairment that is characterized by five specific types of impairment that include phonological, articulation, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), inconsistent speech disorder, and childhood dysarthria. Included in SSD is a difficulty perceiving, articulating, and phonologically demonstrating that which

At the end of December 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law, effectively sweeping away NCLB (No Child Left Behind). This bipartisan measure reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the country’s oldest national education law, which is dedicated to providing equal opportunity to all

Is the absence of voluntary muscle control. Regardless of how healthy the muscles may appear, the user has no control over them. The inability to intentionally move normally developed muscles has a substantial impact on academic success because students learn by doing and communicating. Learners with apraxia may benefit from

The participation of students with disabilities in regular education classrooms, usually with support services.

Is a federal law specifically mandating that schools provide equitable education for the mentally and physically disabled.

Services pre-kindergarten children who have been discovered to have a disability or to be at risk for developing a disability. Studies show that the earlier intervention services are administered, the greater the chances of success are for the child.