2140V - Longitudinal Outcomes for Individuals With Childhood Apraxia of Speech

This seminar describes the developmental course for individuals with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) from preschool to adolescence/adulthood. Children were assessed on speech, language, literacy, and motor-speech measures at three time points. Results document the changing nature of CAS with primarily speech and language issues at preschool, literacy difficulties at school age, and residual effects at adolescence/adulthood. Clinical implications include the necessity of different diagnostic criteria for CAS at different ages, addressing pre-literacy skills in therapy to mitigate later literacy difficulties and differential outcomes at adolescence/adulthood, with some individuals demonstrating residual articulation errors.