From the Book - Regular Print - First edition.
Section 1 Tell Me More-The Straight Scoop on Speech Basics --
Chapter 1 Does My Child Have Childhood Apraxia of Speech? 3 --
Chapter 2 An Introduction to Speech, Language, and Listening 19 --
Chapter 3 When You Suspect Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Where to Go and What to Ask 33 --
Chapter 4 At the Speech Clinic: Your First Appointment with a Speech-Language Pathologist 53 --
Chapter 5 Getting the Apraxia Diagnosis: Initial Reactions 71 --
Chapter 6 So What Caused All of This?! Theories and Medical Diagnoses Related to CAS 89 --
Chapter 7 All About Speech Therapy: An Introduction to Theories & Methods Best Suited for Kids with Apraxia 105 --
Section 3 Helping Your Child --
Chapter 8 Fish Oil, Diet, Horses, Music, and More: Complementary and Alternative Medical (CAM) Approaches to Childhood Apraxia of Speech 137 --
Chapter 9 What You Can Do at Home: Tapping into Your Inner Speech-Language Pathologist 159 --
Chapter 10 An Eye for Design: Creating a Language-Rich Environment at Home & Encouraging Sound Sleep 199 --
Section 4 Off to School --
Chapter 11 Off to School: Preparing Your Child (and Yourself!) 221 --
Chapter 12 Phonological Awareness: Learning to Read and Reading to Learn 267 --
Section 5 Coping & Hoping --
Chapter 13 CAS Affects Us All: Coping as a Family 297 --
Chapter 14 I Am More Than CAS: Tending to Your Child's Feelings 319 --
Chapter 15 Resolving Apraxia: Where Do We Go from Here? 345 --
Chapter 16 Shaking Your Groove Thing: Networking, Advocating, and Resources 367.