Childhood Motor Speech Disability

1.The Nature of Childhood Motor Speech Disability. Introduction: Childhood Dysarthria versus Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia. Definition of Terms. Characteristics of Childhood Dysarthria.
2.The Neurology of Childhood Motor Speech Disability. The Motor System. Cortical Level. Descending Motor Pathways. Subcortical Level. Peripheral Motor System Pathways. Clinical Neurology of the Childhood Dysarthrias. Clinical Neurology of Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia.
3.The Childhood Dysarthrias of Cerebral Palsy. Introduction. Spastic Syndromes. Dyskinetic Syndromes. Ataxic Syndromes.
4.The Childhood Dysarthrias of the Lower Motor Neuron. Introduction. Lower Motor-Unit Dysarthrias.
5.Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia. Controversial Issues. Single Case Studies: Evidence for the Disorder. Recent Developments.
6.Assessment. Introduction to Childhood Dysarthria Assessment. Oral-Motor Evaluation of the Prespeaking Child. Clinical Testing for Dysphagia. Abnormal Oral Reflexes and Deviant Oral-Motor Behavior. Radiologic Examination in the Dysphagic Child. Oral-Motor Evaluation of the Speaking Child. Assessment of Speech Production Subsystems in Childhood Dysarthria. Cognitive-Linguistic Assessment. Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia Assessment.
7.Issues in Speech Management of Childhood Dysarthria. Introduction. Prespeech Oral-Motor Training and Early Intervention. Later Oral-Motor Management. Technology in Childhood Dysarthria.
8.Therapy for Childhood Motor Speech Disability. A Subsystems Approach to the Management of Childhood Dysarthrias. Respiratory Dysfunction. Laryngeal Dysfunction. Velopharyngeal Dysfunction. Articulatory Muscle Dysfunction. Management of Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia.
Index.