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......Characteristics of Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) can be found in children who have no indication of difficulty with strength or range of motion of the articulators, but are not capable to carry out speech movements for the reason that of motor planning and coordination problems; and this is not to be confused with phonological impairments in children with normal coordination of the articulators during speech (Apraxia, n. d.)
Gretz (2005) stated that a true developmental delay of speech is when the child is pursuing the "typical" path of childhood speech development, although at a pace slower than normal. Sometimes this rate corresponds with the cognitive skills and in standard speech/language development, the child's receptive and expressive skills are practically moving together; and what is generally seen in a child with Apraxia of speech is asignificant disparity linking their receptive language abilities and expressive abilities. The child's ability to understand language (receptive ability) is broadly within normal limits, but his or her expressive speech is seriously lacking, not present, or severely indistinct and this is an significant aspect and one indicator that the child may be experiencing more than "delayed" speech and must be assessed for

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