CAS

Question 1

Provide a definition for CAS

Answer 1

CAS is a neurological childhood SSD in which the planning and thus precision of movements underlying speech are impaired.

Question 2

What are some of the features of CAS?

Answer 2

Inconsistent errors on consonants and vowels
Inappropriate prosody
Lengthened/disrupted coarticulator transitions between sounds and syllables

Question 3

Where is the breakdown in CAS?

Answer 3

At the level of motor planning. Children with CAS don’t have well-refined representations, because of their poor motor execution of sounds.

Question 4

What treatment options are available for CAS?

Answer 4

Nullfield Dyspraxia Programme and PROMPT

Question 5

What are some associated difficulties with CAS?

Answer 5

Social communication difficulties that stem from unintelligibility
Behavioural disregulation - temperament issues
Other oro-motor difficulties (eating/drinking/saliva control)