Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

Atila Çağlar N., Noyan Erbaş A., Köse A.

Sağlık bilimlerinde değer (Online), vol.14, no.2, pp.310-315, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

ABSTRACT Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) are two separate disorders that can often occur together and have many common points. Childhood apraxia of speech; It is a neurological speech sound disorder that is not accompanied by neuromuscular deficits such as abnormal reflexes, abnormal tone, and is characterized by disorders in the accuracy and consistency of movements that form the basis of speech. Developmental Coordination Disorder, on the other hand, is defined as the child's motor coordination below expectations according to his chronological age Approximately 85% of children with childhood apraxia of speech meet criteria for DCD. It is critical that speech and language therapists, who are the primary experts responsible for the CAS diagnosis, evaluation and intervention process, have knowledge about these two disorders in order to provide the necessary guidance and early intervention. Therefore, this review aims to present the features, similarities and differences of CAS and DCD, which can often be seen together, and also to emphasize collaboration between experts. Keywords: Apraxia, developmental verbal; motor; speech-language pathology.