How This Book Is Organized
Section 1. Tell Me More-The Straight Scoop on Speech Basics
Chapter 1. Does My Child Have Childhood Apraxia of Speech?
Chapter 2. An Introduction to Speech, Language, and Listening
Chapter 3. When You Suspect Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Where to Go and What to Ask
Chapter 4. At the Speech Clinic: Your First Appointment with a Speech-Language Pathologist
Chapter 5. Getting the Apraxia Diagnosis: Initial Reactions
Chapter 6. So What Caused All of This?! Theories and Medical Diagnoses Related to CAS
Chapter 7. All About Speech Therapy: An Introduction to Theories & Methods Best Suited for Kids with Apraxia
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
Chapter 9. What You Can Do at Home: Tapping into Your Inner Speech-Language Pathologist
Chapter 10. An Eye for Design: Creating a Language-Rich Environment at Home & Encouraging Sound Sleep
Chapter 11. Off to School: Preparing Your Child (and Yourself!)
Chapter 12. Phonological Awareness: Learning to Read and Reading to Learn
Section 5. Coping & Hoping
Chapter 13. CAS Affects Us All: Coping as a Family
Chapter 14. I Am More Than CAS: Tending to Your Child's Feelings
Chapter 15. Resolving Apraxia: Where Do We Go from Here?
Chapter 16. Shaking Your Groove Thing: Networking, Advocating, and Resources
Appendix A. A Guide to the Most-Asked-About Conditions in Relation to CAS
Appendix B. Health Insurance
Appendix C. Summer Speech Camps and Enrichment Programs
Appendix D. Speech & Language Milestones
Appendix E. Research on Reading Difficulties and Speach & Language Disorders
