10/06/2026
🎈 Could your child have Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)?
Sometimes a child knows exactly what they want to say, but getting the words out is incredibly difficult.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder. The challenge isn’t simply learning a sound—it’s that the brain has difficulty planning and coordinating the movements of the lips, tongue, and jaw needed to produce speech.
Parents may notice things like:
• Very few sounds or words compared with other children their age
• A limited variety of consonant and vowel sounds
• Difficulty moving smoothly from one sound or syllable to another
• The same word being pronounced differently at different times
• Unusual stress, rhythm, or pauses when speaking
• Speech that is difficult for others to understand
• A child who seems to know what they want to say but struggles to get the movements right
💛 The good news is that children with apraxia can make meaningful progress with the right treatment.
Therapy for CAS is different from simply practicing individual speech sounds. Treatment typically focuses on helping the child learn and strengthen the motor plans for speech through frequent practice, repetition, multisensory cues, and carefully structured speech movements.
👉 Scroll through the images to learn more about CAS, early signs to watch for, and what treatment may look like.
If you have concerns about your child's speech—or you've been told your child has a speech delay but wonder whether something more may be going on—our speech-language pathologists can help.
🎈 High Hopes Children’s Therapy
📍 Alpharetta • Cu***ng • Duluth
📞 (678) 395-3269
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