Speech Treatment for Minimally Verbal Children With ASD and CAS

Description

Comorbid Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) may be one factor that limits speech development in some minimally verbal children with autism. CAS is a disorder affecting speech movement planning. This study tests whether CAS-specific treatment, appropriately modified for minimally verbal children with autism, improves their speech.

Conditions

Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia, Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Study overview

Comorbid Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) may be one factor that limits speech development in some minimally verbal children with autism. CAS is a disorder affecting speech movement planning. This study tests whether CAS-specific treatment, appropriately modified for minimally verbal children with autism, improves their speech.

Speech Treatment for Minimally Verbal Children With ASD and CAS

Speech Treatment for Minimally Verbal Children With ASD and CAS

Condition
Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Boston

MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02129

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Meets criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • * Able to correctly repeat at least 2 syllables
  • * Meets criteria for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
  • * Lives in an environment where child is exposed to English at least 50% of the time
  • * Poorly controlled seizures
  • * Factors such as blindness or deafness that contribute to minimally verbal status
  • * Lives in an environment where English is not spoken at least 50% of the time
  • * Child experiences behavioral challenges that preclude participation in the study

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

MGH Institute of Health Professions,

Study Record Dates

2024-11-30