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Peer reviewedDavis, Barbara L.; Velleman, Shelley L. – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article argues that the use of developmental apraxia of speech (DAS) as a label for infants and toddlers who are prelinguistic may prematurely label a young child. Diagnostic indicators are reviewed and suggestions for diagnostic therapy to pursue appropriate differential diagnoses in the infant-toddler population are proposed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Early Identification, Individual Characteristics, Infants
