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Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), this letter discusses issues and current thinking about the nature and causes of the disorder. These include the idea that DAS is a disorder of overall language development or that DAS is a problem of the "motor-programming" system for speech.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Etiology, Language Acquisition, Parent Education

Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech, this letter discusses other problems associated with the disorder including language development problems, academic problems, motor skill problems, and chewing and swallowing difficulties. An annotated bibliography of two further readings for parents is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Problems, Parent Education

Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech, this letter discusses the characteristics of the disorder including having been a "quiet" baby, slow and late development of speech skills, problems sequencing sounds and syllables correctly, and problems in correct "voicing". An appended…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Language Acquisition, Parent Education
Santana, Altagracia A.; Bottino, Patti M. – 1998
This early intervention kit includes a Comprehensive Early Stimulation Program for Infants (CESPI) instruction manual, an early interventionist workbook, and ten parent/caregiver workbooks. The CESPI early intervention program is designed to provide therapists, teachers, other health professionals, and parents with a common-sense, practical guide…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum, Developmental Stages, Disabilities