Tue
Sep
29
1:45 pm - 1:59 pm
ET
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
1:45-3:15 PM [Zoom]
Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel (Marquette University)
Title: Beyond speech: A multisite study of motor profiles and developmental coordination disorder characteristics in children with childhood apraxia of speech"
Abstract: Research shows that ~80-90% of children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) demonstrate fine and gross motor impairments and ~60% have motor impairments severe enough to diagnose developmental coordination disorder (DCD). DCD is a neurodevelopmental motor disorder that affects activities of daily living, academic and vocational success, leisure activities and long-term physical and mental health. Unfortunately, despite the challenging consequences DCD can have, it goes undiagnosed in a high percentage of children with CAS. Failure to diagnose means failure to treat. This presentation will focus on a recent investigation of motor skills and DCD characteristics in 62 children with CAS recruited from 11 sites across the US.
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