Exploration of the types and characteristics of motor speech disorders, oral motor deficits, and feeding/swallowing disorders in children who exhibit neurological dysfunction. Normal and disordered processes of oral-motor/feeding and swallowing will be presented. Emphasis will be placed on assessment and intervention of neuromotor systems necessary for speech production and vegetative functioning. Includes discussion of developmental verbal dyspraxia, childhood dysarthrias and cerebral palsy.
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