Speech Therapy Consulting
Speech Therapy Consulting
Intensive, specialized apraxia therapy. ASHA recommends 3-5 sessions/week. We can help.
No obligation. Takes 2 minutes.
CAS is a brain planning issue, not a muscle weakness. About 1-2 per 1,000 children are affected. Here's what parents notice.
Your child says the same word differently each time — "banana" might come out as "nabana," "banna," or "danana" on different tries.
Unlike most speech issues that affect consonants, CAS often distorts vowel sounds too — making speech especially hard to understand.
Your child visibly searches for the right mouth position. You can see them trying to figure out how to make the sound before saying it.
Your child might say single words okay but falls apart with longer words and sentences. More syllables = more motor planning = more difficulty.
Looking back, your child may have had very little babbling as a baby, or their first words came very late.
Your child clearly understands language well but struggles enormously to get words out. The gap between understanding and speaking is large.
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing — an evidence-based approach specifically for CAS. Uses systematic cueing from full support to independent production.
Uses touch cues on the face and jaw to guide the physical movements for speech. Helps the brain learn what the mouth should do.
Apraxia therapy is different from general speech therapy. It requires specialized, intensive treatment.
"Our son was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 4. The first services we received was speech therapy as he was unable to express himself. We were lucky enough to have been paired with Stacey. Our son has been in speech therapy for almost a year now and has improved so much. He is always excited to go see Mrs. Stacey. We are forever grateful."— Lopez Family, Dixon, CA
"STC helped me ease my daughter into attending sessions independently instead of needing me to accompany her to every session, which has given her more confidence. My daughter looks forward to her therapy every week. We've experienced other speech therapy service providers and STC is by far our favorite. It feels like a second home."— Ann & Rose, Vacaville, CA
CAS is a motor speech disorder where the brain has difficulty planning and coordinating the movements needed for speech. It's not a muscle weakness — the muscles work fine, but the brain's signals to those muscles are disrupted. It affects about 1-2 per 1,000 children.
Children with CAS make inconsistent errors — the same word may come out differently each time. They often have trouble with vowels (not just consonants), may show groping movements when trying to speak, and typically struggle more with longer words and sentences.
CAS requires intensive, frequent practice to build the brain-to-mouth connections. Research shows children with CAS progress significantly faster with 3-5 sessions per week compared to 1-2. The frequent repetition helps the brain learn and retain the motor plans for speech.
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) is an evidence-based approach specifically designed for CAS. It uses systematic cueing — from full prompts to no prompts — to help children learn the motor movements for speech. It's one of the most effective treatments for apraxia.
Yes. We accept Sutter HMO, Kaiser, Cigna, Blue Shield PPO, Western Health Advantage, and North Bay Regional Center for children ages 0-3.
Your child's brain needs help building the connection to speech. The right therapy makes all the difference.