Childhood speech apraxia in focus: theoretical perspectives and present tendencies.
BACKGROUND
The appearance of the praxis disorder during the first years of development has been frequently designated as childhood apraxia of speech. The present theoretical perspectives direct the speech therapist to new tendencies regarding therapeutic intervention.


OBJECTIVE
To present a bibliographic review of the last two years about childhood speech apraxia.


CONCLUSIONS
The present literature about childhood speech apraxia indicates an inclination among the researches that may motivate a mixed therapeutic broaching, in which one contemplates not only aspects pertinent to language processing in a phonological representational level, but also aspects related to motor programming and pre-articulatory sequencing of speech itself.
Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Faculdade de Fonoaudiologia de Alagoas, Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Universidade de São Paulo.
Thaís Nobre Uchôa
TN
Souza
Miscow da Cruz
Mda C
Payão
Ranilde Cristiane Cavalcante
RC
Costa
D000293:Adolescent; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy