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CAS Assessment Tools and Motor Speech Assessments
DEMSS
prosody measures
VMPAC-R
The Dynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill (DEMSS) is a specialized, criterion-referenced assessment tool designed by Edythe A. Strand and Rebecca J. McCauley to help diagnose childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in children aged 3 and older with severe speech impairments.
Key Features of DEMSS
- Target Audience: Children 3+ with limited sound inventories, poor intelligibility, or suspected motor speech disorders.
- Core Purpose: To differential-diagnose childhood apraxia of speech from other developmental speech sound disorders.
- Method: Uses dynamic cueing and imitation tasks to evaluate how a child’s speech changes with different levels of support.
What the Test Evaluates
- Articulatory Accuracy: How well the child produces target consonants and vowels.
- Consistency: Error patterns across repeated attempts.
- Prosody: Lexical stress and speech rhythm accuracy.
- Responsiveness to Cues: Improvement when given tactile, auditory, or simultaneous production prompts.
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CliffsNotesDEMSS protocol (pdf) - CliffsNotesThe DEMSS Manual is available from Brookes Publishing Co.; for inquiries, contact rights@brookespublishing.com Dynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill Name ___
Brookes Publishing Co.Dynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill (DEMSS) ManualDynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill (DEMSS) Manual by Edythe A. Strand, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Emeritus Professor, Mayo College of Medicine Emeritus Consultant, De...
VMPAC-R
prosody measures
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phonological awareness
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no single "apraxia test" that independently establishes CAS.
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