Description
Webinar given by Dr. Shelley L. Velleman with Claudia I. Abbiati, from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Vermont. Presented on 18 September 2021 by Duplication Cares.
Dr. Shelley Velleman spoke to our families about speech apraxia, some of the early warning signs, what to do when those signs are noticed, and therapy options. Dr. Velleman’s educational and professional experience has been extensive and varied, with a common theme of speech production in children. Her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (1983) is in Linguistics, with a specialization in child phonology (speech development). She also has a Masters Degrees in Applied Linguistics and Communication Disorders/Speech-Language Pathology. She has many years of pediatric clinical experience and she specializes in motor speech disorders, especially Childhood Apraxia of Speech. She seeks to identify and remediate the motor speech, phonological, and literacy difficulties associated with neurodevelopmental syndromes, such as autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and 7q11.23 Duplication syndrome.
Note: This webinar is presented as an educational talk, not as medical or legal advice. Read our detailed video disclaimer.
