Thursday, March 2, 2017

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Seymour

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A7 - Speech Impairment in Children with FASD: Causes, Consequences, Clinical profiles, and Treatment Hayo Terband, Manon Spruit This session first addresses the importance of verbal communication skills for behavioral and cognitive development. It will then explain speech production symptoms, characterize the speech impairment and discuss the implications for treatment. Finally, it will explore clinical cases to demonstrate speech-language therapy in FASD and discuss do’s and don’ts. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the detrimental effect of verbal communication impairment on social-emotional, behavioral and cognitive development 2. Characterize the speech impairment in FASD 3. Explain the main mechanisms underlying impaired speech development in FASD 4. Identify targets for clinical intervention