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111 short videos by Nicole on CAS, DTTC, cueing and practice. Every video has its full transcript.
111 short videos by Nicole on CAS, DTTC, cueing and practice. Search what she says, not only the titles. Every video has its full transcript.
"Watch Me, Listen to Me, and Do What I Do"
When a Child Can't Engage in Dynamic Assessment Yet
Dynamic Assessment in Action: One DEMSS Item
What Is Dynamic Assessment, and Why Does It Matter?
Quick Tip: Targeting Prosody in DTTC
Why We Vary Prosody in DTTC: Dirt Road or Six-Lane Highway?
What the DTTC Hierarchy Sounds Like
Backward Chaining in DTTC: Practicing "Funny"
What Does Multisensory Cueing Look Like?
Treating CAS and Other Speech-Language Goals in the Same Session
DTTC Is Not Play-Based (But It Can Be Joyful)
Conscious Practice and Blocked Practice in Pediatric Motor Speech Therapy
H Is for High-Frequency Practice | Apraxia Awareness Month
The ABCs of Practice: Accessible, Blocked, Conscious
CAS Is About Coordinated Movement, Not Single Sounds
Kicking Off Apraxia Awareness Month With Dr. Edythe Strand
Labeling Emotions in a Motor Speech Session
Negative Practice: When to Set a Target Aside
Why Dynamic Assessment Matters in Diagnosing CAS
The Parking Lot Method for Conscious Practice
Where to Find Target Words for the STRIVE Framework
Choosing Phrase Targets for CAS, With Amy Graham
The STRIVE Framework for Target Selection in CAS
Talking Through the STRIVE Framework With Amy Graham
Using Tactile Cues in Motor Speech Therapy
Don't Skip Varied Prosody
Progress Is Not Linear: Moving Through the DTTC Hierarchy
When a Target Word Is Too Hard
Lab Updates: Apraxia Kids Walk, ASHA, and a Free Lunch and Learn
Setting Up for Success: Build Rapport First
Why Specific Feedback Matters
Motor Mindset: Be a Present Practitioner
Last Call: CAS Treatment Studies Recruiting for Fall 2025
When Direct Imitation Is Too Hard
Simultaneous Production in the DTTC Hierarchy
Knowledge of Performance vs. Knowledge of Results
Conscious Practice Takes Time: Feedback That Motivates
The Parking Lot Method, Demonstrated With Toys
Now Recruiting: Two CAS Treatment Studies
Three Ways to Add Variability of Practice
End Every Block on a Positive Note
What Is Treatment Fidelity?
Sticker Projects in Motor Speech Therapy
Using the Challenge Point Framework to Pick Targets
How to Choose Which Cues to Use
Working on Accurate Movement Gestures
Can CAS Coexist With a Phonological Disorder?
Four Ways to Start Motor Speech Therapy Off Right
Motor Speech Therapy Is Hard Work for Clinicians Too
How to Start Cueing a Target Word
Feel the Movement: Feedback for Conscious Practice
A Balloon Pump Toy for Motor Speech Practice
Progress Is Not Linear
The DTTC Hierarchy: Delayed Imitation and Spontaneous Production
Making the Shift: Think About the Whole Word, Not the Phoneme
Our CAS Treatment Studies, With Dr. Julie Case
What to Do Instead of Negative Practice
Backward Chaining for Multisyllabic Targets
Three Reinforcers for Motor Speech Sessions
How to Get Buy-In From Older Kids in Motor Speech Therapy
Partnering With Older Kids in Motor Speech Therapy
DTTC Tip: Start Every Block With Direct Imitation
Two Tips for Giving the DEMSS to Profoundly Impacted Kids
Dynamic Assessment for CAS: How the DEMSS Works
What an Initial CAS Assessment Looks Like at the NYU Motor Speech Lab
Key Elements of Practice, Part 5: Positive, Not Negative, Practice
Key Elements of Practice, Part 4: Practice Prosody From the Start
Key Elements of Practice, Part 3: Multimodal Cues for Movement
Key Elements of Practice, Part 2: Conscious Practice
Key Elements of Practice, Part 1: Structured Practice
Zoo Train: An iPad Reinforcer for Distractible Kids
Stickers as Reinforcers in Motor Speech Therapy
A Paw Patrol Car Set That Keeps Kids Going Through a Session
What I Say to New Participants to Set Up Treatment
Target Movement Gestures, Not Sounds in Isolation
How Many Productions Should You Get in a Session?
What Marathon Training Teaches Us About Motor Speech Practice
"Meet Me Here": A Favorite Cue for Starting a Block
Making the Shift From Articulation Therapy to Motor Speech Therapy
Giving Kids Choice and Control in Motor Speech Therapy
If It's Not Going Through the Cortex, There's No Learning
When They First Get It, Do It Five More Times
Target Word "In": Specific Feedback to Push Harder
Target Word "Bunny": Shaping the Jaw Opening
Target Word "Hi," Part 2: Moving Up the DTTC Hierarchy
The Intrusive Schwa in CAS, With Dr. Julie Case
I Have My Target Word, but Where Do I Start?
Video Record Yourself When You Start DTTC
How Nicole Organizes Her DTTC Sessions
Stop and Acknowledge the Child's Hard Work
Sprinkling In Spontaneous Productions
End Every Block on an Accurate Production
Choosing Target Words Takes Time and Trial and Error
Stopping Negative Practice
Picking Target Words From the DEMSS
Tell Them to "Fix It"
Don't Segment Multisyllabic Words
Using Hand Gestures as Cues
Simultaneous Production: The First Step in DTTC
Two Types of Feedback: Knowledge of Results and Knowledge of Performance
Feedback Through Interoception and Performance Imagery
Keeping Kids Engaged With Paint-by-Stickers
My Favorite Toy for the DEMSS
Close Your Eyes So They Can Watch Your Mouth
Hold Up Your Fingers to Count Repetitions
How Incomplete Velopharyngeal Closure Can Impact Consonant Production
How to Include Your Child’s Sibling in Their Speech Therapy Progress
Talk Less to Get Your Child to Talk More
Feedback in Speech Therapy
How to Encourage Imitation When Your Child Is Reluctant
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