Rethinking childhood apraxia of speech with Dr Aravind Namasivayam

Dr. Aravind Namasivayam explores pediatric speech sound disorder assessment and intervention from a speech motor and motor-synergy perspective. The discussion challenges traditional IPA transcription-based interpretations of children’s speech errors and examines research suggesting that many errors commonly labelled as “phonological” may instead reflect underlying speech motor constraints. The podcast also explores how speech synergies develop and break down over time, how these patterns may present clinically, and what this means for differential diagnosis and intervention planning in children with SSDAravind Namasivayam is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in Canada. He has a dual clinical degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and a Doctoral/Post-Doctoral level specialization in neuroscience/neuroplasticity.