Early intervention in childhood apraxia of speech: What do we know and what can we do?

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10-minute presentations
Friday, June 26, 2026
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
Knowledge Hub | Central Room B, Ground Floor

Overview

Dr Chantelle Highman


Details

⏫ Rapid oral presentation
⏲️ 10:55–11:05 am
⌛ 10-minutes
📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Intermediate (Some previous learning/working knowledge of topic e.g. treated a few cases)


Presenter

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Dr Chantelle Highman
Curtin University

Early intervention in childhood apraxia of speech: What do we know and what can we do?

10:55 AM - 11:05 AM

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Dr Chantelle Highman is a speech pathologist, lecturer and researcher with extensive industry experience. Chantelle was the WA Clinical Lead of the NHMRC-funded Dynamic Therapy for Apraxia international RCT and currently leads the Apraxia-Kids funded Parent Perspectives of Early Intervention study. Her clinical research focusses on infant vocalisations, complex speech sound disorders such as childhood apraxia of speech, and early intervention for language and speech difficulties, with a strong focus on research translation. The quality of Chantelle’s teaching has been recognised at the faculty (2020 teaching excellence award) and university (2021 teaching excellence award) levels and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Session chair

Helen Hall
Hobart Communication Clinic


Student volunteer(s)

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Daniella Martinez Mendoza

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Grace Smith
UQ Student

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