Bilingual Speech Therapy and Early Literacy Camp Opens Doors for Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

​(Kennewick, WA) – Trios Health was proud to partner with WSU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences’ “Camp I Can Say It!”, an intensive bilingual speech therapy and early literacy summer day camp for children ages 5–7 with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) or other severe speech disorders.
 
The camp was held at Trios Care Center in Kennewick, Washington, June 24-28 and was led by experts from the WSU Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences in partnership with community health care providers.
 
Therapy was provided by graduate student clinicians and supervised by WSU faculty and certified speech-language pathologists. Most camp staff were bilingual and provided activities in Spanish and English.
 
The program featured: Individual Assessment, individual therapy, small group therapy, large group therapy and family education.
 
“We were proud to partner with WSU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences”, said Kristy Lietze. “This camp not only addressed the unique challenges of childhood apraxia, but also celebrated the linguistic diversity and potential of every child involved.”
 
To learn more about the WSU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, please visit https://medicine.wsu.edu/speech-hearing-sciences.
 
To learn more about Trios Health’s Therapy Services, please visit https://www.trioshealth.org/therapyservices