National Conference

2025 Apraxia Kids National Conference

Registration for the 2025 Apraxia Kids National Conference is open!

The 2025 Apraxia Kids National Conference will be held live virtually July 9-12. The National Conference is geared towards the entire apraxia community including caregivers and families, professionals, researchers, and students who have an interest in learning more about childhood apraxia of speech.The Apraxia Kids National Conference is geared towards the entire apraxia community including caregivers and families, professionals, researchers, and students who have an interest in learning more about childhood apraxia of speech.

SCHEDULES, SESSIONS AND SPEAKER BIOS

See the complete schedule, session descriptions, sample schedules for new parents & SLPs, and bios for the speakers at the 2025 Apraxia Kids National Conference.

Scholarships

The Apraxia Kids National Conference is a unique educational opportunity on childhood apraxia of speech, and an unforgettable experience for all families and professionals who attend. Even though many attendees who attend describe this experience as “life-changing,” we know that not all those who would benefit from this educational event have the means to attend the National Conference. With this in mind, Apraxia Kids will be offering a limited number of financial scholarships to aid caregivers who may not otherwise be able to attend the conference.

Scholarship applications are now closed.

National Conference FAQ

Click the button below to read answers to frequently asked questions about the National Conference including information about registration, session recordings, continuing education credits, and much more!

SPONSOR OR EXHIBIT

Learn more about sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities at the 2025 Apraxia Kids National Conference!

Research Symposium

Apraxia Kids is dedicated to advancing innovation through research and education. After postponing in 2020 and 2021, we were excited to hold the third Apraxia Kids Research Symposium in July, 2022. This was the 20th anniversary of our first Symposium held in 2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona with 23 researchers and a few parents and graduate students from all over the world discussing the research approaches and challenges specifically to answer the question of what are the neurological and behavioral markers of CAS for differential diagnosis. As a result of those discussions, a manuscript was printed to document the proceedings.

In 2013, the second Research Symposium was held in Atlanta, Georgia where 40 researchers and clinicians gathered to learn about and discuss “State of the Art” research developments and to make recommendations for future research funding and support. An executive summary was produced from the proceedings to provide the community with current research findings along with research needs, trends and ideas for the future. Between 2013 and 2022, more research has been completed and published than in the past several decades combined; several of which were funded by Apraxia Kids and are reported on the Research Timeline.

The third Research Symposium was held in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2022, prior to the Apraxia Kids National Conference. Over 50 national and international researchers and clinicians spent 2 ½ days learning about where previous research has brought us and current research projects in a variety of areas. The symposium culminated in a discussion with the Apraxia Kids board members on what research priorities should be established for the next several years. Fifteen different articles were written by the Research Symposium presenters and accepted for publication in a special edition of the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research published in September, 2024. The authors also wrote a summary of their articles including future research recommendations which are now posted on the Apraxia Kids Published Article Summaries.