Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)- also known as speech or verbal apraxia) have problems articulating sounds, syllables, and words. This is a motor problem due to the brain`s inability to direct the body parts (e.g., lips, jaw, tongue) necessary for speech. A child with apraxia knows what you are saying and knows what he or she wants to say. The problem is that the child`s brain won`t direct the speech articulators specifically enough to create actual words. This website is a speech language pathologist`s endorsement of `Apraxia Explained,` an e-book which describes one mother`s incredible journey to help her daughter deal with and eventually overcome this speech disorder.