Dynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill (DEMSS) Manual

“I am thrilled that the DEMSS is now available to provide the SLP with a dynamic and formalized way of assessing a child’s response to cues during motor speech testing. The DEMSS…is certain to become what many of us have longed for–a gold standard in childhood motor speech testing.” –Dave Hammer, M.A., CCC-SLP

Rebecca J. McCauley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Dr. McCauley is a board-recognized specialist in child language and an associate editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Her interests include issues in assessment and treatment of communication disorders, especially in children. She has authored one book on assessment—Assessment of Language Disorders in Children (2001). In addition to co-editing the first edition of this book, she has co-edited three other books on treatment—Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children (with A. Lynn Williams & Sharynne McLeod; Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2010), Treatment of Stuttering (with Barry Guitar; Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer, 2010), and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies for Communication and Social Interaction (with Patricia Prelock; Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2012). She is currently completing work on the Dynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill in Children, a test developed with Edythe Strand (to be published by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.).