NANCY KAUFMAN:
Director of the Kaufman Children’s Center for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor, and Social Connections, Inc. in West Bloomfield. Since 1979, Kaufman has specialized in working with children exhibiting apraxia of speech. (Symptoms of apraxia of speech are difficulty planning and producing the movements of the lips, jaw, tongue, and palate required for intelligible speech.) She authored the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children (Wayne State University Press, 1995), Kaufman Speech Praxis Treatment Kits for Children (Northern Speech Services, 1998, 2001), Kaufman Speech Praxis Workout Book (Northern Speech Services, 2005), and co-authored the K&K Sign & Say (Northern Speech Services, 2005). She lectures locally, nationally, and internationally about apraxia of speech in children. Families from throughout the world travel to the Kaufman Children’s Center to participate in intensive and specialized programs. Kaufman also consults with parents and professionals across the globe. Many specialists in the field of applied verbal behavior have recently adopted the Kaufman Approach into their protocol for children on the spectrum of autism. A recipient of the Clinical Service Award from the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Center continues to grow due to its reputation for excellence and success. Kaufman received her bachelor’s in communications disorders and sciences at Michigan State University and her master’s in Certificate of Clinical Competency/Speech-Language Pathology from Wayne State University, where she was awarded a graduate assistantship.
