Dysarthria is defined as a motor speech disorder. This disorder occurs because of weaken or damaged muscles used for speaking due to brain damage. Due to what muscles are damaged, the muscles themselves being weak, or to not have control of these muscles at all, this effects the severity of Dysarthria and the ability for one to speak. Someone with Dysarthria could have "slurred" or "mumbled" speech that can be hard to understand, speak slowly, talk too fast , speak softly, not be able to move their tongue, lips, and jaw very well, sound robotic or choppy, have changes in their voice, may sound hoarse or breathy, or may sound like one has a stuffy nose/nasal tone of voice. For some children, they might have a hard time speaking and have some of those characteristics listed or they may not be able to speak at all due to the severity of the disorder. Some causes to this disorder can derive from stroke, brain injury, tumors, parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and muscular dystrophy. So, with having any of these causes, it can lead one to having Dysarthria as well. Surprisingly enough, it is challenging to test children for this disorder. There is actually nothing a physician can use specially to test children for Dysarthria, there is not one existing. Instead, they use a series of speech models and tests for different disorders used on adults to test for it in children. Different evaluations can be done to test the motor skills of the mouth and the movement of those muscles. As well as MRI and CT scans of the brain can help determine if a child does have Dysarthria. There is a test for adults though that I found called an SLP. The SLP listens to speech in single words, sentences, and conversation and will test how well one understands and talks. It also looks at how one can move their mouth, lips, and tongue and how they breathe. This is done on adults usually from what I have gathered, but it might be something important to look into and possibly try out if one is concerned about this disorder.