A Change of Routine

Tonight’s dinner was an exercise is coping skills for D1. My dad came into town for Christmas, arriving just before dinner tonight. As we all sat down for dinner, D1 was shocked to find someone sitting in his chair, which is next to me. We had set his place on the other side

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Apraxia Curriculum

This question was posted by Amy:

My 9 year old son that was diagnosed with apraxia of speech at the age of 3. Many therapists and doctors later, a number of opinions have been expressed as to the cause of his speech/language, motor, social, maturity, and behavior problems. This summer we will begin

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Helping Speech at Home

This comment was posted recently, by B’s Mom. I am glad that I am not alone on apraxia of speech. My 3 year old son has childhood apraxia of speech. Currently the only thang that he says is momma, uh oh, bubba. He will be starting speech therapy in a week. Also he

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Global Apraxia or Dyspraxia?

This comment was posted a while back, by Nanna. I am a grandmother whose 2nd grandchild has(probably) verbal apraxia. He is 2 1/2 and the therapist said he was too young to diagnose. He also has mouth issues. He loves to put bark (from flower beds) in his mouth. He is a joy

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Occupational Therapy, again

Seems like OT for D1 goes one year on, two years off. He had it from birth to 9 months; ages 3-4, and once again now at 6 he’s been assigned to OT. After noting some things his speech therapist was seeing during therapy, plus his everyday stuff at home, I finally requested

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