Is there a curriculum for teaching kids with Apraxia? 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 […]
Global Apraxia or Dyspraxia?
Question from a reader, about global apraxia: Q. “I am a grandmother whose 2nd grandchild (probably) has 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 in my life […]
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 another OT […]
Speech therapy
We found out today that we’re losing D2’s speech therapist. She’s moving out of state! 🙁 BooHoo! At this point, the boys see different SLPs (same time slot) on Tuesdays and the same one (one appt. after the other) on Fridays. Now the one D2 sees is leaving. They haven’t been able to find another […]
He’s Reading!
D1 and I have been pretty faithfully working on his phonogram cards. He just finished List A in The WISE Guide for Spelling. We spent about three weeks on List A, doing half (10 words) at a time and working at it until he had the words completely. I pulled out our Christian Liberty Phonics […]