My 15-year-old son’s Beginning Engineering teacher was concerned when he addressed me today. “He was the speaker today for his group presentation for their CAD project, and he really had a hard time getting through it. His stuttering really tripped him up today. It’s not usually this bad. Of course, I know that you know he […]
Autism and Stuttering Therapy
He met them at 7:30 in the morning, at a local golf course. The whole group is going to a low ropes team-building course, and my husband was invited to go along. We’ve been missing him, our 14 year old, and he’s not even been gone for a week. Being invited to go along on […]
Therapy-Free Summer
It has officially begun. Not summer, yet, but our break from therapies. I felt like they were handing us the Golden Ticket when D1’s OT said, “You guys need to have a break. Enjoy the summer together as a family and don’t worry about therapies. You deserve it.” Ten years of therapies. 10 years of […]
Life After Occupational Therapy
“When was the last time you guys took a break from therapies?” His OT asked me this question, and I hadn’t really thought about it before. “Never,” I replied, “we’ve been at this 2-3 times a week for 10 years.” Wow. The realization hit me pretty hard after I said it. We have literally been […]
Social Group
D1 is in his final two weeks of Speech/OT “Social Group”. He’s been going for 45 minutes each Friday. He has been approved to start full OT again, and the OT and SLP are going to change things up once school starts. There is another boy in his group, a year younger, whom he gets […]
OT Re-Evaluation is done
A week ago, D1 was re-evaluated for OT. She didn’t tell me the results right off, but we know his sensory profile is indicative, and she both did observation while he had speech therapy, and then did some things with him herself. He began a Speech/OT summer group on Friday, which he REALLY likes. There […]
His IEP Expired!
D1’s IEP expires today. He will go to Resource today, and speech, and then we are done with the public school system. Yesterday I called the pediatrician about the OT Eval. recommendation again, actually for both of my boys this time. His private speech therapist is looking for a second weekly speech slot for him. […]
Adding a ST Day
I talked with the (private) speech therapist yesterday, about the possibility of increasing D1’s speech to two days a week again. He is simply NOT understanding “WHY” or “HOW” questions. It is to the point where she has to be very creative in how she approaches those tasks, because he just shuts down. He does […]
Apraxia Curriculum
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 […]