Day 21 of Apraxia Awareness Month is to discuss your biggest challenge. I read the various posts and related to all of them. ALL of them. Unfortunately when your daughter has a laundry list of disabilities with apraxia being just one of them, yes, I could relate to everything. “My son struggles with word finding.” Check “My son struggles with anxiety.” Check “My daughter struggles with attention.” Check “My child
Executive functioning (EF) deficits are a common comorbidity with a variety of conditions including: ADHD, OCD, ID and others just to name a few.
Visuals are AMAZINGLY helpful for children with EF dysfunction. The problem is, most teaching involves auditory input. The teacher (or parent) talks, children listen, and learning takes place. For kids like my daughter, who have a language processing impairment, the teacher (or parent) talking is basically the equivalent to the teacher in the Peanuts comic series. All the children hear are “wah wah, wah wah wah wah.”
I work in the schools a few days along with my private practice work. I say I work in the schools because I like working in Ashlynn’s school, and that’s partially true. However, I have always in my career had at least one child on my caseload with apraxia in every school in which I have worked. If you have a child with apraxia, you’re probably thinking, “what’s the big
I only realized after being a part of the special needs community that school SLP’s have a bad rap. Like a really, REALLY, REALLY bad rap. I’m preparing a talk next month for Colorado school SLP’s, and every time I prepare a talk for this demographic, I have to tell you they have a special place in my heart. No, it’s not just because I started as one and
If you follow my facebook page, you probably already saw our HUGE news! Ashlynn came home from school this week with a note and award that said she had successfully verbally named EVERY single letter AND letter sound. It’s nothing short of amazing. Ashlynn has been working soooo hard and for YEARS. YEARS! She deserves it soo much. We bought ice cream for her and let her eat it
We always hear about mama bears. Okay, maybe it’s just me, but I guess I am one. Daddy bears don’t have quite a good a reputation. Daddy wolves though. Watch out. Read about them. You do NOT want to cross a daddy wolf. My dad is a daddy wolf. I found a definition online that read, “Male wolves are attentive, monogamous and fiercely protective dads that live with their