Speech therapy for apraxia requires a motor based treatment approach that works up through a hierarchy of syllable shapes with lots of repetition, repetition, repetition. Unfortunately, repeating the same syllable shapes is limiting and many times boring.
So tomorrow is the culmination of my experience and chance meeting with Ronda Rousey. I honestly cannot believe my one encounter and subsequent blog post went viral and has now landed us on the national stage that is Good Morning America. When Ashlynn was dx, I remember being grief stricken that although I had tried…
Ever since I met Ronda Rousey May 29th, 2015 – the response I received from my post has been my most popular post ever by far! Since that time, I went on to read her book and became more inspired than I could have ever imagined. Though she didn’t mention her speech impediment was…
Today I am excited to introduce Tonya from TherapyFunZone! Thank you for agreeing to guest blog today Tonya! Please tell us a little bit about yourself! I am Tonya, and have been a pediatric Occupational Therapist for 23 years. I have worked with a huge variety of kids and diagnoses in my career as an…
Let this Apraxia Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month not just be a crazy coincidence, but a reminder that everyone on this planet is experiencing joys, fears, heartaches, and love and that is simply this thing called LIFE. Beyond the “I’m here for you,” let’s let this month be a chance for us to show it through our actions.
Almost seven years ago to the day, before my daughter Ashlynn’s 3rd birthday, I received news so significant, my life has never been the same. Though devastating at the time, the life lessons I have learned from it have far outnumbered any loss. What was this news? My daughter Ashlynn was diagnosed with one of…
I finally watched “Finding Dory” last night. I had already wanted to see that movie because I’m sorry, Ellen Degeneres is awesome, and her Dory character in Finding Nemo is the best! However, when the movie came out, my clients started asking me if I had seen it. “No…” was my reply as I sighed…
