Let’s Link Up for Apraxia Awareness Day 2015
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What if we don’t prove them wrong?
I had a client recently who told me a well-meaning friend called her five year old son with apraxia “retarded.” Apparently he meant it in a “well-meaning way” asking about services, but understandably the term shocked, appalled, angered, and then saddened her. Isn’t it interesting what we all presume about a child based on nothing…
Speech Stickers App for Apraxia Giveaway!
I’m keeping up the momentum now until May 14th, offering giveaways and prizes in honor of Apraxia Awareness Day! Next up is the app Speech Stickers. Speech Stickers is the first app that I downloaded for Ashlynn (my daughter with apraxia) when she had first turned three. I chose it because it was cheap, and…
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I realized in the entirety of my blog, I have never even once addressed oral motor exercises, aka mouth exercises, or now being touted as oral placement therapy; in the treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The “why” is actually very simple. Massive amounts of research consistently demonstrate they are ineffective in the treatment of…
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Ashlynn said her first “trick or treat” on command at the age of four. At three…she had an approximation, but then she froze when we went trick or treating. Many people were polite and kind, not demanding she say something for her candy. Others though, sat indignantly at the door waiting for “the magic words.”…
My apraxia star sparkled at her first Walk for Children’s Apraxia of Speech
Apraxia Stars That is what we as the CAS community have come to refer to our children with apraxia. I was able to attend my first Walk for Apraxia in Denver today as a mother first supporting my daughter, but also as an SLP walking for my clients, two of which came today. Aren’t they…
Back and forth book for nonverbal students
When a child starts school, a range of emotions can be present in BOTH the parent and the child. When Ashlynn started preschool at three years old, she had only ever been watched by family. This was fortunate for us because since she was essentially nonverbal for her first three years of life, my husband…
