Hi Kelly! I’m so thrilled to have you guest post! Your daughter Reagan’s post was a hit. Parents, especially in the early stages of an apraxia diagnosis, are really looking for hope. Since CAS was not officially recognized until 2007 by the American Speech and Language Hearing Association (ASHA), older children like Reagan, or adults with CAS may or may not have known that was their speech disorder. If you
I’m so excited to introduce you all to Reagan! She is a 17 year old girl with apraxia of speech. She is positive and inspirational, active in social media groups giving parents and children words of hope and encouragement. I wanted to interview her to get her perspective on having Childhood Apraxia of Speech and I’m willing to bet as a fellow worried parent, some of her answers may surprise
If you really know me, I come from a family who believes in natural health. That’s not to say I didn’t see a pediatrician; but it IS to say, I would see a chiropractor before I saw a pediatrician. I’m not here to debate this with you. I’m only mentioning it to describe my background. When I was pregnant and dreaming of my future children, medication for ADD was definitely
The dreaded parent teacher conference. Man, I had NO idea before I had Ashlynn how emotional school meetings are for parents. I’m pretty sure that is across the board regardless of a child having additional challenges or not, but it is SO brutal for us who have children with additional challenges. I think I was clueless for a couple reasons. 1.) As a child, I loved parent teacher conference. They
The #knockoutapraxia movement: I want to thank everyone who participated in the #knockoutapraxia hashtag campaign on November 14th. I along with many others watched Ronda lose to Holly Holm. Our group was disappointed no doubt, but we all rebounded quickly. Why? We experience knockdowns everyday. Our children do too. If we didn’t rebound we’d never be able to keep moving forward. Though our hashtag campaign is over (for now,
Wow! I just completed a whirlwind three day national speech conference called the ASHA convention. ASHA stands for the American Speech/Language Hearing Association, and it is the association that certifies SLP’s. That CCC behind our name (i.e. Laura Smith MA. CCC-SLP) is from ASHA in case you have ever wondered. I’ve never been to ASHA before because it’s usually extremely expensive and somewhere to which I would have to fly.