I started at a new school this year, and since I specialize in CAS, the other SLP in the building gave a second grade student who has Childhood Apraxia of Speech to me. Not surprisingly I liked him immediately; just like I liked all the other kids with CAS I’ve had the honor of treating who came before him. I’ve only known him for about three months, but he is
Two years ago, I wrote a post entitled November book of the month. At that time Ashlynn was just starting to imitate really well, and I used this repetitive book with her to have her work on the CV shape “pie.” Fast forward two years and here we are. Ashlynn can now say most of the Thanksgiving items in this book, she just has a hard time with word recall and
Oh apraxia is a sneaky devil. For so long I prayed to just hear her sweet voice say what she wanted to say. At some point she started imitating really well. She didn’t really call out to me “mama” and she didn’t really offer up “I love you” but she could say it in imitation, and this was good. This was very good…because NOT hearing those words was devastating. I
I first met a fellow mommy of apraxia at the Denver Apraxia Walk. She was pleasant with kind eyes, and said she felt her 5 year old son needed a change up in speech therapy services. The next week her son was scheduled for therapy at the private clinic in which I work. In most cases, I have my parents come with their child into my office. I NEED them
While working with one of my kiddos with CAS this past week, I improvised a fun way to incorporate prosody into our lesson. Since it’s around Halloween, we said his target words in different voices like our ghost voice, monster voice, or vampire voice! I decided to make a game that would work really anytime of year to work on prosody. Say it like a Costume Character has 2
The day started long before the AM. Preparations were in place to decorate the house after Ashlynn went to bed. This year was different though. When I left to leave while Cody was putting her to bed, she asked me where I was going. “Mama? Where you going?” Though I tried my best to cover, she asked, “You going for my birthday?” Freeze time. My daughter has ALWAYS been astute