Executive functioning home intervention
0307, 2018

Executive functioning home intervention

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.”

Apraxia as a symptom to a bigger picture
1606, 2018

Apraxia as a symptom to a bigger picture

The problem is SLP’s and parents are so focused on the speech and not looking at the big picture in early development.  There is this thinking that if we could just overcome the apraxia, everything will be OK.

Diagnosis, Disability, and Finding your Tribe
2205, 2018

Diagnosis, Disability, and Finding your Tribe

However, we have our people now.  We have our tribe.  We have others who understand.  They understand that sometimes you are in such a state of deep grief you can do nothing else but cry and cannot face the world that day. 

An open letter to the well meaning “I’m here for you.”
1605, 2018

An open letter to the well meaning “I’m here for you.”

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.