I remember being in 1st or 2nd grade, the age Ashlynn is now. I was always struggling to fit in. There was a girl in our class who had special needs. I remember she wore this heavy, pink, furry coat and she talked with slurred speech. She would sit outside, even on the hottest of days in that coat. Usually, she was by herself. I don’t remember how it came
Today I’m featuring A Gift of Speech’s Shannon Archer! Included in this bundle will be THREE separate activities you can print out and start using! Interactive Multisyllabic Words! Minimal to No Prep Activities in color and black & white! Practice multisyllabic words with multi-modalities: visual, auditory, tactile, verbal, and FUN! Activity include 23 pages of interactive activities to practice multi-syllabic words! This activity was created to help work on multisyllabic
I’m continuing on with giveaways leading up to Apraxia Awareness Day on May 14th! Today I am reviewing the book ANYTHING BUT SILENT by Kathy and Kate Hennessy. Kathy Hennessy is the mother to Kate who has pure CAS and another son Andy who has global apraxia and SPD. Kathy is also the educational director at CASANA! The book rotates chapters from Kathy’s point of view to Kate’s point of
Next up in the May Giveaways to celebrate Apraxia Awareness Day May 14th is an app I literally use every week called Speech Stickers. Carol Fast, the creator, is awesome, and she’s always updating this app with more sounds and combinations. 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
I’m so honored and excited to have Dr. Kathy Jakielski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP with me today! I met Dr. Jakielski at the CASANA Intensive Training Institute, as she was one of the instructors. The honor is all mine, Laura. Thank you for your interest in my work! Kathy, I remember vividly this moment at the end of the training, where we all sat around a big conference table, and you gave
“That’s not acceptance, that’s discrimination.” I watched a fellow apraxia mom say this today while she wiped tears from her eyes. Why? Well, she was looking at a beautiful newspaper article in the Valley Breeze that she bought special. She knew it featured her seven year old son who threw out a first pitch along with two other children that day, and couldn’t wait to see his picture and read