for anyone considering Amaryllis Therapy Network in Denver, scratch them off your list and move on. Developmental Fx is where I’m headed, and unlike Amaryllis, I know many families who have been happy with the outcome.
Co-articulation. Prosody. Those are two words you might have seen when researching apraxia. If you are treating a kid with apraxia or you have a child with apraxia and are not familiar with these terms, you NEED to familiarize yourself with them. To have a diagnosis of apraxia, you need three main criteria: Inconsistent productions with sounds Difficulty with co-articulatory transitions Errors with prosody (stress, intonation, pitch, rate, volume) Recently,
In the facebook group, Ronda Rousey: #knockoutapraxia, I love hearing from people who were inspired by Ronda, and recently, a member named Shawna posted that she wrote a school paper on the very subject. When I met Ronda and wrote my article, it was never about making her a spokesperson for CASANA (even though Ronda that would still be awesome if you are reading this). It is the fact that
Anxiety as a special needs parent of Childhood Apraxia of Speech feels like…… It’s my fault. Endless intrusive thoughts wondering what caused it, and despite coming up empty, still feeling like somehow it must have been something you did. I’m not doing enough. Despite working tirelessly and endlessly for your child, you will continue to see her struggle, and it feels like you have missed something; and the enormity of
Non-profit. What does that word mean to you exactly? No really, I have over 300 email subscribers, 1300 fb subscribers, and….this can’t be right…but according to my statistics I see 10,000 visitors per month. That’s crazy considering I get maybe 40 likes on a good day on my fb page and a couple comments per month on the blog. I know SOMEONE is reading this blog though, so sincerely, I
You know what really sucks about homework though? It’s that OUR kids, MY KID, need it the most, and they take the LONGEST to do the amount the average kid is given; and because they need more repetition, they get MORE than the average kid.