When I had Ashlynn, I definitely never thought she wouldn’t be able to talk to Santa and tell him what she wants for Christmas, and I’m sure other parents of kids who are/were nonverbal have felt the same way. A parent friend of mine made these cards for kiddos who want to talk to Santa, but who can’t yet use their own voice. Thanks so
My friend Kim, (a fellow apraxia mom and SLP) and I talk a lot about how most people, including professionals and pediatricians, just have NOT SEEN global apraxia. What is global apraxia? Well, it’s not an official diagnosis. You’re not going to find it in the DSM 5, and when you google it, you’re not going to find some great scholarly articles. Nope. Instead, you can google Childhood Apraxia of Speech
So today I took Ashlynn to her 5 year checkup at the doctor’s office. Her pediatrician is one I met at a pediatrician’s office, but who decided to go work at a family medicine facility. I love the pediatrician, but having her housed in a general practice creates some challenges….such as today. The regular physician assistant was out on vacation, so another one was there to fill in. Though she
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
Since Childhood Apraxia of Speech requires a different approach to treatment, principles of motor learning theory need to be driving therapy. You can read more about this in my two interviews: Sharon Gretz interview and Ruth Stoeckel Interview Since getting 100-200 reps per session can be tedious and difficult to keep new and fresh, I came up with this fun Halloween game to play while you work on the child’s target sounds.
Ashlynn has been saying things lately that are really showing higher level thinking. You’d think this would be glaringly apparent to me, but it really IS crazy how much language gives us an idea of what is going on in their brain. She’s been VERY interested in her schedule, and where she is going the next day. I still haven’t made our visual schedule, but it’s on my to do