Ashlynn’s progress continues to grow by leaps and bounds. So many times I catch myself smiling and my eyes well up with tears to see her knock down all of her obstacles. Last month she learned to jump for the first time at 3 1/2. At the beginning of the year, it broke my heart to watch her try on a classroom trampoline. On their turn, all the other kids
So, I went back to work this past month. As I was going through my new caseload and reviewing files, I came across a boy I’ll call Ben. Ben was a nonverbal Kindergarten student in the Spanish classroom with above average intelligence. Ben had suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The SLP who was substituting for me, wrote me an email saying, “he has no motivation or desire to communicate right
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie is a knockoff from the classic children’s song, “I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.” This is a great repetitive book I use with the kids to get ready for Thanksgiving. The book chronicles a lady who goes through and eats certain Thanksgiving items. In therapy, I have cutouts of all the various items that the kids hold. When
If you have done any research on apraxia, Omega supplements will probably come up. I have had my daughter on Barlean’s Omega Swirl for a little over a month now. Though there is no definitive proof that Omega’s help speech, I chose to try it for a few reasons.1.) Omega supplements have been getting more attention for helping disorders of the brain. When I was researching bipolar disorder a few
I have been antsy since the poor and disappointing experience I had in the school district. Poor Ashlynn has once again been subjected to constant therapy all day long. In addition, I couldn’t stop thinking that I still have a month until she starts school and therapy, and then it might be another month or more after that to “give the therapist a chance.” We could potentially be losing two
So yesterday we had Ashlynn’s initial eligibility meeting. I am so used to be the one running the meeting and telling parents the results of testing, that it was a little surreal to be on the other side of the table. I have to say that the entire process was underwhelming and I left less than impressed. You would think that knowing I am an SLP for a neighboring school