Introduction from SLP Mommy of Apraxia! Podcast #1
Intro and background from Laura Baskall Smith, a Speech/language Pathologist specializing in Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
2907, 2019
2807, 2019
The metaphorical bridge of the apraxia conference
Life is full of ups and downs, wins and losses. There will be amazing times, not so amazing times, and some terrible times. Every human experiences this because it is the definition of what it is to live. During those down times in life, whatever they may be; the one thing worse than the situation is believing you’re alone in your situation. Humans are social beings. The most important things we
0906, 2019
Will you push me, Mama?
I thought about how swings go up and down and up and down and how Ashlynn smiles and giggles through it all. I thought about how swings are a lot like life in that way.
1305, 2019
It’s all about the ripples: The 7th Annual Apraxia Awareness Day
Seven years ago I was reeling from my daughter’s new diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech. I was a member of the Apraxia Kids facebook group online one day in 2013 and a movement had taken place. This was going to the be the first year an Apraxia Awareness Day was officially recognized on May 14th! This day is also in the same month as the American Speech Language Hearing
3004, 2019
Growing up apraxia: “I want them to learn what it is.”
e look at speech as so important, and it is, but you can live such a full life without being perfect at it. They are going to have talents and skills all their own that have nothing to do with how they talk, and chances are their speech being a little off won’t affect it at all. Support them, be there for them, and be ready to answer questions if they have them, but don’t make their entire life be Apraxia. You can find your voice without talking perfectly; talking is really the smallest part of it.
0904, 2019
Who diagnoses Childhood Apraxia of Speech?
Parents wonder who diagnoses Childhood Apraxia of Speech