The Apraxia conference was incredible to say the least. On one hand it was information overload, but on the other hand I learned so much.I was beyond thrilled to meet Sharon Gretz, the founder of CASANA. What an incredible women and inspiration she is to me, and when I met her she was so down…
I came across a great blog the other day regarding Speech/Language and Down Syndrome. I love this interview about Down Syndrome and Apraxia. I couldn’t agree more with the therapist’s view point. Ask an Apraxia Expert I have worked with many kids who have Down Syndrome, and they are some of my favorite kiddos. They…
She only had a handful of word approximations, and her favorite thing to say was “a dah.” and “hi.” I’ve learned from my parent support group that most kids with apraxia have a go to sound that they use for everything, and “a dah” was Ashlynn’s.
Two HUGE developments with Ashlynn popped out over the weekend! We celebrated my youngest’s 1st Birthday on Sunday. Six months ago, my daughter had to really focus on including all the sounds in syllables, so when it was my husband’s birthday, she could day “Happy Day” with cueing. Well, after the celebration ended and everyone…
Speech FlipBook by TACTUS Therapy is a versatile app more suited for use with older children or adults. It is in a flip book format seen below. It has the option to flip each section of the word (onset, nucleus, and coda), or to flip the entire word. It contains literally every sound and consonant…
It’s no secret that my dad is the pushover. Don’t get me wrong, he could lay down the law when he had to; but when it came to playing my dad is the person to sweet talk. Ever since Ashlynn was a little baby, my dad would play ball with her. It started out almost…
