The Apraxia Intensive Training Institute (aka apraxia bootcamp), is an intensive training sponsored by the non-profit organization CASANA of apraxia-kids.org. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT CASANA? I love CASANA for SOOO many reasons. As an SLP but parent first of a child with apraxia, CASANA was literally built on the backs of mothers who had children with apraxia. Sharon Gretz is the founder and executive director and she attended EVERY session.
I am currently at an apraxia intensive institute, aka “bootcamp.” I live in Colorado, and this bootcamp is in Pittsburgh. I’m a Colorado native and I’ll admit, I’m not well traveled and I really don’t care. When my husband asked me to marry him, I told him I hoped he really liked Denver because it would take a lot of get me out of here. My family is here. My
I have a little guy in therapy right now who has a difficult time with /st/ blends. He consistently drops the /s/ in this blend only. To bring awareness to what he saying, SLP’s many times employ what is referred to as “minimal pair” therapy. Minimal pairs are two words that are similar except for one sound. Many times, minimal pairs rhyme if the only sound changed occurs at the
Do you have a kiddo who LOVES cars and needs a different activity besides flash cards to work on his speech sounds? Check out this super easy parking lot activity. I bought a cheap black poster board from the dollar store, and mapped out a street and parking spaces using white and yellow crayons. This boy was working on ST blends so we said “stop” each time he parked a
OT and PTs can have fun and creative activities for children. They provide good tactile and/or sensory activities that can also be great for practicing speech and language at the same time. This loom idea from the Inspired Treehouse is a perfect example! For instructions on this easy to make loom check it out here! http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/fine-motor-activities-simple-outdoor-weaving-loom/ We started first by cutting strips of material…a good fine motor activity. When my kids
Sorting is an important foundational skill that sets up the building blocks for logical thinking and organizing. These skills are necessary for later educational development in math (i.e. order of operations, geometry), reading (identifying main idea and relevant details), and writing (developing a topic sentence and organzing relevant details). Most parents have simple puzzles like this at home. When my daughter was two, I held the pieces and gave her
