Nine year old Katie with apraxia sings “Brave” and dedicates it to Ashlynn :)

Nine year old Katie with apraxia sings “Brave” and dedicates it to Ashlynn :)

CASANA has a parent support group on facebook called APRAXIA-KIDS – Every Child Deserves a Voice.  If you have a child with apraxia, I highly recommend joining this group. Sharon Gretz, the founder of CASANA, is an active member, but there are also other SLP’s, advocates, educators, and of course parents who care about these little ones.I recently vented to the group about my sadness over the park incident, but

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First annual Apraxia Awareness Day! What it means to me as a mom and SLP

First annual Apraxia Awareness Day! What it means to me as a mom and SLP

I never thought when I was going through school to be a speech/language pathologist, or when I became a speech/language pathologist, that I would one day have a child who would have apraxia. It’s funny, because before I had Ashlynn, I was still drawn to the disorder. I was highly disappointed about the information that was available on it in graduate school. I think I have a packet of maybe

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