Let’s face it. Being a parent is rough. Whether you have a child with special needs or not, we all want for their happiness, that they will feel successful, that they will be confident, and that they will never hurt. Of course we know that without trials they cannot fully appreciate the successes, without sadness they could never fully experience complete happiness, without hurt they simply wouldn’t be human. School
This was one of the first speech apps for apraxia that I bought. It was enticing because it was a good price and the description looked much like a digital version of the Word FLIPS book I was using in therapy. It starts with a screen that allows you to pick a CV consonant/vowel group, seen below. For the purposes of this review, I chose the top group BPM. You
Today was Ashlynn’s Spring parent/teacher conference. I don’t know what I expect really. As much as most of the time is spent focusing on her strengths, all that hits me like a ton of bricks is what she ISN’T yet doing. My husband thought I was crazy. He couldn’t come to the meeting today, but read the paper tonight at dinner and told me he felt it was predominantly positive.
I stood waiting 30 minutes early to enter the room. The room where I would present information on my personal and professional experiences and knowledge about Childhood Apraxia of Speech for the first time at a professional conference. As the door opened, people started clammering for a seat. I looked around thinking to myself, “are they sure they know they are coming to see me?” I took my place at
It starts with a question: Did I cause her apraxia? I know I’m not the only mom to wonder this, or worse, believe this. This is where the guilt sets in. It set in early and would tap on my shoulder in the shower, at lunch, or when I was trying to go to bed. Even though I’m an SLP, and I tell parents all the time that the speech
So, I obviously am well aware my daughter has apraxia. I’m well aware of her challenges, but for some reason, I didn’t want to admit she’s “special needs.” I don’t know why. I work with special needs kids all day long. It’s what I do. I don’t see them as special needs. I just see them as maybe learning differently, or needing different supports than other kids to be successful.