Who diagnoses Childhood Apraxia of Speech?
Parents wonder who diagnoses Childhood Apraxia of Speech
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Top Ten SLP Mommy of Apraxia Posts for 2018
Hi readers! I haven’t been as active on the blog as usual because my goal for 2018 was to write a book and I’m happy to say I completed that goal! My goal of 2019 is for it to be published, so we will see! In the meantime, I did manage to get some blogging…
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The problem with school SLP’s.
I only realized after being a part of the special needs community that school SLP’s have a bad rap. Like a really, REALLY, REALLY bad rap. I’m preparing a talk next month for Colorado school SLP’s, and every time I prepare a talk for this demographic, I have to tell you they have a…
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Why I’m angry and even more passionate as we approach the 4th annual Apraxia Awareness Day.
I love Apraxia Awareness Day, ever since I celebrated my first one when Ashlynn was new to the dx. It’s always a time of excitement, renewed hope and resolve, support, and community who comes together filling up facebook and my newsfeed with their apraxia fighters. I’ve been honest and open about telling my own early…
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Why nature weighs more heavily than nurture
Nature versus nurture. It’s a phrase that comes up in my profession, even if it’s unspoken. I’m in the business of child language development, and nothing raises more eyebrows about nurture than a child who can’t talk…. or who has poor vocabulary knowledge…… or is lacking in language skills. Oh it comes up in psychology…
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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…
