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Hi,

I'm not sure if intro's are encouraged on this list or not but I'm gonna go

ahead and send my intro. My name is Chasley Prater and we have two boys.

Chastin who is 4 1/2 and talks constantly and then their is Cole who is 2

1/2 and doesn't say much at all. We live in Puyallup, Washington about 30

minutes from Seattle.

Cole was just diagnosed with Apraxia or that is what the speech therepist is

suggesting at this time. She still has to write up the test results and I

understand that takes a couple weeks. She recommends he starts therepy

twice a week for 45 minutes each time but isn't sure when he can start.

I'm not totally convinced that he has apraxia. He understands almost

anything you tell him and can imitate any word when he is in the mood. But

he doesn't continue to use the words he says on a regular basis. He has

about 10 - 15 word vocabulary that he uses on a consistent basis. He hasn't

put 2 words together yet either. He wasn't very vocal when he was a baby

and he was late or at the high end of the average for developmental

milestones like crawling, walking and sitting up. He walked at 16 months

and crawled about 11 months. He has always been about 5 months behind of

the average kid but I would say that his motor skills are definately normal

for his age. He is a very easy, happy and laid back kid.

I understand or I'm under the impression that it can take a couple sessions

with the therepist to really be sure of his diagnosis. I know that Cole

just clung to me throughout the whole evaluation and didn't say a word till

we left when he said bye bye. I think he will be starting in a preschool

pretty soon at a child development center and the therepist recommended that

I get him started in the process to go to a preschool through the school

system when he turns 3 in January. I started trying to sign to him and I'm

interested in learning about apraxia and anything that I can do to help his

speech along.

Chasley