Re: should I push for correct sounds?

[Guest guest]

Hi Bridget,

That is wonderful news. Continue praising her efforts! My 2 yr old

daughter is not apraxic and what I do is repeat the word and if she

gets it great if not the I don't push it. I figure the more I model

the better but I don't try and put any pressure on her.

My apraxic child I do try and have him look at my mouth when I repeat

a word, but again no pressure although if there is a certain sound we

are working on, I may push him a little but not to a level of

frustration.

Follow her cues and keep talking!!!

--- In @y..., Bridget Kirk <kaelismommy@y...>

wrote:

> Hi, my daughter (almost 2) has just begun trying to

> say some words when I ask her to. I don't know if she

> has apraxia or even if she has a problem at all, but

> it has taken me until now to even get her to ATTEMPT

> to mimic words. I'm absolutely thrilled with the

> progress!!! But, I'm not sure how hard I should try

> to get a close approximation. Like if I ask her to

> say doggy she might say " oh " (in a grunt-like fashion)

> or if I ask for " drink " I might get " ga " . It's really

> hard to describe the attempts I get, but usually they

> are VERY far from the word and sound like different

> versions of a grunt. So far I've been just going

> crazy over any sound at all. She even claps for

> herself now after she makes some type of sound. LOL

> Anyway, I'm beginning to get concerned that maybe I

> should try to get something a little closer. Could

> this cause her to get lazy and not even try to make

> the correct approximation? I also know that if she

> does have apraxia, that pushing could be a bad thing.

> This is one of those reasons I really wish she were in

> therapy. I feel like I need guidance on this one. If

> there's nothing wrong with her, then I should probably

> push her, but if it's impossible for her to get any

> closer I don't want her to just give up. She actually

> seems to be trying so much harder now since she knows

> how much attention and praise she will get.

>

> Thanks for any advice!!

> Bridget

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

HI Bridget:

Have you had your daughter evaluated by anyone? That's

the place that I would start with. My was

only saying 2 words at 18 months, and that was enough

to have her hearing tested. That was fine, so we got a

referral to early intervention (EI). She was speech

delayed, so she got speech therapy.

You're doing the right thing by praising her attempts.

It sounds like she responds to the praise and tries

harder. The biggest thing to do with her is to model

good speech for her. I would try and get her to do

more, you'll just have to use your judgement about

pushing her too hard.

You really should have her evaluated so that if she

needs speech therapy, she'll get it.

Let us know how it's going.

Martha mom to 4.9 global developmental delay,

weak muscles, sensory integration dysfunction &

16 months.

--- Bridget Kirk <kaelismommy@...> wrote:

> Hi, my daughter (almost 2) has just begun trying to

> say some words when I ask her to. I don't know if

> she

> has apraxia or even if she has a problem at all, but

> it has taken me until now to even get her to ATTEMPT

> to mimic words. I'm absolutely thrilled with the

> progress!!! But, I'm not sure how hard I should try

> to get a close approximation. Like if I ask her to

> say doggy she might say " oh " (in a grunt-like

> fashion)

> or if I ask for " drink " I might get " ga " . It's

> really

> hard to describe the attempts I get, but usually

> they

> are VERY far from the word and sound like different

> versions of a grunt. So far I've been just going

> crazy over any sound at all. She even claps for

> herself now after she makes some type of sound. LOL

> Anyway, I'm beginning to get concerned that maybe I

> should try to get something a little closer. Could

> this cause her to get lazy and not even try to make

> the correct approximation? I also know that if she

> does have apraxia, that pushing could be a bad

> thing.

> This is one of those reasons I really wish she were

> in

> therapy. I feel like I need guidance on this one.

> If

> there's nothing wrong with her, then I should

> probably

> push her, but if it's impossible for her to get any

> closer I don't want her to just give up. She

> actually

> seems to be trying so much harder now since she

> knows

> how much attention and praise she will get.

>

> Thanks for any advice!!

> Bridget

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

My therapist said not to push the words unless she told me to. At

first, I never pushed for words. Now, that is 5 and talking

somewhat the therapist has me push for lots of words.

The therapist told me that she would push for words, and that

she wanted to work for her. She didn't want to get

discouraged when she wasn't at speech.

A good therapist would definitely help with this.

Suzi

--- In @y..., Bridget Kirk <kaelismommy@y...>

wrote:

> Hi, my daughter (almost 2) has just begun trying to

> say some words when I ask her to. I don't know if she

> has apraxia or even if she has a problem at all, but

> it has taken me until now to even get her to ATTEMPT

> to mimic words. I'm absolutely thrilled with the

> progress!!! But, I'm not sure how hard I should try

> to get a close approximation. Like if I ask her to

> say doggy she might say " oh " (in a grunt-like fashion)

> or if I ask for " drink " I might get " ga " . It's really

> hard to describe the attempts I get, but usually they

> are VERY far from the word and sound like different

> versions of a grunt. So far I've been just going

> crazy over any sound at all. She even claps for

> herself now after she makes some type of sound. LOL

> Anyway, I'm beginning to get concerned that maybe I

> should try to get something a little closer. Could

> this cause her to get lazy and not even try to make

> the correct approximation? I also know that if she

> does have apraxia, that pushing could be a bad thing.

> This is one of those reasons I really wish she were in

> therapy. I feel like I need guidance on this one. If

> there's nothing wrong with her, then I should probably

> push her, but if it's impossible for her to get any

> closer I don't want her to just give up. She actually

> seems to be trying so much harder now since she knows

> how much attention and praise she will get.

>

> Thanks for any advice!!

> Bridget

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I did that too. I would repeat the word correctly, and sometimes I

have my daughter look at my mouth.

--- In @y..., " DMon98 " <dmharrison98@y...>

wrote:

> Hi Bridget,

>

> That is wonderful news. Continue praising her efforts! My 2 yr old

> daughter is not apraxic and what I do is repeat the word and if

she

> gets it great if not the I don't push it. I figure the more I

model

> the better but I don't try and put any pressure on her.

>

> My apraxic child I do try and have him look at my mouth when I

repeat

> a word, but again no pressure although if there is a certain sound

we

> are working on, I may push him a little but not to a level of

> frustration.

>

> Follow her cues and keep talking!!!

>

>