Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 Hi I just wanted to let you know that my son with apraxia also used to sound like he was stuttering often. This was especially true between the ages of 3-5 when his speech was rapidly progressing. I never thought of it as stuttering though, but as a problem with planning his speech. It also seemed like he was " buying time " to figure it out. I liken it to a speech that you practice aloud-if you forget a part, or it doesn't sound quite right, you tend to return to the beginning and start over. Ethan is now 8 and we see very little of the stuttering/repitition. But he still does it, especially when he is very excited about something and it is a complicated idea to express. A few times this year, he has gotten stuck in the middle of a word or has returned to the start of sentence several times and then just decided to give up- " never mind " he said. We never let him get away with this We tell him to slow down and we will wait for him. He's a clever kid, so sometimes in this situation he tries an entirely new sentence that expresses the same idea. It's like an editor in a way. Anyway, just know that the repiition/stuttering is likely to lessen or disappear as you child's speaking skills progress. Audrey __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2002 Report Share Posted January 19, 2002 Dear , My 2 1/2 yr apraxic son also does this. He is up to 5 word sentences (Sometimes) but will get stuck on a word. For example, he will intend to say Mama I want juice but instead says Mama Mama Mama I want juice. His prvt. SLP says that alot of children do this even ones that do not have speech issues. Their brains are moving so quickly and that is how it comes out. When Jack does this I usually repeat the correct way very slowly and he repeats it back slowly correct with no repeating of mama. Hope this helps Eileen --- Zwick <bearcat@...> wrote: > My 3.9 year old son with apraxia has really started > to talk the past > 6 months. He has dropped most of his signing in > that time and is > quite verbal, although very difficult to > understand. The past month > he has really begun to what I call stutter--I think > the SLP called it > repetitians. It is like he gets stuck on a word. > He repeats the > entire word or most of the word but it sounds like a > stutter. For > example he might say, " I need more juice. " and he > gets stuck on need > so it sounds like " I nee nee nee nee need more > juice. " He doesnt > seem to be aware of it. It just really scares me. > He has come so > far and I am hoping this is just a developmental > milestone not a set > back. I have read several posts regarding > stuttering and that it can > be very normal. Is this a stuttering problem or not > and what can we > do to help him through this without him feeling like > we are > correcting him all the time? > > The SLP also expresses concern over his tone or > volume. She said he > is so loud all of the time. I dont notice that as > much, I guess, but > she must be seeing it as a problem. Any suggestions > there? > > Thanks > > bearcat@u... > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2002 Report Share Posted January 19, 2002 Hi and all! I know there were recently a few messages about apraxic children going through a " stuttering " or " dysfluency " stage. It does seem that once we get them to the speech part there are other obstacles to " overcome " . That's the key word. Since we don't have a cure for apraxia yet, or any of the like symptomed speech impairments like SLI, all we can do is provide various therapies and strategies and encouragements to help our children for now to " overcome " . The following is a post I sent out about something called therapeutic listening. I know in speaking to a Tallal PhD recently she was telling me about a study that was just completed at one of the major hospitals on FastForWord (the abstracts are not published yet) which shows MRIs of the brain of dyslexic individuals before -and then after using FastForWord -and there is a change in the speech area of the brain on the MRIs after!! I'll see if I can get that to post here and on our site. In other words though - there may be ways of working with neurological based speech impairments as well besides just traditional speech therapy -and even besides nutritional internal based therapy like EFA supplementation. Since the brain responds to various inputs -perhaps we can help through auditory based therapy - or visual therapy -not just in the traditional sense of speech therapy -but in new ways. I'll send this out for now -but please explore the past posts here for more information -or the web in general. It's worth trying -it's worked for Tanner amazingly well. Not enough other children I know have used this for the dysfluency stage of apraxia to know if that's just a fluke -or more. I know as a parent however in our search to help our children we like to know whatever is possible...I'm just saying this is another possible strategy to help! (Hey to everyone getting the snow today - have fun with snowmen, sledding, snow ball fights, skiing-or drinking hot chocolate!!) From: " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2002 Report Share Posted January 19, 2002 and all, Regarding Fast Forward, do you know if it is recommended that the child be at a certain level and what that is, in order to start this program? Could you describe what fast forward entails? It does sound like it holds great promise. I have been thinkging about an auditory processing type therapy and am interested. Thanks again, Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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