Guest guest Posted May 11, 2002 Report Share Posted May 11, 2002 Amber, Our dev ped dx her for insurance purposes. She has shown all the symptoms of oral and verbal apraxia for about 8 months now. I understand she might " outgrow " it, but what is the harm in starting therapy early? Isn't that why we have " early " intervention? Our dev ped whole heartedly believed she should start intensive therapy now. I didn't even request it - he said we should and offered to put in the referral. We decided to stay w/ our current SLT and increase from 1 hour a week to 2 hours a week. Traci > I am curious to know what the avg. age for diagnosing apraxia is. My > daughters speech therapist said that if we need to diagnose her for > insurance purposes that we could. I know that we need a doc for that > diagnosis. Is that right? I asked her neurologist about apraxia and > he said, " People used to not even start to worry about speech until > the kids were over 2. " I was thinking, " oh boy, one of those docs. " > He was great otherwise, but baffled me some at that point in our > visit. > I do not know if her therapy has actually helped her or not because > she has been in it since 3 months. It was all feeding based until > she was 14 months. She still has feeding issues, but they are > working out on their own. If I could get our insurance to pay for > more therapy I will do it in a heartbeat! > Traci, > I seen that Kennedy is now getting more therapy. Any info on this > would be appreciated from anyone. > > God Bless, > Amber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2002 Report Share Posted May 11, 2002 I don't know about other doctors, but our neurologist told us not to use the term apraxia because our insurance would deny her. My daughter does have brain damage, and our neurologist just wrote that she needs speech therapy due to a static encephalathopy(sp?) (non- changing brain damage). I was surprised that he said not to use the term apraxia. > I am curious to know what the avg. age for diagnosing apraxia is. My > daughters speech therapist said that if we need to diagnose her for > insurance purposes that we could. I know that we need a doc for that > diagnosis. Is that right? I asked her neurologist about apraxia and > he said, " People used to not even start to worry about speech until > the kids were over 2. " I was thinking, " oh boy, one of those docs. " > He was great otherwise, but baffled me some at that point in our > visit. > I do not know if her therapy has actually helped her or not because > she has been in it since 3 months. It was all feeding based until > she was 14 months. She still has feeding issues, but they are > working out on their own. If I could get our insurance to pay for > more therapy I will do it in a heartbeat! > Traci, > I seen that Kennedy is now getting more therapy. Any info on this > would be appreciated from anyone. > > God Bless, > Amber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2002 Report Share Posted May 11, 2002 Our dev ped did mention we might get denied using " Apraxia " dx, but we didn't. He was going to use a different dx if we did. static encephal.....(forget how to spell it) is a good one. There's another one too, but I'll have to look for it and tell ya later. Traci --- In @y..., " luckygmstwife " <suzi_knowles@p...> wrote: > I don't know about other doctors, but our neurologist told us not to > use the term apraxia because our insurance would deny her. My > daughter does have brain damage, and our neurologist just wrote that > she needs speech therapy due to a static encephalathopy(sp?) (non- > changing brain damage). > > I was surprised that he said not to use the term apraxia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 Hi Lillian - I'm not sure if anyone got back to you yet because I'm a little behind in reading my posts. To diagnose Apraxia, you should either see a speech therapist who is knowledgable in Apraxia or a neurodevelopmental pediatrician. Either one of those who is familiar with Apraxia should be able to give you suggestions on what kind of therapy would be best for your child. Take care in NJ KDR@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 , Thank you so much for getting back to me. Interestingly enough you're the only one who's responded. I will check with Shane's speech therapist and go from there. Thanks again!! Lillian [ ] RE: diagnosing apraxia Hi Lillian - I'm not sure if anyone got back to you yet because I'm a little behind in reading my posts. To diagnose Apraxia, you should either see a speech therapist who is knowledgable in Apraxia or a neurodevelopmental pediatrician. Either one of those who is familiar with Apraxia should be able to give you suggestions on what kind of therapy would be best for your child. Take care in NJ KDR@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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