Re: new diagnosis of verbal apraxia for ASD son

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Good speech therapy should be. For apraxia they should be working on a

method like Kaufman (sp?) or PROMPT. It needs to be more than play

therapy to work on the motor planning. It needs to be intensive too.

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> Is anyone familiar as to whether or not speech therapy treatments are

> different for verbal apraxia vs autism?

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> sincerely,

> Beth S.

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[Guest guest]

Yes, because not only do you need to work on making sure there are receptive abilities, you need to work on motor planning abilitiies.  It's much more intense.  It is similar, though.  ASHA recommends 3 sessions/week for apraxia - something you could definitely bring up to your SD (although it will probably be a battle getting it).  You also really need to give them more support as far as accepting whatever language they *can* use, be it PECS, sign, AAC, etc.  Not that you wouldn't do the same with just a language delay but again, the needs are slightly different and the *reason* for absence of speech can be very different so there is a difference in how you would approach it.CherylIs anyone familiar as to whether or not speech therapy treatments aredifferent for verbal apraxia vs autism?sincerely,Beth S.

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banneshe16 wrote:

> Is anyone familiar as to whether or not speech therapy treatments are

> different for verbal apraxia vs autism?

>

> sincerely,

> Beth S.

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Check out these 2 links for recommendations for speech therapy for apraxia

http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-one-therapy.htm\

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http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/speech-therapy-frequen\

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See also www.apraxia-kids.org for many parent-oriented articles and

research papers on the subject.

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I believe they are a little different. I know for example, that my son cannot blow water through a straw, a cottonball off your hand, smile on command, stick out his tongue, etc. These things need to be addressed first, before asking him to imitate sounds. And once mastered, I believe you go for word "sounds", approximations, before expecting actual words. If you google "treatment for apraxia" you'll find lots of info on it. http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=56

Re: new diagnosis of verbal apraxia for ASD son

banneshe16 wrote:> Is anyone familiar as to whether or not speech therapy treatments are> different for verbal apraxia vs autism?>> sincerely,> Beth S.> Check out these 2 links for recommendations for speech therapy for apraxiahttp://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-one-therapy.htmlhttp://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/speech-therapy-frequency.htmlSee also www.apraxia-kids.org for many parent-oriented articles and research papers on the subject