[SPAM] Re: How does a speech therapist help with apraxia

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See that is what I wonder, do they need speech therapy or the right

overall therapy. is 3. So far all his speech therapy only

worked when the diet and fish oil kicked in. He needs therapy but can

I get him to the right place with continued dietary stuff and NACD or

do I need a speech therapist? We are doing prompt 2 x per month just

in case as funds are limited but mostly focusing on NACD and TLP. If

we need more I'll find the $. I am just not sure we will. Time will

tell.

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> > I also meant to say -- that for a child that DOES have Apraxia,

> without

> > speech intervention, in all seriousness, you will NOT get a

child

> that will be a

> > fluent speaker. A speech program is a NECESSITY for a child

with

> Apraxia--

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[Guest guest]

.....Mark had well over 9 years of speech therapy. So, I absolutely recommend

it... in particular, oral motor therapy is what really helped Mark after many

years of lousy therapy. Our kids need a lot of oral motor work, imo. Once he

got good oral motor therapy, all of his speech issues cleared right up. We had

lots of muscle tone and motor planning issues.

Janice

[sPAM][ ] Re: How does a speech therapist help with

apraxia

Are you sure, look at Janice's son.

>

> I also meant to say -- that for a child that DOES have Apraxia,

without

> speech intervention, in all seriousness, you will NOT get a child

that will be a

> fluent speaker. A speech program is a NECESSITY for a child with

Apraxia--

>

> becky

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> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in

shape.

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[Guest guest]

I've read a lot of good posts on those Baby Babble DVDs. They really work, huh?

(We should all buy shares in some of this stuff!)

Janice

[sPAM][ ] Re: How does a speech therapist help with

apraxia

I will have to do some more checking around. We've been through 4

therapists, and no results. The first one strapped him to a chair

and it was so traumatic for him that ever since then he refuses to

sit in a chair anywhere. ( dinner, restaurants, ABA, preschool,

etc.) He used to do so well sitting at ABA and restaurants and all

of that, until we took him to her.) So I guess I'll start back at

square one. Looking around some more. It doesn't help that our

insurance doesn't cover any of it, and we are nearly broke.

>

> E mail me if you have any other questions. My son is 4 and he has

apraxia

> and pdd nos. He makes great strides with speech. He goes to

speech he has it

> at early childhood and the best most productive speech method we

have for him

> is a speech therapist that actually made the Baby Babble DVD's.

How lucky we

> are that she lives in Minnesota which is where we live. She comes

to the

> house once a week and is in his chair at the table with the

straps and we

> strap him in. She works with the Kaufman cards and oral motor,

she is the

> greatest. Talking child is her company and you could even e mail

her, her name

> is Amy. I also worry too and think will never talk. I

don't get it,

> he is so smart, that expressive speech is so hard for him. I

would try to

> find someone in your area that could work with your child in your

home. I know

> how hard taking them someplace for speech can be. If it weren't

for the

> straps on the chair wouldn't sit there either. Don't give

up, I have fears

> and worry about him talking spontaneously but I do read that

children with

> these issues don't talk until much later. Try not to worry,

easier said than

> done, I know.

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