Re: Very off topic: APRAXIA.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cristina,

My son has apraxia. A good speech therapist should be able to

diagnos it. My son's speech therapist suspected it at 18 months and

that was confirmed by his next few therapists. It is an oral motor

dyfunction of some sort. The kids can't figure out how to correctly

position their tongue, mouth, teeth, etc in order to produce the

right sounds. Danny has been getting speech since 18months and is now

5 1/2 and is much clearer but still not always understandable. He was

barely understandable until he was 3 1/2. Good Luck.

> Please anyone has infos on Apraxia? Someone suggested that my son

> could suffer from apraxia, and I would like to know how much of it

> could be actually true.

> I would like to know how would I actually know if my child has

> apraxia? Just like to have some examples of what are the main

> problems, how did you solve them (or work towards solving them),

what

> to do if I need to have that diagnosed (put on paper I mean, for

the

> school etc), and whatever else you retain useful-etc. etc.-

>

> Not too much, huh? )

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Cristina-WA

> Proud mom to 4.7yr ASD, & (almost) 2yr NT twins.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I have an eight year old son with apraxia. He takes speech therapy once

a week. I also work with him at home. This has really made the most

difference. Linguisystems has a really good book on apraxia. I have seen

great improvement with Just for Kids: Apraxia. by Martha Drake.

Barbara

www.linguisystems.com

[Guest guest]

> Please anyone has infos on Apraxia?

I have several apraxia and dyspraxia links on my site, here is the

direct address for that section, just scroll down until you see the

relevant links.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/parentin.htm#related