RE: Re: Posted for a new member Zimet -are you there?

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Zimmet is great! She helped me so much in the beginning. I only wish

I could have used her for ST. She rocks!

[ ] Re: Posted for a new member Zimet -are

you there?

You have one of the best resources out there in Georgia -

Zimet!!!

Here is a message about -and then one from her!

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Some apraxic children " just " have verbal apraxia...but that's just

not as typical. In most cases it's not that our children don't have

other issues when they have apraxia, it's just that we don't

recognize them. ...

Besides up till a certain age, even with a diagnosis, most of us

hold the thought of " just a late talker " in our hopes -but proceed

with early intervention therapy just in case.

Hurray Zimet!!!!

Thu Feb 3, 2005 2:38 pm

" kiddietalk " <kiddietalk (DOT) <mailto:kiddietalk%40> com>

Many of you may have read 's post and not given it a thought.

Just wanted to once again brag about Zimet, Tanner's Early

Intervention therapist. used to work for Early Intervention

out of Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, NJ. She is

now working for EI in Georgia -and I'm hoping she moves a bit

further south (and ask her to all the time!) Tanner is so fortunate

that he got to work with early on but he almost didn't.

Because nobody but Glenn and I took Tanner's " not talking yet "

seriously -like pulling teeth to get him in speech therapy as it

says in The Late Talker book, Tanner who was nonverbal only had

about 6

weeks of Early Intervention therapy because nobody told us he

qualified for it. In fact we were told to " wait until he's three

and then if he's still not talking we'll send him for a speech and

hearing evaluation " by his pediatrician. Tanner passed all

developmental milestones on time or early, so as far as his doctor

and the world was concerned 'there was nothing to worry about'. Not

that Tanner wasn't in therapy privately which we got to pay out of

pocket for -Tanner had been in speech therapy from around the age of

2 for around 5 months, 2-3 x a week for 30-45 minute one on one

sessions with little change. he had more facial movements -but his

only word was " ma " or " mmm " . (see first post ever I sent to another

Internet grouplist below from 1999)

I was concerned -but deep down I kept believing that Tanner would

fool everyone and " just start talking " like everyone kept telling us

he would. So as lame as Tanner's EI goal is going to sound -the

magic age for me would be 3. That was the age everyone kept

bringing up. I figured at 3 he would just start. We only had about

6 weeks of Early Intervention. Our EI goal -in writing -which was

considered a good goal by all -was that " by the time Tanner was

three -he would point to a ball and say " ba " instead of " mmm " A

week or so prior to starting the EI therapy was when we started

using an EFA formula called Efalex (ProEFA wasn't even around then)

In the LCP Solution is said the first word was after 3 weeks -but

going over old emails -it was actually 2 weeks till " lellow " When

Tanner graduated from EI, -he was doing much more than saying " ba "

when pointing to a ball -he was saying " lellow " on command to any

yellow object he could find in the house or yard -and 20 other words

too including " purple " .!!! (I remember thinking he was like Bambi

when he first learned to talk and called everything " flower " )

is " the " professional that first had witnessed Tanner's

amazing surges when put on EFAs, and dramatic regression when taken

off (because he was going to be tested for the school program and I

thought he was doing too good to get the 1/1 therapy)

This was written about in The LCP Solution as the first

story under apraxia -read it online here (third story)

http://www.drstordy <http://www.drstordy.com/stories.html> .com/stories.html

is also the one that encouraged me to start the support group

that became a nonprofit Children's Apraxia Network. She helped me

find a room to have meetings at the Children's Specialized Hospital

in Mountainside, NJ Our first meeting and just about all of them

were off the charts huge!

http://www.cherab.

<http://www.cherab.org/news/childrenshospitalarticle.html>

org/news/childrenshospitalarticle.html

http://www.cherab.

<http://www.cherab.org/information/dietaryeffects/StarLedgerarticle.html>

org/information/dietaryeffects/StarLedgerarticle.html

And now there is CHERAB -and The Late Talker book -and

Speechville...thanks to Zimet who is just awesome, as we

credit her in The Late Talker (paperback edition)

is now helping as Robin just posted -how cool is

that?!

http://www.cherab. <http://www.cherab.org/news/.html>

org/news/.html

Since there is much talk about newly diagnosed -misdiagnosis.

Please know there are many knowledgeable professionals out there -

like . Make sure your child is evaluated with an appropriate

diagnosis so that your child can receive appropriate therapies. And

for anyone who hasn't read it yet -below the following archive is my

first post ever. Tanner was a child diagnosed by many as " severe to

profound " apraxia. He is doing so amazing today -that he brings

hope that all can do this great. And you know the good news -most

are!

RE: Devel Ped in GA:

Will send you list asap!

Best,

Zimet, M.S.,CCC/SLP

Early Insights, LLC

404.944.9561

_zimetslpaol (DOT) <mailto:_zimetslp%40aol.com> com_ (mailto:zimetslpaol (DOT)

<mailto:zimetslp%40aol.com> com)

& others who need an extra dose of support:

They say, " What doesn't kill us, Makes us stronger " ...

Parents of children with special needs (or " children who learn

differently " )

are the strongest people around...There is light at the end of the

tunnel,

the

tunnel is just such a l o n g journey...Wish it could be shorter and

simpler...

With positive thoughts, spiritual energy, extra confidence, and great

admiration

to you - parents who go-go-go...to get help for their children...

Blessings,

Zimet, M.S.,CCC/SLP

Early Insights, LLC

404.944.9561

_zimetslpaol (DOT) <mailto:_zimetslp%40aol.com> com_ (mailto:zimetslpaol (DOT)

<mailto:zimetslp%40aol.com> com)

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