Re: How to decide if my son has Apraxia/mouth stuffing

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My son Tanner went through the mouth stuffing part before we knew he

had oral and verbal apraxia, low tone and sensory integration

dysfunction - and before he received appropriate therapies for

them including oral motor therapies. We have some great oral motor at

home exercises in The Late Talker book -and here's an article that I

wrote help from Cherab's advisor, Sara R. , CCC/SLP.

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/oralapraxia.html

Two articles from Tanner's one SLP - A. Ortega, M.S., CCC-SLP

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/feeding.html

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/mealtimetips.html

The following is an awesome article on this

" Mouth stuffing can also be an important sign of sensory or motor

difficulties in oral-motor control. When the mouth is fully stuffed

with food, children obtain more sensory information about the

boundaries of their mouths and the presence of food in the mouth. "

http://www.new-vis.com/fym/papers/p-feed11.htm

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