Backtalking? SLP said my son was speaking from the throat

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I hadn't really put much into this, but his SLP noticed this first thing this

morning(it was our first meeting with her). I mentioned my concern about

possible apraxia, and asked if she was familiar with the diagnosis and

treatment, and she is. So after his eval on Tuesday, if it is apraxia, I'll feel

better knowing she's familiar with it.

Anyway, like I said she noticed his speech forming from the neck and throat

rather than the mouth area (make sense?) and said that it could be apraxia, or a

phonological problem and we'd go more in depth on Tuesday at his evaluation.

She gave me a booklet with LOTS of words that I am to mark beside the ones I've

heard him say. Reading it kills me. I can't even look at it without crying. He

can only say a very few of them.

I have been working with him some and can now get him to drink from a straw,

pucker for a kiss, lick his lips, and blow (on demand - but only if he feels

like it! HAHA)

I'm going through so many emotions right now, and we don't even have a definite

diagnosis yet. I'm overwhelmed, frustrated, terrified, extremely sad, and

somewhat guilty, like it could be my fault.

I thought I would get some input from other parents about this. Did this happen

with your little one?