Update on Apraxia question from India

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

In end-March, I had posted to this group about my daughter who was then 2 yrs

and 3 months old with approx. 60-70 words or word approximations in her vocab,

inarticulate speech with inconsistent errors of speech, not saying more than two

syllable words and no two word phrases.

I am happy to report that as of now (so in one month's time), she now has 150

words or word approximations in her vocab and has started combining few words

that she is very comfortable with - for eg. " Papa give toy " . However, the errors

in speech (inarticulate speech) still remain and there is still no " k " , " g " ,

" s " , " f " , etc. sounds. Now, my question to this group is this:-

Should we concentrate on correcting the errors in her speech or should we just

continue with what we have been doing? Our speech therapist who is not a

pediatric speech therapist, does not know about Apraxia and is anything but

great (but we have no choice where we live) has told us not to worry about the

inarticulate speech or the sounds that have not come yet. According to him,

those things will follow automatically in due course. He says that right now we

should just concentrate on increasing her vocab and trying to give her a word or

word approximation for as many things as we can.

Is this the right way to go? If not, how can we go about correcting her

inarticulate speech?

Thanks,

Nikunj

[Guest guest]

What the therapist told you is absolutely correct! They are not

considered errors!

My 4yr old had a few months of preschool speech only and caught up for

his articulation errors. When he was discharged- the SLP gave me a

chart of Age Level for Sounds. She knows I have an apraxic daughter and

knows about this group too.

here's what's on the chart for the sounds you mentioned. There is a

Group of sounds that are between the Age of 2-4 yrs: k, g, d, t, ng!

It's considered normal for any child who attains these sounds during

that time period-- so you have plenty of time!!

The letter S on the chart is anywhere from Age 3-8yrs old!!!

The top of the chart is p,m, h,n,w,b and goes from age 1.5- 3yrs old.

The sounds you are concerned about come with normal development.

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> Hi all,

>

> (inarticulate speech) still remain and there is still no " k " , " g " ,

" s " , " f " , etc. sounds. Now, my question to this group is this:-

>

> Should we concentrate on correcting the errors in her speech or should

we just continue with what we have been doing? Our speech therapist who

is not a pediatric speech therapist, does not know about Apraxia and is

anything but great (but we have no choice where we live) has told us not

to worry about the inarticulate speech or the sounds that have not come

yet. According to him, those things will follow automatically in due

course. He says that right now we should just concentrate on increasing

her vocab and trying to give her a word or word approximation for as

many things as we can.

>

> Is this the right way to go? If not, how can we go about correcting

her inarticulate speech?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Nikunj

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