Re: Encouraging news Kauffman Apraxia Test

[Guest guest]

That is terrific news! Would you share a little bit about your method of working

on specific

sounds. My son does not have an official dx of Apraxia yet, am working on that.

We do a lot

of oral motor work, but I am anxious to get some better results with his

articulation. The gap

between his receptive language & expressive (with good articulation) is

significant.

Thanks,

Gini - another home schooling mom.

[Guest guest]

That is terrific news! Would you share a little bit about your method of working

on specific

sounds. My son does not have an official dx of Apraxia yet, am working on that.

We do a lot

of oral motor work, but I am anxious to get some better results with his

articulation. The gap

between his receptive language & expressive (with good articulation) is

significant.

Thanks,

Gini - another home schooling mom.

[Guest guest]

Right now we are working on the " f " and " s " sounds. When we work

on " f " we have my son put his top teeth on his bottom lip and blow. We

do this as a warm up ten times. Then we have him put his top teeth on

his bottom lip and blow again and say the rest of the word. For

example " fat " comes out " fuh " (this is him blowing but not making

the " f " sound) and then he says " at " .

For the " s " sound we have him keep his teeth together and blow towards

his front teeth so make a " s " sound. He can say the " y " sound now so

we work on " yeh " and add the " s " at the end. It comes out sort of like

two syllables or like an exaggerated " yesssss " but it's amazing

progress!!

Before making any sounds we use a Nuk brush to move his tongue down,

from side to side, and upwards. You just gently push on his tongue for

example on the side when you want him to move his tongue from side to

side and then you move the brush to his inner cheek. His tongue will

follow the brush as the tongue muscles get stronger.

We also have him chew on an ARK XT or a Tri-Chew. His left side is

weaker than his right.

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> That is terrific news! Would you share a little bit about your method

of working on specific

> sounds. My son does not have an official dx of Apraxia yet, am

working on that. We do a lot

> of oral motor work, but I am anxious to get some better results with

his articulation. The gap

> between his receptive language & expressive (with good articulation)

is significant.

> Thanks,

> Gini - another home schooling mom.

>