Re: OLDER CHILD READING PROBLEMS

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone,

It's been a long time since posting. I have learned most the in and outs of

apraxia having an older child (age 9.7). I seldom have questions - but have one

now.

I am appealling to anyone with an older child with apraxia who reads. I am

wanting to know if reading fluency is a problem seen with apraxia or if it is

just my child. She reads very fast with good comprehention but a teacher says

she reads staccto like; not having the voice inflections to pose a sentence as

ended or in a question. It makes it hard to understand a story at times, but SHE

understands what she's reading. She can read much faster to her self rather than

reading out loud (no wonder for an apraxic child!) and gets good grades in

reading. But this teacher states that the state of OK requires better fluency

for a going-into-fourth grader.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hugs from Joy and Shyann

[Guest guest]

My son is 10 and has always been a good reader. His voice inflections are not

good. In addition with his apraxia it is hard to follow if you are not reading

along with him. His spelling is not good. However there is a slow progress

with changing the speech therapy he received. He now does moving across the

syables so he can now sound out words better.

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> From: joyhansen@...

> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:21:49 -0500

> Subject: Re: [ ]OLDER CHILD READING PROBLEMS

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> It's been a long time since posting. I have learned most the in and outs of

apraxia having an older child (age 9.7). I seldom have questions - but have one

now.

>

> I am appealling to anyone with an older child with apraxia who reads. I am

wanting to know if reading fluency is a problem seen with apraxia or if it is

just my child. She reads very fast with good comprehention but a teacher says

she reads staccto like; not having the voice inflections to pose a sentence as

ended or in a question. It makes it hard to understand a story at times, but SHE

understands what she's reading. She can read much faster to her self rather than

reading out loud (no wonder for an apraxic child!) and gets good grades in

reading. But this teacher states that the state of OK requires better fluency

for a going-into-fourth grader.

>

> Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

>

> Hugs from Joy and Shyann

>

> [

[Guest guest]

My son will be 8 and in second grade this fall. He reads at a 4th

grade level. Once reading clicked it just clicked and he started

reading anything he could get his hands on. He rebels against chapter

books because he likes to read things in one setting so he generally

picks out non-fiction.

His reading out loud is rather flat, but his speaking is a little bit

as well. I just brought this up to his SLP today. We're working on

language issues now in therapy, but she's going to work on his

prosody, tone, volume, inflection, etc. He does have inflection, but

it's not as strong as it should be. He reads just like he talks.

If the teacher has a concern I would suggest that this get put into

her IEP. The staccato style of her reading sure appears to be related

to her speech issues and not her reading issues! It IS something that

her speech therapist can address and work with her one. My son's

therapist said she rarely gets to work on these higher level speech

issues, but they are still very important. She usually gets really

tough cases or many of the families she works will drop therapy once

the child reaches a level where s/he is understood fairly well or the

kids she works with never get that far (she works with mostly kids

with very severe disorders and delays.)

Miche

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Joy Hansen<joyhansen@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> It's been a long time since posting. I have learned most the in and outs of

> apraxia having an older child (age 9.7). I seldom have questions - but have

> one now.

>

> I am appealling to anyone with an older child with apraxia who reads. I am

> wanting to know if reading fluency is a problem seen with apraxia or if it

> is just my child. She reads very fast with good comprehention but a teacher

> says she reads staccto like; not having the voice inflections to pose a

> sentence as ended or in a question. It makes it hard to understand a story

> at times, but SHE understands what she's reading. She can read much faster

> to her self rather than reading out loud (no wonder for an apraxic child!)

> and gets good grades in reading. But this teacher states that the state of

> OK requires better fluency for a going-into-fourth grader.

>

> Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

>

> Hugs from Joy and Shyann

>

>