Re: No PROMPT certified SLP in sight

[Guest guest]

My first step would be to ask who made the diagnosis? I would take the

child to a behavioral/developmental pediatrician along with the report of

diagnosis re Apraxia and get the developmental pediatrician to write a script

indicating that this type of speech therapist with these qualifications is

MEDICALLY NECESSARY. Then you will be ready for your meeting with the special

ed. director of the school to make this request. You do not mention if

your child's school is public or private, but regardless if it is private the

public school system is still responsible under child find to locate these

children and provide services if they live within their district

In a message dated 6/17/2009 9:07:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time,

barbara_brumbaugh@... writes:

Our son has been diagnosed with Severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

We want a PROMPT certified SLP. He is in therapy now though his

specialized pre-school and the local Intermediate Unit.

The specialists we are working on have " heard " of PROMPT and thats about

it.

I emailed the PROMPT institute and the closest SLP's they could find for

me were about 4 hours away.

Has anyone had success with SLP's trained in OTHER methods? Or should we

push for them to send someone for training or ?????

Input appreciated,

B

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[Guest guest]

I am probably one of the biggest supporters of Prompt here. It worked

fabulously for my child, BUT it is not the only method out there that

works for apraxia.

Have you found any SLP who specializes in oral motor? Have you looked

for one that has used Kaufmann? I'm not too well versed in other

methods because I didn't have to go searching for them, but others

here are.

If you can't find an SLP who has experience with apraxia then I'd push

to get someone trained. Otherwise you might have great success with

another method. Prompt was a no brainer for me once I realized I

lived 1 mile from the Prompt Institute. After we moved I was lucky

enough to be just under an hour from a level 3 certified Prompt

trainer recommended personally by Deb. Not everyone is this lucky,

and not every child needs Prompt to improve.

Good luck!

Miche

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:27 PM, bizzyspud<barbara_brumbaugh@...> wrote:

>

>

> Our son has been diagnosed with Severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

> We want a PROMPT certified SLP. He is in therapy now though his specialized

> pre-school and the local Intermediate Unit.

>

> The specialists we are working on have " heard " of PROMPT and thats about it.

>

> I emailed the PROMPT institute and the closest SLP's they could find for me

> were about 4 hours away.

>

> Has anyone had success with SLP's trained in OTHER methods? Or should we

> push for them to send someone for training or ?????

>

> Input appreciated,

>

> B

>

[Guest guest]

I am not familiar with this method and asked my therapist about it.???? My

therapist isn't trained in it but she has been doing something where she puts a

picture on a card, along with a word, and this she pairs with a gesture.??? Her

goal is to teach him all of his sounds using this method.??? Then when he

doesn't say a word correctly she can lay out all of the cards, or do the

guestures to show where he is making a mispronunciation.???? After 10 mos of

other therapy, this seems to click with him.?? He had 3 letters before and now

have 13 down pat.????? I practice them with him and he loves doing it.??? He

doesn't need the cards anymore and when he sees the letters in?a book he smiles

proudly, makes the guesture and says the sound all on his own.??? All this in

about?8 weeks since we started this.

Example:

An index card would have the letter T printed on it and a picture of a persons

wrist with a watch on it.???? The guesture is tapping an index finger on your

wrist while says " T - T- T " ? (tuh, the sound of T, not Tee)

If you want to try it feel free to email me and I can send you? list of the ones

he has done.?? Honestly you could make up your own as its nothing official.??

[ ] No PROMPT certified SLP in sight

Our son has been diagnosed with Severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

We want a PROMPT certified SLP. He is in therapy now though his specialized

pre-school and the local Intermediate Unit.

The specialists we are working on have " heard " of PROMPT and thats about it.

I emailed the PROMPT institute and the closest SLP's they could find for me were

about 4 hours away.

Has anyone had success with SLP's trained in OTHER methods? Or should we push

for them to send someone for training or ?????

Input appreciated,

B

[Guest guest]

Could you send me the list of gestures. My private e-mail address is

emelkesici@.... Thanks...

From: NotefrmSue@... <NotefrmSue@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] No PROMPT certified SLP in sight

Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 2:41 PM

I am not familiar with this method and asked my therapist about it.???? My

therapist isn't trained in it but she has been doing something where she puts a

picture on a card, along with a word, and this she pairs with a gesture.??? Her

goal is to teach him all of his sounds using this method.??? Then when he

doesn't say a word correctly she can lay out all of the cards, or do the

guestures to show where he is making a mispronunciation. ???? After 10 mos of

other therapy, this seems to click with him.?? He had 3 letters before and now

have 13 down pat.????? I practice them with him and he loves doing it.??? He

doesn't need the cards anymore and when he sees the letters in?a book he smiles

proudly, makes the guesture and says the sound all on his own.??? All this in

about?8 weeks since we started this.

Example:

An index card would have the letter T printed on it and a picture of a persons

wrist with a watch on it.???? The guesture is tapping an index finger on your

wrist while says " T - T- T " ? (tuh, the sound of T, not Tee)

If you want to try it feel free to email me and I can send you? list of the ones

he has done.?? Honestly you could make up your own as its nothing official.??

[childrensapraxiane t] No PROMPT certified SLP in sight

Our son has been diagnosed with Severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

We want a PROMPT certified SLP. He is in therapy now though his specialized

pre-school and the local Intermediate Unit.

The specialists we are working on have " heard " of PROMPT and thats about it.

I emailed the PROMPT institute and the closest SLP's they could find for me were

about 4 hours away.

Has anyone had success with SLP's trained in OTHER methods? Or should we push

for them to send someone for training or ?????

Input appreciated,

B