Guest guest Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Have been on the board for quite some time but finding lot of the issues not revelent in the uk is there anyone else on the board from uk Here we are lucky if we get speech theraphy more than every 3 months for a hour and it comes down it just the parents.Riordan has severe verbal and oral apraxia at 4 is still not talking or produeces much sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hi, I have been on the board for 6 months and based in Bristol in the UK. I haven't contributed that much but find the information very helpful. > > Have been on the board for quite some time but finding lot of the issues not revelent in the uk is there anyone else on the board from uk > > Here we are lucky if we get speech theraphy more than every 3 months for a hour and it comes down it just the parents.Riordan has severe verbal and oral apraxia at 4 is still not talking or produeces much sound > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hi, I have followed this group for over a year now- I live in West Midlands and have got so much useful info that has really helped. My 10 year old son has ASD and verbal dyspraxia. I run a full time home based son-rise prog for him so do a lot of 1:1 work with him myself. We have a private speech therapist who comes monthly / sometimes fortnightly but who i get to show me what to do(initially paid for ourselves, now paid by LEA). We are using the Nuffield Dyspraxia symbols which represent sounds rather than letters (eg pic of octopus for o , picture of fish with mouth open bubbles coming out for oh.) WE also use talk tools - i told speech therapist about this and she went on a course to learn about it - this has been great for developing oro motor skills. My therapist has also just been thro Prompt training - this is great if your child will allow you to manipulate their mouth. Before prompt i purchased a programme called Phenome touch and say (Canadian so some sounds slightly different) but this was great too - basically you are showing your child tongue positions etc for the individual sounds) I think this only cost about £80 for dvd and workbook/ photos i would recommend it. Oh i also find that the fish oils etc are really beneficial. Oh forgot to mention UK charity - Cerebra - they ran a speech therapy voucher scheme enabling you to have an assessment and 6 sessions with a private therapist free - that's how i got started. So do a search on all the things i've mentioned and then start researching therapists in your area. If you cant afford one go to NHS and mention some specific things you want help with - eg Nuffield prog, cued articulation, oro motor exercises. Hope this helps, please contact me directly if you want any more info Sue Finnes > > > > Have been on the board for quite some time but finding lot of the issues not revelent in the uk is there anyone else on the board from uk > > > > Here we are lucky if we get speech theraphy more than every 3 months for a hour and it comes down it just the parents.Riordan has severe verbal and oral apraxia at 4 is still not talking or produeces much sound > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Oh, you really need more support than that! Both for you and your child. Is private speech therapy available or an option for you? Even if you could get a few private sessions to help get a home program going. How about using oral-motor dvds? Or connecting with some other apraxia parents in your area to compare exercises and activities? MRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 >Am looking into finding a private speech therapist but it comes down to money . Never herd of the dvds will have to look around. there is no one else local to me or even further afield no support groups , did try asd one but as he doe snot ahve dx of asd wa snot comfortable situation,Few people have spoke to their dc seem to be at the other end of the scale , its just so upsetting bcaus ehe really does want to communicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Here is one DVD you can try. http://teachmetotalk.com/category/apraxia/ Best Wishes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 > > Here is one DVD you can try. > > http://teachmetotalk.com/category/apraxia/ > > Best Wishes, > > Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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