heavy OT first and THEN speech???

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My almost three year old has apraxia with hypotonia (trunk up through facial

muscles). He has a difficult time with his tongue -- difficult time with the

rotary chewing motion but has no texture issues, etc.

We have been hitting therapy hard, but now our insurance benefits are coming to

a halt... for the remainder of the year!

Wondering if any of you had any thoughts. My inclination is do more heavy OT

with him rather than speech because he has to get his body awareness first (as

the body develops from the inner part outward) before he can get the fine motor

stuff for speech.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?