Re: question about PROMPT Therapy

[Guest guest]

The mix shouldn't confuse him. I know you probably aren't speaking to me a

I have recently written about Prompt a few times, but not only has my

apraxic son benefited, my 3 yr old daughter now receives Prompt therapy.

Prompt can work for a variety of speech issues including much less severe

things. She has strictly an articulation issue. She is not apraxic and

does not have even a phonological disorder. I'm noticing more improvement

with Prompt than what we had before with other therapy.

Miche

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:12 PM, cr1975 <cm2003uh@...> wrote:

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> Just curious, as to how many of you have a therapist that uses PROMPT

> Therapy with your child.

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> Also, do you think it is effective? and is PROMPT therapy only used for

> severe Apraxia or Autism?

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> My DS is receiving " Kaufman " therapy from the school district and his

> private therapist is using " Easy does it for Apraxia Kids " . Do you think

> this will confuse him?

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[Guest guest]

My son has 3 therapists. 2 are PROMPT trained. I find that there is a difference

in the type and quality of therapy done. They are able to elicite many more

sounds that a " regular " speech therapist. They physically manipulated his mouth

and toungue placement.

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> Just curious, as to how many of you have a therapist that uses PROMPT Therapy

with your child.

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> Also, do you think it is effective? and is PROMPT therapy only used for severe

Apraxia or Autism?

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> My DS is receiving " Kaufman " therapy from the school district and his private

therapist is using " Easy does it for Apraxia Kids " . Do you think this will

confuse him?

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[Guest guest]

Is there a notable difference between certified and trained in PROMPT?

[Guest guest]

Hi, i'd like to know if PROMPT can be used for a child as young as 31 months? My

son was recently dx with oral/verbal apraxia and we've just started ST.My

therapist is just starting to work on the oral motor

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> Is there a notable difference between certified and trained in PROMPT?

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[Guest guest]

Yes! When we went to the Prompt Institute we saw 24 month olds coming in

for therapy. My daughter was getting a little bit of Prompt at around 24

months with her EI therapist (trained, but not certified - to answer that

question I truly believe you should find a certified therapist! " Trained "

usually means they went to a short course info session/seminar and didn't

have hands on instruction on how to do the Prompts. Many of these

therapists will only prompt single sounds which is not how prompt is

intended to be used.) Starting at 34 months my daughter started regularly

with a level 3 certified Prompt therapist who is also a Prompt certified

trainer (she does the classes for others.) It can very much be used with

most or at least many at that younger age. Where you may see more

difficulty is in the same areas you see it with other kinds of therapy -

cooperation, being sensitive to their face being touched, etc. I have seen,

however, that with a well versed Prompt therapist most kids who are hesitant

to be being touched quickly make the connection that it helps them TALK and

they tolerate it. No method is 100%, but I'd try it with a young child and

if it doesn't work don't be afraid to revisit as the child gets older.

Miche

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:22 AM, jan_yewmeng <jan_yewmeng@...> wrote:

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> Hi, i'd like to know if PROMPT can be used for a child as young as 31

> months? My son was recently dx with oral/verbal apraxia and we've just

> started ST.My therapist is just starting to work on the oral motor

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[Guest guest]

My son started when he was 27 mos and is now 30 months and we've seen PHENOMENAL

results with PROMPT. It is, in fact, the only speech focused therapy we are

doing (although that's not always right for everyone). This is as good a time

as any since they are able to learn so much at this young age. His abilites are

night and day within a matter of 2-3 months (we were out of town an entire month

after he started PROMPT and he still flourished wonderfully.

DO IT DO IT DO IT - I can't say that enough times!!! For some kids, it takes a

while to get used to the intense nature, but my son did it fine the very first

time and it wasn't an issue, which suprised me. Not all kids respond at the

same speed, but it is worth every penny!

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> > Is there a notable difference between certified and trained in PROMPT?

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[Guest guest]

how does the PROMPT certification work? you said to use " certified " --does this

mean at any level? they can be certified at different levels 1,2,3? If an SLP is

level 1 certified is that still very good?I understand level 3 would be better,

but what would be the lowest one should work with?

thanks!

Iveta

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Also a huge supporter of Prompt!

My son started when he was 30 months old, I wish we started sooner.

For a person to be certified they need to go through the following levels of

training:

introductory

Level 1

Level 2

Certified

If you email Prompt Institute and give them 5 Zip Codes they list all the names

of Prompt Trained Therapists in your area with level of training they completed

as well as the date they did the training.

We started with someone who was level 2 and she was great and also told us that

there is a big difference between level 1 and 2 and to try to get level 2 at

least.

I think Level 2 with a lot of experience in working with kids with appraxia is

good enough. Certified is always better.

Avoid those that don't even pay attention to articulation even if they are

Prompt Trained.

GL,

Nati

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> how does the PROMPT certification work? you said to use " certified " --does this

mean at any level? they can be certified at different levels 1,2,3? If an SLP is

level 1 certified is that still very good?I understand level 3 would be better,

but what would be the lowest one should work with?

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> thanks!

> Iveta

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[Guest guest]

My daughter is 3. When she was about 2 we noticed that she was much more vocal

but that she would search for words. So we thought it would be a good time to

see a PROMPT therapist. We switched but the problem became that would

become very quiet with the new therapist while she was trying to do PROMPT. Did

anyone else have this problem?

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