Re: Apraxia and/or Autism?

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry I just don't have a lot of time to write right now but if he is

hanging his mouth open all of the time he probably doesn't have the muscle

strength to hold it shut. My son was exactly the same way. In my sons case

he drooled all of the time because his mouth was always hanging open. It is

called dysarthia (low muscle tone of the face). Maybe you can read some of the

other posts I put out there today to the other new person? I'd be happy to

answer any questions if it helps by emaling me NotefrmSue@...

[ ] Apraxia and/or Autism?

Hi.I am new to group. I have a 3 1/2 yr old who is completely non-verbal. He was

labelled as having Global Development Delay, meaning delayed in all areas with

significant delays in comprehension & speech. His last SLP mentioned he shows

signs of Verbal Apraxia and there has also been an ongoing query of Autism

however,he is quite sociable. He babbles,but not alot and we have heard him say

words like Teddy,Hockey,Kitty but then never again hear them. He has an open

mouth most of the time, never tries to imitate sounds, cannot blow kisses but

does blow out of a recorder or whistle. Anyone else have similar circumstances

with their kids & suggestions? I live in Alberta.

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

thanks for the response and understand we all don't have alot of time..I'm

beginning to feel like all this research and time spent reading & googling to find

treatments is a full time job!haha. My son also is a consistent drooler! I live

in Canada and find it very difficult to find someone specifically trained to do

a proper diagnosis, and even more difficult to find a properly trained SLP!� I

would be very interested in knowing more in detail the exercises that you

perform on your son, that is when you have some time! I do gently massage around

my son's mouth & place jam above and below his lipline to get him to be more

aware and use his tongue.� But would be interested in any other mouth

exercises you could suggest..I try brushing the sides of his cheeks when

brushing his teeth, however he rarely lets me get the brush in there without

biting it. He's obviously got some mouth sensory issues going on as well..He now

has a terrible habit of sticking his

tongue out and licking his hands all the time..great germ prevention!LOL.�

�

[Guest guest]

My daughter does not drool but has low tone and not a strong bite. We are doing

the beckman stretches with her and we are also ordering the bite blocks from

talk tools. They will help her with strength. If you can't afford them you can

use popcicle sticks.

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From: Kim Placatka <luv4reidster@...>

Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:10:36 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Apraxia and/or Autism?

 

Hi Sue,

thanks for the response and understand we all don't have alot of time..I'm

beginning to feel like all this research and time spent reading & googling to find

treatments is a full time job!haha. My son also is a consistent drooler! I live

in Canada and find it very difficult to find someone specifically trained to do

a proper diagnosis, and even more difficult to find a properly trained SLP!� I

would be very interested in knowing more in detail the exercises that you

perform on your son, that is when you have some time! I do gently massage around

my son's mouth & place jam above and below his lipline to get him to be more

aware and use his tongue.� But would be interested in any other mouth

exercises you could suggest..I try brushing the sides of his cheeks when

brushing his teeth, however he rarely lets me get the brush in there without

biting it. He's obviously got some mouth sensory issues going on as well..He now

has a terrible habit of

sticking his

tongue out and licking his hands all the time..great germ prevention!LOL.�

�

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear about your son.Ours is 2 1/2 and has Verbal Apraxia.I have heard

him use two word phases when no one is looking at him.I can only tell you what

we have been told. To always encourage a verbal response and to constantly speak

to him.As far as austim or apraxia. Does he understand when your are talking to

him,does he try to express what he wants ,is he looking for personnel contact,

does he show off or attract attention to himself with nonhousehold people .These

where some off the things that was looked for when he had an austism

e-val.nsapraxianet , " luv4reidster " <luv4reidster@...> wrote:

>

> Hi.I am new to group. I have a 3 1/2 yr old who is completely non-verbal. He

was labelled as having Global Development Delay, meaning delayed in all areas

with significant delays in comprehension & speech. His last SLP mentioned he shows

signs of Verbal Apraxia and there has also been an ongoing query of Autism

however,he is quite sociable. He babbles,but not alot and we have heard him say

words like Teddy,Hockey,Kitty but then never again hear them. He has an open

mouth most of the time, never tries to imitate sounds, cannot blow kisses but

does blow out of a recorder or whistle. Anyone else have similar circumstances

with their kids & suggestions? I live in Alberta.

>

[Guest guest]

You can also order what is called the Grabber from amazon it is the one that is

purple. It is very inexpensive (like 7 or something) It is a purple and you

place it behind the back teeth and pulse up asking the child to bite on it.

Most children with the biting have trouble doing it. My son sees Debra and he

can't bite on it for long. The goal is 15 bites on it with it placed behind

the last teeth in the mouth. If they can't even do one back there you start a

few teeth forward and work on moving it back more and more over time. It's a

definite process. We've been able through these exercises to fix his issues

on one side of his mouth but he still has problems with the tone on the other

side causing his bite adn jaw to be unstable.