Re: Confused about oral apraxia/oral motor issues - can or an SLP help?

[Guest guest]

It sounds to me like you found a good OT Yay!!!...bad news second...your SLPs

sound like they are ALL (!!!) clueless. Apraxia therapy or motor planning

therapies are not in themselves oral motor therapy. You should schedule an

appointment with an oral motor specialist and I'd fire 1 and 3 and see if you

can request someone different for 2- what an ____iot (last 3 letters and starts

with an i). If you have a child with apraxia and oral motor issues you really

want an SLP who is a hero, a rock star. In certain areas these better SLPs are

so busy they are hard to get appointments with -but share your state or country

and we can see if we can make suggestions.

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[Guest guest]

I agree with . Find a new SLP who truly understand apraxia, the

importance of structured oral placement exercises, and how to incorporate

sensory needs into the overall therapy plan! That is what I do with my

clients---use a combination of what they need to succeed with speech.

I don't know where in NJ you are but we are located in County, MD.

We are expert in the above. J call the office if you would like to schedule

an evaluation.

If you have any other questions, let me know & I will try to help.

Warmest wishes,

Barbara

Barbara A. , M.S., CCC-SLP

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> It sounds to me like you found a good OT Yay!!!...bad news second...your SLPs

sound like they are ALL (!!!) clueless. Apraxia therapy or motor planning

therapies are not in themselves oral motor therapy. You should schedule an

appointment with an oral motor specialist and I'd fire 1 and 3 and see if you

can request someone different for 2- what an ____iot (last 3 letters and starts

with an i). If you have a child with apraxia and oral motor issues you really

want an SLP who is a hero, a rock star. In certain areas these better SLPs are

so busy they are hard to get appointments with -but share your state or country

and we can see if we can make suggestions.

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[Guest guest]

/Barbara - thank you both for responding!

I would LOVE referrals and recommendations. We're in New Jersey, Union county,

to be more specific the Summit/Westfield area. We could also do Essex and parts

of /Middlesex/Sommerset counties. Barbara - I would love to have you see

him, but we'd still have the issue of finding someone appropriate to treat him

close to home :-(

BTW, SLP #2 is going on maternity leave. Her replacement starts Aug 2nd. Found

out on Tuesday - Yay! It took us 9 weeks to get our 3rd hour of EI speech

filled, so we thought it better to wait it out. I'm sure we'd still be waiting

if we had requested a replacement. Now, we just have to hope for the best...

though admittedly by now I'm a little disillusioned with EI for speech

(fortunately, our other therapists have been fabulous!).

Kind regards,

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[Guest guest]

Ortega was one of Tanner's SLPs from when he was little that I LOVE!!!

She used to be in another town -looks like she moved to Berkeley Heights (love

that town and it's last I checked one of the least sued school districts -I used

to live right near there) is one of those awesome SLPs that is aware

that you need to look at the whole body -she's the one that taught me the

importance of incorporating all different strategies, toys, approaches...

Here's 's website

http://www.communicareltd.com

Ortega A Ms CCC SLP

312 Springfield Avenue

Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-1277

(908) 898-0202

In my opinion look NO FURTHER!!! Word of notice is that area of Jersey is jam

packed block to block with apraxic and autistic children so I'm sure it's SUPER

hard to get in to see her. I know from personal experience way back when that

LOVES aggressive parents that will last minute take an appointment, see

her on an off hour on a weekend, call her numerous times to see if there are any

openings...and I had my notebook and Tanner's communication book with me at all

times of course.

If you can't get in with her -OMG you are in the mecca of apraxia-land...can't

think of her name at the moment but there is an SLP in Summit I know that lots

liked too -but so many in Jersey that know what they are doing. Were you the

one with all the clueless SLPs??? If so you have to drop everything ...stop

reading this...and call . Trust me she went through helping me with

tons of clueless about apraxia professionals through the school mainly. Today

there's in my opinion no excuse -especially if you are in Jersey!!

Call !!! (tell her I said hi and will call her to put Tanner on the

phone but she has to be sitting down so she doesn't faint!)

PS these were written by for Tanner and our nonprofit group that I've

had up on the site for years

Mealtime tips

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/mealtimetips.html

Feeding tips

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/feeding.html

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