Re: If you could go anywhere ...

[Guest guest]

You have to look not just at where most people would want to send their kids

-but the percentage of children with the same condition that are mainstreamed K

12 and doing great after they start at that preschool program. Summit Speech

School for example where my son went for out of district preschool

http://www.summitspeech.com/ ...In my opinion there isn't a finer preschool for

an apraxic child even though it's an oral based school for the hearing impaired

- if it was the way it was when Tanner went there. I heard they no longer take

hearing apraxic children -very sad.

Very sad because the success rate for mainstream -off the charts high in the 90s

percent wise I recall for Summit Speech School apraxia grads...just like their

hearing impaired peers. Unlike SSS -many schools believe that autism and

apraxia are one in the same and school them with the same placment -that isn't

appropriate in just about any case -but most haven't learned that yet. They

will -it's so obvious but takes some more time.

What's also not appropriate? You don't want a school that assumes there is a

learning disability attached to a speech impairment...you know what they say

about those that assume...and you'll typically find that if you visit

professionals and schools that work with the hearing impaired that they don't

expect any learning disability just because there is a verbal impairment.

Obvious there too -but again some professionals are slower than others to pick

that up. (would that be a learning disability I wonder?)

You also don't want a school that only focuses on speech as most of our children

have multifacted conditions -and respond well to multisensory therapies -so yes

a multisensory enriched placement for preschool.

You may want to also check out the Association Method schools. Google it

-there aren't that many -here's some info.

http://www.magnoliaspeechschool.org/general/associationmethod.pdf

I'm guessing you are just talking preschool...because in my opinion if you do

choose an appropriate placement for preschool..outside of if your child has co

existing receptive cognitive issues -then the best school for K 12 is probably

one that your neighbor's non -apraxic child is going to as well. All in the

mainstream.

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for your informative response! This has given my husband and I

a lot to research and discuss this weekend.

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> You have to look not just at where most people would want to send their kids

-but the percentage of children with the same condition that are mainstreamed K

12 and doing great after they start at that preschool program. Summit Speech

School for example where my son went for out of district preschool

http://www.summitspeech.com/ ...In my opinion there isn't a finer preschool for

an apraxic child even though it's an oral based school for the hearing impaired

- if it was the way it was when Tanner went there. I heard they no longer take

hearing apraxic children -very sad.

>

> Very sad because the success rate for mainstream -off the charts high in the

90s percent wise I recall for Summit Speech School apraxia grads...just like

their hearing impaired peers. Unlike SSS -many schools believe that autism and

apraxia are one in the same and school them with the same placment -that isn't

appropriate in just about any case -but most haven't learned that yet. They

will -it's so obvious but takes some more time.

>

> What's also not appropriate? You don't want a school that assumes there is a

learning disability attached to a speech impairment...you know what they say

about those that assume...and you'll typically find that if you visit

professionals and schools that work with the hearing impaired that they don't

expect any learning disability just because there is a verbal impairment.

Obvious there too -but again some professionals are slower than others to pick

that up. (would that be a learning disability I wonder?)

>

> You also don't want a school that only focuses on speech as most of our

children have multifacted conditions -and respond well to multisensory therapies

-so yes a multisensory enriched placement for preschool.

>

> You may want to also check out the Association Method schools. Google it

-there aren't that many -here's some info.

> http://www.magnoliaspeechschool.org/general/associationmethod.pdf

>

> I'm guessing you are just talking preschool...because in my opinion if you do

choose an appropriate placement for preschool..outside of if your child has co

existing receptive cognitive issues -then the best school for K 12 is probably

one that your neighbor's non -apraxic child is going to as well. All in the

mainstream.

>

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[Guest guest]

www.apraxiaeducation.org

We relocated just to get DD into this school. It's been worth it for us. Feel

free to email me directly if you want any more info on it.

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> for your child's speech therapy and education, where would it be? Where is the

best school, therapy center, or concentration of services for apraxic children?

I've heard of a school in Atlanta called The Speech School. I've also heard of

the Kaufman Children's Center in Michigan and the Star Center in Denver. So it

got me thinking, if you could treat your apraxic child anywhere, where would it

be?

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