At a loss as to which direction I should take - PROMPT or more traditional style

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Hi there,

I've a 24mth boy who is totally non verbal, and makes only a couple of sounds.

My gut feeling was to go with a PROMPT trained therapist (being that I'm in

Australia, there are very few sp with this training, but I have managed to find

one lady who has advanced training in this style of therapy).

Now here is my dilemma. I have been in contact with a lady by the name of

Caroline Bowen - she is the leader in the field of apraxia in Australia, but

unfortunately is not taking on new clients. She gave me a somewhat negative

opinion to PROMPT, saying that there was not enough study/research done on it to

warrant saying that it was 'the way to go'.

She has given me the name of a sp who does have extensive experience in treating

kids with apraxia, and after speaking with her, have been told that she has one

spot open at the moment. My concern being that this particular sp does not use

Kaufman technique, and knew little about PROMPT (and she beleived my boy was a

little young to benefit from it).

The lady who has the PROMPT training, also has a child with severe speech

disorder (I'm not exactly sure what), and her opinion is that PROMPT is the best

way to go.

What are your opinions on the direction I should take?