RE: Prompt therapy Barbara

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Hi Barbara,

I've followed some of your posts over the last couple of months and am wondering

if you can answer a couple of questions. I am the mom of an apraxic child that

is five years old and currently doing well. I am also enrolled in a

Speech-Language Pathology Master's Program in Northern California, and I began

classes earlier this month. I want to become PROMPT trained and eventually

certified, and would like to receive other training appropriate for apraxia.

Could you recommend specific programs/courses that would best address motor

planning issues? Basically, what would you recommend that I do at this time? I

am eager to apply the appropriate therapy for my son's needs, as well as prepare

myself for the field, and from what I understand, I can take courses with my

student status.

Please feel free to email me privately.

Thank You,

Hanagan

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From: helpmespeak@...

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:19:24 +0000

Subject: [ ] Re: Prompt therapy

I am trained in PROMPT & in structured oral motor therapy (Talk Tools). I

believe in & use structured o-m because I've seen it work first hand. I use o-m,

then Prompt w/speech activities.

There is disagreement in my field because not all SLPs define o-m in the same

way. Some use a very old way of thinking that all it is is lip licking, tongue

wagging or other tongue-outside-the-mouth activities. Not me!

That is not true at all for structured o-m ex! We use a variety of fun oral

tools that are structured in a specific way to improve the stability, control,

coordination, & dissociation of the tongue, lips, & jaw. In Prompt we use our

hands to on the face in specific ways to show the child's mouth HOW to move for

each sound. The whole wd is 'mapped' or planned on the face to help the motor

system discover how to make the sounds.

Caroline Bowen has not apparently experienced Prompt or struct o-m done in the

correct way. No disrespect to her but she & others only think that a child

w/apraxia uses 'phonological processes' or immature error patters. And that if

we just practice the correct pattern, the child will learn mostly via imitation.

Any parent or Prompt/ TT trained SLP knows that the reason that approach doesn't

wk for kids is that there is a Motor Planning problem that interferes w/correct

or any sound production.

We don't blow bubbles just for fun. We blow them to round the lips, retract the

tongue, use diaphragmatic breathing, use controlled jaw movments & more. Then we

follow that w/speech activities.

Some say not enough 'evidenced based' research has been done. Well, ev.based

res. has 3 components, the research, the client's perspective of its usefulness,

& the SLP' perspective. I don't know many parents who would volunteer their

child for a dbl blind study w/the chance of not getting Prompt or TT. That would

b time wasted. There are many techniques we use in speech that have not been

researched well but that work. For ex, there are many times during a session

when we might think of a new way for a client to imitate a snd. If it wks, use

it.

Let me know if u have any further questions.

Warmest wishes,

Barbara A , M.S., CCC-SLP

Executive Director, Help Me Speak, LLC

410-442-9791

- Prompt therapy

Sent: Jan 22, 2010 6:41 PM

Hi, I would love to hear your thoughts on why PROMPT therapy is the best

approach for me to take, when you have the chance.

I have decided to follow my 'gut' instinct, and go with the therapist trained in

this field of therapy. I hope I'm making the right decision for my little boy.

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Hi -

I am PROMPT Certified, Beckman and Talk tools trained in NY. I work with many

apraxic and dyspraxic children. I would like to help  you. Please contact me

directly at Lori@... if you would like. Lori

 

Lori Melnitsky, MA CCC-SLP

Executive Director, All Island Speech Therapy

The Center For Stuttering Therapy & Communication Disorders

STUTTERING SPECIALIST

PROMPT CERTIFIED

Founder- Long Island Stuttering Connection Practice Groups

516-776-0184

Plainview, NY 11803

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[Guest guest]

Anyone know a great PROMPT trained SLP in the Bay Area, near Stanford, Palo Alto

CA area? I I. In between san francisco and san jose on the peninsula?

Thanks,

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[ ] RE: Prompt therapy Barbara

Hi -

I am PROMPT Certified, Beckman and Talk tools trained in NY. I work with many

apraxic and dyspraxic children. I would like to help  you. Please contact me

directly at Lori@... if you would like. Lori

 

Lori Melnitsky, MA CCC-SLP

Executive Director, All Island Speech Therapy

The Center For Stuttering Therapy & Communication Disorders

STUTTERING SPECIALIST

PROMPT CERTIFIED

Founder- Long Island Stuttering Connection Practice Groups

516-776-0184

Plainview, NY 11803

****You can now access my blog directly at:

www.allislandspeech.com 

 

 

" Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission " -Eleonor Roosevelt