Charlie's 1st SLP evaluation today

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She said he has

Auditory processing disorder

Global apraxia (mild)

Oral apraxia (mild)

Verbal apraxia (moderate)

Very good receptive language

She wants him to go for speech 3 times a week and also maybe OT. I'm relieved

it's not worse than that but broken hearted that he will struggle his whole

life. My husband and I both have APD and apraxia but we blamed it on his heavy

college drinking and my late '90s TIAs. My sister just told me that I didn't

talk until I was 5 and my MIL says my husband didn't talk until 4 and was in

speech until 10. So, I guess Charlie did not dodge those genetic bullets.

I'm grateful for this group. We started ProEFA 2 days ago. A miracle would be

nice, but I'm also prepared to work hard for him. Does speech therapy really

work for these conditions? I just watched the Teach Me to Talk - Apraxia DVD and

the therapist was going all the talking while the kids weren't changing their

behavior much, if any, in response to all her efforts. Don't flame me. I just

need reassurance. I read that book The Einstein Syndrome and it's clouded my

thinking. That plus my husband insists all his speech therapy was useless and

humiliating. Please don't flame me.

Charlie just turned 3. (Yes, that's terribly late for getting a diagnosis; I was

busy having premature triplets for 18 months.) He says about 80 different words

and uses several 3-5 word phrases daily. His articulation is bad -- different

almost every time except for overlearned words. Even those are missing sounds.

He knows about 50 signs.

Should we do in-home or in-center? Should we also do what the school system has

to offer?

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Dower