All Entries in the "Apraxia" Category
Oral Motor Exercises and Childhood Apraxia of Speech
For those of you who are following the apparently very controversial article “Oral Motor Exercises” and all of the comments, here’s a follow-up I received today from Dr. Lof. Here are his comments specifically related to oral motor exercises as they are used with children who have been diagnosed with apraxia, and of course, a [...]
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Is Bad Speech Therapy Better Than No Speech Therapy?
Hmmm….. this is a question I’ve been pondering all day long. Let me walk you through my entire thought process before you weigh in on this issue.
This morning I was in a huge hurry to get ready to go see one darling little girl for speech therapy and then pursue my other passion, being a mom, for the rest [...]
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“Discover The Best Approach Proven To Teach Your Toddler To Talk”
PARENTS – ARE YOU FRUSTRATED TRYING TO TEACH YOUR TODDLER TO TALK?
ARE OTHER CHILDREN HIS AGE ASKING FOR WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED – WHILE HE CAN ONLY CRY?
Maybe the “experts” tell you everything’s fine. But you can’t get past that nagging feeling that things should be getting better. And they just…aren’t.
As a [...]
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Using PECS for Language Delayed Toddlers
Many young children need another way to communicate before they learn to talk. Speech-language pathologists often recommend that parents introduce pictures to help give a child an additional way to express his wants and needs. The most popular method for beginning to teach children to communicate with pictures is The Picture Exchange Communication System, commonly called PECS.
There are lots of myths and misconceptions concerning [...]
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Echolalia……..What To Do About It
This is a follow-up article to my recent post ”Echolalia……..What It Is and What It Means.” link
I am always so frustrated when I go to a continuing education conference or read an article by an expert when the bulk of the time is spent addressing the identification/assessment aspects of an issue, and then about 5 minutes or [...]
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Echolalia……….What It Is and What It Means
Echolalia is repeating or ”echoing” what another person has said. Children who are echolalic imitate what they have heard someone say in everyday life, lines they’ve listened to from a book, lyrics to a song, or a script from a show or movie. Professionals most often characterize children as “echolalic” when many of the words or phrases a child uses seem to be repetitions from a previous activity rather [...]
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One Mother’s Experience….. Judging Quality Speech Therapy for Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children
SLP and Mom Laurie Felty is offering another article in her series about parenting a child with apraxia of speech. In this one she describes their successful and not-so-successful experiences with her son Jack’s speech therapy. Just so you know - whenever I have a guest blogger, I never direct them as to what to write. When [...]
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Guidelines for Referral for a Speech-Language Assessment for Toddlers
I recently found a great article written by Marilyn Agin, M.D., and author of The Late Talker. It was written for a pediatrics journal, but it also has great information for parents who might be on the fence wondering if their child will catch up on his own, or if they should go ahead and be referred for a [...]
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Can’t vs. Won’t
I RARELY, no make that never, think that a child doesn’t talk because he’s stubborn or lazy. I get so frustrated when parents tell me this, or worse, when I hear another therapist say this. If you, or gasp, a professional, is telling you this, please re-evaluate your situation.
The truth is when kids can talk, they do talk. It makes life so [...]
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Fish Oil Information
I asked Allison, author of “Mommy Gut” and mother of a son who was diagnosed with apraxia at 2, to write an introductory article about using fish oil with children with apraxia. She has included a couple of links to other sights with more in-depth information. Another resource citing success using fish oil and other supplements for children with [...]
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