Comments on Three Weddings: Childhood Verbal Apraxia

oh yeah - one other thing. google "pro-efa fish o...

2008-09-30T21:22:00.000-05:00

oh yeah - one other thing. google "pro-efa fish oil." we are thinking about trying it to see if it helps. what's wrong with vitamins right? apparently, parents of kids with apraxis swear by it.

Good luck to you! We are also waiting right now f...

2008-09-30T21:20:00.000-05:00

Good luck to you! We are also waiting right now for the official diagnosis from my son's speech therapist.

He doesn't have down syndrome, but he's always been behind when it comes to speech.

Feel free to check out my blog to get the whole story. I plan on posting about our jounrey tonight.

Basically - some key symptoms Cooper showed were thinkgs like
-not being able to blow bubbles.
-slurred speech and not being able to repeat longer sentences.

hope that helps and best of luck! what cute kiddos you have!

I hope she gets help on this My speech teacher ...

2008-08-27T22:36:00.000-05:00

I hope she gets help on this My speech teacher taught I might be aprexic but she is not so great. Deb I would highly recommend signing time to help her tell y what she wants.

I've always suspected that Kayla has apraxia. When...

2008-08-27T20:09:00.000-05:00

I've always suspected that Kayla has apraxia. When she was talking she would be able to say a word sometimes, but not others. Her Early Intervention speech therapist even suggested it. Unfortunately, she lost all her speech by preschool and that speech therapist says they can't diagnose apraxia without existing speech. Sigh.

Hi Debbie,That's what I love about reading your bl...

2008-08-27T01:35:00.000-05:00

Hi Debbie,

That's what I love about reading your blog. I learn about subjects I would have not known about otherwise.

I wasn't aware that children with Ds have verbal aprazia.

Whether Apraxia or no Apraxia, I hope she gets the...

2008-08-26T23:14:00.000-05:00

Whether Apraxia or no Apraxia, I hope she gets the help she needs.

Thanks for the Abilty Tues reminder. I'll have to start thinking.

Hi Deb,Catching up with you a little bit. Good luc...

2008-08-26T21:27:00.000-05:00

Hi Deb,
Catching up with you a little bit. Good luck to you (and the others) with this. Though speech hasn't been an issue with any of my kids... everyone's got somethin', I always say.

And off the subject...
Those kitchen shots are sooooo why I'm "hopelessly devoted to you!" I put an organizer system in place this week - an attempt to rid my cooking counter of schoolworkX4. I'll let you know if it was a feeble attempt.

Also thanks for the other links to the other blogs. I will check it out when I have more time.
Bye for now. :)

We just realized that Micah probably has this as w...

2008-08-26T21:16:00.000-05:00

We just realized that Micah probably has this as well. His speech therapist says you can't "therapize" for it until they can at least say their long vowels and therapy is very intense. The diagnosis didn't help much at this point but at least we know now. I'm still wondering if there's anything ELSE going on. We're trying to get him to a few more specialists for more extensive studies. (Because the team of specialists he has now apparently isn't enough.)

I agree with mamarazzi. You are a great educator....

2008-08-26T21:02:00.000-05:00

I agree with mamarazzi. You are a great educator. I look forward to hearing more and hoping that Peanut is just stubborn.

I'll be following as the story unfolds - Peanut is...

2008-08-26T19:32:00.000-05:00

I'll be following as the story unfolds - Peanut is lucky to have a mom that researches and is so in tune to her.

I've never heard of Apraxia...So I'm assuming Ryli...

2008-08-26T18:55:00.000-05:00

I've never heard of Apraxia...So I'm assuming Rylie doesn't have it???? Her V's sound like B's and her L's sound like W's. She does really good at repeating words and talks in 3-4 word sentences. In between her sentences, she uses jargon(still!)

She definately needs a lot of work in the speech area, but no therapist ever mention apraxia. I'll have to read up on it.

I will stay tuned to your blog...waiting for updat...

2008-08-26T18:43:00.000-05:00

I will stay tuned to your blog...waiting for updates. My son, 20 months who also has Down syndrome, is having his 1st speech evaluation next week. I am entering the stage where speech and oral motor exercises are at the forefront of our conversations around here, it is so nice to charter these waters with others who are going through the same thing. Thanks for posting about this.

i really love these posts. i feel like i am gettin...

2008-08-26T18:18:00.000-05:00

i really love these posts. i feel like i am getting a mini education with each one.

thanks for that.