Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 With Noah, it was just repetition. Over and over, the same sounds. For instance he would say " gog " for " dog " so they worked forever on " d/d/d/d/d/d/ " He still would sometimes say duh/duh/duh/duh/ gog. :-/ It was just the way it was programed in his brain to make his tongue go to a certain part of his mouth when he said certain words, and it is very difficult for them to unlearn it without lots and lots of repetition. that is why you need to push for one on one, not group therapy, and several times a week. You also MUST work with them at home, and as costly as it is, supplement with private therapy. My ST, who is well versed in Apraxia, says the only effective therapy is repetition. They need to get to a point where making the sounds is automatic, rather than them having to think about it. Best of luck, and always ask for more than you need! Karla in Texas mom to 12 and Noah 9...tomorrow!!! /Apraxia Do you remember what they did differently for him in ST after the apraxia diagnosis? Schulte > I cant remember how old he was- I'm thinking it was age 4 or 5. I did make > the request and specified a particular therapist due to her reputation of > diagnosing apraxia. Apraxia was out of the league for the ST he had at the > time. The ST who did the assessment was employed by the schools - she was > just at a different school building. > > Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 , Short and frequent bursts of ST in addition to a strong oral motor program. His ST also gives him verbal prompts to get him to pronounce certain sounds. He has the F sound down (finally!), but if he goes too fast, we have to slow him down. His speech has always progressed, it's been a slow road, but he keeps improving all the time. /Apraxia Do you remember what they did differently for him in ST after the apraxia diagnosis? Schulte > I cant remember how old he was- I'm thinking it was age 4 or 5. I did make > the request and specified a particular therapist due to her reputation of > diagnosing apraxia. Apraxia was out of the league for the ST he had at the > time. The ST who did the assessment was employed by the schools - she was > just at a different school building. > > Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 In a message dated 3/18/04 10:55:10 AM Central Standard Time, writes: > , > > Short and frequent bursts of ST in addition to a strong oral motor program. > His ST also gives him verbal prompts to get him to pronounce certain sounds. > He has the F sound down (finally!), but if he goes too fast, we have to > slow him down. His speech has always progressed, it's been a slow road, but he > keeps improving all the time. > > > Unfortunately so does . It makes his one swear word much easier to understand. LOL!!! has always had a major issue with apraxia. Here is a funny. He is starting high school next year and we have begun the transition. One of his new teachers is Mrs. Woodford. We were practicing saying this by breaking it into two parts and putting it back together. finally looks at me and says Log ford. LOL!!! Great strategy!!! Karyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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