Re: why can't he say it

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Food chaining is introducing foods of a similar texture but different to

increase the amount of food choices we have in offering our son to eat.

For example, our son used to eat pureed potpies. It was decided that

since the chicken was ground up then he might be open to trying a baked

chicken nugget. He was given an extremely small bite, even if he didn't

swallow it, he was successful in biting it. Eventually he got to the

point where he bit a small piece and chewed it and then swallowed it.

From there we moved from Chicken nugget to turkey cubes which texture is

similar to the chicken nugget. And from Turkey cubes to ham cubes.

Therefore we introduced to new foods via food chaining. This was done

at Team Approach (speech therapy) and at his ABA program.

Yvondia

> >

> > been to the seminar and searched for STs in Houston with no luck

....It

> really did not apply for my son with Autism. It basically helps those

> with Appraxia alone...in my opinion.

> > why can't he say it

> >

> >

> >

> > My son is still non-verbal.. He has a great receptive language

and

> > communicates his needs via the Dynavox and some gibberish

> pronunciation of

> > very limited words. He was diagnosed with Apraxia as well. Some

> say he has

> > oral-motor issues. Others think this is just a behavior (verbal

> behavior

> > crowd)...

> >

> > The bottom line is that he tries but the sounds don't come out

as

> they

> > suppose to.

> >

> > For example:

> >

> > If I say...say " Mommy " , he would say " appa " or " pa "

> > If I say ...say " Open:, he would say " Puh "

> >

> > There are still sounds that he can not make such M.L.N.CEE, F,J,

> V,Z......

> >

> > We have done typical speech therapy which helped with his

> receptive

> > language...but the speech has not improved. He verbalizes and

> makes sounds

> > ...but nothing close to the real words.

> >

> > Anyone out there had success with a particular speech therapist

or

> a certain

> > therapy that is helpful with older children similar to my son.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

> > Houston

> >

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