Guest guest Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Hi My sons ST wants him to have an OT consult. I know many of your kids are in OT, too. We are scheduling it but I was just curious as to why it often goes hand in hand. My son just turned 3, definitely is apraxic, and gets ST 3x a week. Thanks Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 -Our speech is the finest motor skill we have........ot overlaps the motor skill issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 We are rather new to this world too, but our experience has been the same. Our 2.4 year old son has been diagnosed with verbal apraxia and has been receiving speech tx for about 6 months. His SLP recommended an OT consult for some mild motor clumsiness, which some kids can also have a more 'global apraxia'. Also, our son tends to verbalize more when he is involved in large motor, muscle activities which facilitate sounds. The theory is that the larger motor/muscle groups need to be able to coordinate well prior to the smaller oral motor muscle groups of the face and mouth. The OT should help facilitate the speech. Our son has now been receiving OT for about 3 months and LOVES it. He is less clumsy, falls less, and enjoys the physical activity! Good luck to you and your family! ~Tracey in WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 This is what my experience and what I've either read about or been told. Apraxia is a motor planning problem. Therefore, kids with apraxia usually (not always) have motor planning issues in other parts of their body. Also, working on motor planning issues in other parts of the body will help with the motor planning issues in speech. The private OT worked on lots of oral motor activities, more so than the speech therapist. Both the school OT and the private OT, worked on overall motor activities. has worked on clapping to different rythms, jumping jacks, other motor activities. The OTs worked on different fine motor activities. is a little weak in her fine motor skills. did not cross the mid-line when she was supposed to, and the OTs worked on that. The OTs worked on visual motor planning activities. never had too many sensory problems, but they worked on that a little bit in private OT. grew out of those problems without too much OT, but some kids need lots of sensory help. Basically, if a kid has apraxia, they need to be evaluated by an OT. They may not need it, but they probably will. I didn't find this out until was probably 4 years old. It would have really helped when she was 2 and 3 to have seen an OT then. That's when she was having so many sensory problems, and she wasn't talking at all. Finally, a friend recommended taking to an OT, and it helped. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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