Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Hi ! Welcome to the group. Isn’t the internet great? We can live all over and still support each other and share info via the internet! Just in case you did not know, you can look up support groups (and other regional resources) by going here: http://www.speech-express.com/regional-resources.html I think that late potty training has been a common theme on this list. Like all characteristics of kids with apraxia, some have it some don’t. My son did not potty train until he was a few months short of 4 years old. Some kids with apraxia have sensory issues which make potty training difficult. Does your child have sensory issues? As far as being read to. I remember when my son was young and he would just run around the room when I read. I was so worried about this so I made a point of trying to get him to sit for reading in short intervals at first (5 min at a time) and we worked our way up (longer time intervals). I remember it being a long, hard process but now he loves books and would listen to stories indefinitely if I would continue to read. I can’t wait until he becomes a proficient reader as he will love it. Today he looks at books on his own quite a bit. Take care and I look forward to your posts! Tricia Morin North Carolina wrote: Hi everyone-- I have a 3 year old who has been in speech therepy for 7-8 months now for Apraxia. We have seen great improvement since he began therepy, although some things are still very difficult and according to our therepist he is about 6 months behind where he should be. I have been so happy with his progress and have seen the little boy who was so angry and frustrated all the time change into a huggy, lovey, little boy. I still have questions though and I certainly need support and some help from others who have been or are in this situation. There is no one in my area that has a support group like this, and I have no one to talk to. Our therapist seems to think he is at a road block because he suddenly isn't doing anything during the sessions anymore and I'm afraid he is not going to progress anymore. We are currently taking a month off to give him a break and have him come back fresh. We'll see what happens. I look forward to reading the messages here. It's going to be nice to find people who know what I'm talking about! 2 questions: Has anyone found that kids with apraxia have trouble potty training? My son doesn't even like to sit on the toilet, whereas his older brother decided to go potty on his own at about 17 months. He just seems to hold it and hold it until he can hardly walk anymore and then is in pain when he finally goes. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I'm wondering if this is common for apraxia kids. Also, does anyone find that kids with apraxia don't like to read/be read to? I can't for the life of me get him to look at a book and take an interest. He will listen to me read a book out loud while he plays, but he won't look at it or look at the words. Is this common? Thanks! laura bisel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Thank you all for the quick responses. I do believe there are sensory issues, although that has never been brought up by the therapist and I've been told he is fine when I asked. Do you think I should ask about that or is that something I should have evaluated by someone else? I don't know where to start in this situation. It's getting so expensive and we have fought and fought with our insurance company (and still are) with no avail. It makes me sick that they won't pay at least half of this. Also, has anyone ever run into the problem of their child not participating in therepy anymore? All he wants to do is play and he doesn't want to do anything. This is new, he has always done great up to this point and now he won't do anything. How did you work through it? Thanks Bisel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Hi , Our almost three-year old son is somewhat interested in the potty now, but is just as pleased when he just sits on the potty as he is when he uses it. He won't even consider pull-ups or training pants so we are nowhere near potty training. He does like getting stickers to put on the potty when he successfully uses it, but it's not enough of an incentive. Since it's gotten warmer we've been letting him run around outside with no pants or diapers on -- we want to help him get a better sense of what happens and associate the feeling of needing to pee with actually peeing. We're hoping that this will help him with potty training. (It worked well with our first son, as did cloth diapers). In any case, he's very interested in the workings of his body, which we view as a positive thing. Our issue is that he has no way of telling us that he needs to go except to very discreetly point to his diaper -- and most of the time he's just indicating that he's already gone. Regarding reading... Jonah didn't like reading when he was littler, but we found that books we could sing to him really appealed to him (Down by the Bay, Baby Beluga, etc.) also books that have nice rhymes (Tumble Bumble, Jamberry, and Mother Goose are all favorites). He is fascinated with trucks and trains, so we have scoured libraries and bookstores for books about trucks and trains -- anything from books of photos and the Usborne series of very detailed drawings and descriptions to counting books that count trucks. This more than anything has gotten him to love books. He will now sit next to his brother and both of them will be looking through books on the sofa. I hope this is helpful. Spencer Pennsylvania > wrote: > 2 questions: > > Has anyone found that kids with apraxia have trouble potty training? > My son doesn't even like to sit on the toilet, whereas his older > brother decided to go potty on his own at about 17 months. He just > seems to hold it and hold it until he can hardly walk anymore and > then is in pain when he finally goes. Maybe I'm reading too much > into it, but I'm wondering if this is common for apraxia kids. > > Also, does anyone find that kids with apraxia don't like to read/be > read to? I can't for the life of me get him to look at a book and > take an interest. He will listen to me read a book out loud while he > plays, but he won't look at it or look at the words. Is this common? > > Thanks! > > laura bisel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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