Re: Speech Therapy Methods/Materials Suggestions

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I'm also interested in learning more about people's experiences with

different

techniques. What does work? My son's SLP seems to be using the play

method and

though she is researching apraxia she is not trained (if there is

such a thing) in

dealing with apraxic children. In any case it doesn't seem to be

doing anything to

help him.

thank you,

Spencer

> hi,

>

> i am looking for people's suggestions on effective

methods/materials

> for apraxic kids. i am trying to assess whether the approach my

SLP

> is recommending is the preferable to other approaches. my son is

2.6

> and pretty much uses a vocabulary of 5-10 words (with a sort slur--

> i.e.--the word moon sounds like mun). i have been using the Easy

Does

> It flash cards my SLP suggested. I make the same sound over and

over

> (she said this is an auditory bombardment approach) and he has

begun

> making more sounds but not with any consistency and not on

demand--it

> is more like random babble throughout the day.

>

> i am just wondering how to help my son take the sounds that he

> produces at random throughout the day and make them consistent and

> eventually into small words.

>

> i have heard of the kaufman approach and was wondering how it

> works....

>

> i would appreciate any help you could offer...

>

> Thank you very much,

>

> Andersen

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I know Prompt Method is a good way to help apraxic children but the they have to

be specialy trained in this. A technique I use and seen SLP's use is the

distraction technique. Basically I would play and do physical activity with

them while we were speech excersies . They loved it they did not even know they

were doing speech. The speech paths would do a craft while doing speech

excersies. He did well with that

chris

<shannon777@...> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm also interested in learning more about people's experiences with

different

techniques. What does work? My son's SLP seems to be using the play

method and

though she is researching apraxia she is not trained (if there is

such a thing) in

dealing with apraxic children. In any case it doesn't seem to be

doing anything to

help him.

thank you,

Spencer

[Guest guest]

,

You ask the golden question! I asked myself the same thing when my son was

young and we were starting our journey.

Our SLP took a little bit from many curriculums to fit my son’s needs. We

used the hand signals (from Easy Does It), TEACCH to organize the sessions

(when my son was still non-verbal and had issues with disruptive behavior

during session), along with a bunch of other methods. She was one of those

SLPs that really bent over backwards to make sure my son’s session was based

on where he was. The SLP had my son working on sounds that were emerging in

his repertoire as opposed to going with a schedule that was created by a

curriculum. Anyway, the sessions were always fun but weren’t play-based.

They were very structured and my son got in tons of repetition of his target

sounds.

Tricia Morin

North Carolina

wrote:

Hi all,

I'm also interested in learning more about people's experiences with

different

techniques. What does work? My son's SLP seems to be using the play

method and

though she is researching apraxia she is not trained (if there is

such a thing) in

dealing with apraxic children. In any case it doesn't seem to be

doing anything to

help him.

thank you,

Spencer

[Guest guest]

Each child is different, but I'll give you a few things that have

helped my daughter.

One thing is lots of oral motor exercises, especially when she was

younger.

The use of cues to produce different sounds. Our old therapist used

Visual Phonics, and our new therapist uses different cues. Some

people use Prompt. I don't think it matters which cues are used,

just as long as there are cues.

The use of rhythm to get multisyllable words. This may be hard to

explain, but we tap (or clap) out the syllables in multisyllable

words. Sometimes we tap on the table. If we don't have a table we

tap on our legs. For example, ba-na-na would be tapped out 3

times. When we first started I would tap ba on the left leg, then

na on the right leg, and then the other na on the left leg. Now, we

just tap it out for her.

Repetition, repetition, repetition. Once she gets a sound or word,

then we repeat it over and over.

Now, the way the therapy is handled has changed over the years.

It's always been fun, but it there was a lot more playing when she

was 2 and 3. Now that she is almost 8, she works more than she

plays. She'll usually work for a reward like playing a game.

However, the therapist still jokes around and makes her feel very

comfortable during therapy.

> > hi,

> >

> > i am looking for people's suggestions on effective

> methods/materials

> > for apraxic kids. i am trying to assess whether the approach my

> SLP

> > is recommending is the preferable to other approaches. my son is

> 2.6

> > and pretty much uses a vocabulary of 5-10 words (with a sort

slur--

> > i.e.--the word moon sounds like mun). i have been using the Easy

> Does

> > It flash cards my SLP suggested. I make the same sound over and

> over

> > (she said this is an auditory bombardment approach) and he has

> begun

> > making more sounds but not with any consistency and not on

> demand--it

> > is more like random babble throughout the day.

> >

> > i am just wondering how to help my son take the sounds that he

> > produces at random throughout the day and make them consistent

and

> > eventually into small words.

> >

> > i have heard of the kaufman approach and was wondering how it

> > works....

> >

> > i would appreciate any help you could offer...

> >

> > Thank you very much,

> >

> > Andersen