Re: great K testing results

[Guest guest]

What a incredibly wonderful update Sheila! Isn't it the best feeling in the

world

to hear this type of news?!

It would be great to hear from more parents of children with severe

apraxia or a similar severe multifaceted impairment of speech who

began their children in kindergarten at 6 vs. 5 years old. I'm right with you

on

giving Tanner that extra year -and it's paid off well for us too.

I'm thrilled we didn't start him at 5!

I have a funny update about my son Tanner who is (still) a straight

A student just wrapping up first grade pretty soon now. We are all

playing hooky tomorrow to go to Orlando for the day to meet up with

Tricia Morin and her family to try out some ride therapy since her

family is vacationing here in Florida this week. (Tricia who went on

all of our children's behalf to meet with the Senators just recently

and whose son was written up in a poem by the President of

the Missouri Speech Hearing Language Association

http://www.cherab.org/information/silentnomore.html )

Tanner's school SLP came up to me after school today to tell me that

Tanner came up to her and said " Do I have speech tomorrow? " and when

she said " Yes " He said " I ...want to tell you... I won't be

here ...be..cause I'm going to Or..lando... to see my friends " His SLP

(Kim you know her well!) said it was such a sweet and considerate

thing for him to do as a 7 year old -most would not think to let her

know. Very cool Tanner!

I know in quotes Tanner's speech sounds perfect -which is the good

news. In real life however his speech impairment is a bit more

obvious because each sentence takes a bit longer to get out, which

is why I put the " ... " in so you can get an idea how he pauses to

break up his sentence when he is doing a longer thought. I'm really

confident however that in time Tanner will overcome this aspect to

his apraxia as well -he's overcome the rest! Tricia will get to

hear Tanner pre and post ride therapy tomorrow -so I'm sure she can

let all you guys know! (and maybe update here)

http://www.cherab.org/information/familiesrelate/letter.html

Sheila please keep us updated as to how your child continues to

soar. We all love to hear great news like this!

Thanks for sharing!

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[Guest guest]

yea sheila!!!

its nice to hear good news about kindergarden. My son is 4 and we'll be

thinking about kindergarden soon. she went up in her scores, yipee!!!!

chris

sillybear65 <sillybear65@...> wrote:

I held my daughter out of school for an extra year therefore, she

didn't begin Kindergarten until she was 6. She has severe apraxia

and I thought it best to give her another year to improve verbally.

Prior to attending kindergarten she was tested to see where she was

academically. At that time she scored 0 on math, and kindergarten

level 4 months along in reading.

I opted to send her to the all day, every day kindergarten program

because this way she would get ST 3 times per week and she could

interact with other kids with speech difficulties more often. This

has been a great year and I love her teacher, but this school year is

almost over.

Today we had another IEP meeting and we reviewed new testing

results. She has improved drastically enough that even the principal

raised his eyebrows and said, " That's really good. " Her results were

Math- kindergarten level 5 months and reading is kindergarten level 9

months.

I think that this is incredible for a child with this severe of a

case of apraxia to come this far!! I am soooo proud of her!!!!

Her ST at school also commented on how well she is talking now. She

is still not speaking beyone 3-5 word sentences but, if she sees

visual ques she will follow along and read a perfect sentences. The

ST did say that she is beginning to come up with some good sentences

on her own.

Next year she will be in a normal 1st grade with the resource room

there if she needs it. This year she didn't need extra help too

much, but it is there for her to use next year if she needs it.

I just feel soo good about her performance that I had to share it

with everyone.

Thanks for listening,

Sheila

[Guest guest]

Thanks you for sharing this.

I am presently 'battling' in my school district over my desire to

hold my son back from K next year (he will be 5 in a week). This

morning our school psychologist told me that ours is the " most

complicated " exit from early ed she has ever worked on. In my mind,

I was thinking, " Yeah! that's because it is actually individualized -

and not the cookie cutter recommendations that are easy to make! "

All 's current teachers and therapists are on my side. The

school district higher ups...well, that's another story! Our city

is not that large, so we don't have a lot of options, and our

district doesn't have a transitional K for kids who are not yet

ready. So....we're blazing a new trail. It's exhausting. I wish I

could just follow the path that someone had created a ahead of me.

Maybe the route I'm taking will help someone who will follow.

Eau , WI

> I held my daughter out of school for an extra year therefore, she

> didn't begin Kindergarten until she was 6. She has severe apraxia

> and I thought it best to give her another year to improve verbally.

> Prior to attending kindergarten she was tested to see where she

was

> academically. At that time she scored 0 on math, and kindergarten

> level 4 months along in reading.

> I opted to send her to the all day, every day kindergarten program

> because this way she would get ST 3 times per week and she could

> interact with other kids with speech difficulties more often.

This

> has been a great year and I love her teacher, but this school year

is

> almost over.

> Today we had another IEP meeting and we reviewed new testing

> results. She has improved drastically enough that even the

principal

> raised his eyebrows and said, " That's really good. " Her results

were

> Math- kindergarten level 5 months and reading is kindergarten

level 9

> months.

> I think that this is incredible for a child with this severe of a

> case of apraxia to come this far!! I am soooo proud of her!!!!

> Her ST at school also commented on how well she is talking now.

She

> is still not speaking beyone 3-5 word sentences but, if she sees

> visual ques she will follow along and read a perfect sentences.

The

> ST did say that she is beginning to come up with some good

sentences

> on her own.

> Next year she will be in a normal 1st grade with the resource room

> there if she needs it. This year she didn't need extra help too

> much, but it is there for her to use next year if she needs it.

> I just feel soo good about her performance that I had to share it

> with everyone.

>

> Thanks for listening,

> Sheila

[Guest guest]

Sheila

That is so wonderful, not to mention inspiring for me. My daughter

was recently diagnoised w/ apraxia & although she is very young, 2.2

yrs. old, i think about her & being about to go to kindergarten.

Your daughter shows me anything is possible.

Thanks for sharing your great news...keep it coming.

> I held my daughter out of school for an extra year therefore, she

> didn't begin Kindergarten until she was 6. She has severe apraxia

> and I thought it best to give her another year to improve verbally.

> Prior to attending kindergarten she was tested to see where she was

> academically. At that time she scored 0 on math, and kindergarten

> level 4 months along in reading.

> I opted to send her to the all day, every day kindergarten program

> because this way she would get ST 3 times per week and she could

> interact with other kids with speech difficulties more often. This

> has been a great year and I love her teacher, but this school year

is

> almost over.

> Today we had another IEP meeting and we reviewed new testing

> results. She has improved drastically enough that even the

principal

> raised his eyebrows and said, " That's really good. " Her results

were

> Math- kindergarten level 5 months and reading is kindergarten level

9

> months.

> I think that this is incredible for a child with this severe of a

> case of apraxia to come this far!! I am soooo proud of her!!!!

> Her ST at school also commented on how well she is talking now.

She

> is still not speaking beyone 3-5 word sentences but, if she sees

> visual ques she will follow along and read a perfect sentences.

The

> ST did say that she is beginning to come up with some good

sentences

> on her own.

> Next year she will be in a normal 1st grade with the resource room

> there if she needs it. This year she didn't need extra help too

> much, but it is there for her to use next year if she needs it.

> I just feel soo good about her performance that I had to share it

> with everyone.

>

> Thanks for listening,

> Sheila

[Guest guest]

There are several of us that have had good school experiences so

far. My 7 year old daughter had/has severe apraxia. She's done

well in kindegarten and 1st grade. I think school has helped her

speech.

Good luck!

> > I held my daughter out of school for an extra year therefore,

she

> > didn't begin Kindergarten until she was 6. She has severe

apraxia

> > and I thought it best to give her another year to improve

verbally.

> > Prior to attending kindergarten she was tested to see where she

was

> > academically. At that time she scored 0 on math, and

kindergarten

> > level 4 months along in reading.

> > I opted to send her to the all day, every day kindergarten

program

> > because this way she would get ST 3 times per week and she could

> > interact with other kids with speech difficulties more often.

This

> > has been a great year and I love her teacher, but this school

year

> is

> > almost over.

> > Today we had another IEP meeting and we reviewed new testing

> > results. She has improved drastically enough that even the

> principal

> > raised his eyebrows and said, " That's really good. " Her results

> were

> > Math- kindergarten level 5 months and reading is kindergarten

level

> 9

> > months.

> > I think that this is incredible for a child with this severe of

a

> > case of apraxia to come this far!! I am soooo proud of her!!!!

> > Her ST at school also commented on how well she is talking now.

> She

> > is still not speaking beyone 3-5 word sentences but, if she sees

> > visual ques she will follow along and read a perfect sentences.

> The

> > ST did say that she is beginning to come up with some good

> sentences

> > on her own.

> > Next year she will be in a normal 1st grade with the resource

room

> > there if she needs it. This year she didn't need extra help too

> > much, but it is there for her to use next year if she needs it.

> > I just feel soo good about her performance that I had to share

it

> > with everyone.

> >

> > Thanks for listening,

> > Sheila