ABA/VB

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Thanks Judi, thats exactly the artical I was going to send I did a 3 day

workshop on VB and Mic is in the echoic stage now at least.I do not know if it

will help apraxia but even if Mic approximates words at least he communicating

and people who are close to him will understand him.I did a 3 day workshop on VB

before I came to fla and intend to put Mic in an ABA school next year.For us it

could be a godsend being Mic is downsyndrome/autism/apraxic/SID and a number of

other labels I could use.Some of Mics speech problems are due to hypotonia{low

muscle tone in mouth} but his connections from brain to mouth are misfiring

also.Any form of communication is so pleasing to us.I just found that there is a

verbal behavior group on at .Please forgive me if I get names mixed up I

am in more than 10 groups and do get confused.I know that when someone walks in

and Mic says o he means hello and for us is a huge step.Next step is manding for

us.Mic has jumped from a 9 to 15 month level to a 2 year old level in 2 months

and we havent seen this in a year hes 4 now.They tell me if there wasnt autism

he would be high function downsyndrome.We do expect regression because when he

spurts he also loses some of what hes gained after about 2 months thats the way

autism works for us.I would love to hear from anyone with apraxia kids that have

tried VB or ABA from my understanding Vb is not near as strict as ABA thanks

again, Laurie