Word retrieval help needed

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My son, now 4yrs, 5 months has a new SLP who says she

believes that Nick has a " severe word retrieval problem " . She is

talking about it like it is apart from the apraxia. I'm not clear

if it is two different issues or another facet to the apraxia.

Anyway, what ever the underlying cause, we still have this problem

to address. Does anyone have any activities, statagies, war

stories, experiences to share? I'm feeling as though someone has

placed yet another horrible hurdle infront of my child and of course

I'm researching to try to take some of the sting out of it. Hey, I

can read-read-read or cry-cry-cry, right?

On another note, Nick's at one Pro-EFA cap a day given everytime I

try to up him to more I get behavior that I'd rather not deal with.

Suggestions on where to go from there would be appreciated, as he

has stalled, and actually regressed a bit on sounds. He is speaking

more though and I think that's why the sounds are slipping. That

and the month + that he was without a therapist as we called the

E.I. people every day and all the SLP's in the area trying to get

him therapy.

I'm trying hard not to feel kicked in the gut when I read of many of

the children in this group with super memories. I'm hoping that

even given those that there are some out there that have been there

done that with the retrieval problems or even someone going through

it now that I can commiserate with.

Thanks,

McCann