Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 I was wondering if most kids with apraxia also have dyspraxia? I am thinking that dypraxia is fine motor/gross motor and motor planning problems. Is this correct? I have two sons and my younger son was dx pdd when he was close to 2 yrs old...now he is 8, very smart, social but has speech apraxia (oral motor) and still has a terrible time tying his shoes...his ot therapist in school says that he has dyspraxia, which noone has ever mentioned to me before. Also, now that I have been reading about it, it has occurred to me that my other son, 10 yrs old, may also have dyspraxia. He has no dx, appears fine, gets all A's in school, but he is clumsy and does not like sports. However, he did tye his shoes at normal age, potty trained at 2, etc....but gym is difficult for him because of this and I can see it is affecting his self esteem. What can I do for him? Thanks.....rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Rita, It is common for kids with apraxia to have it globally. This is when it is often called dyspraxia when it affects other parts of the body. (I should mention though that some refer to apraxia as speech dyspraxia. Karate is a great sport to have kids build self esteem and coordination. Gymnastics is also good however I find that once you get to a certain age the kids that stick with it tend to be very good and that will kind of defeat your intent. Swimming is also a good way to help with coordination. denise > > I was wondering if most kids with apraxia also have dyspraxia? I am thinking that dypraxia is fine motor/gross motor and motor planning problems. Is this correct? > I have two sons and my younger son was dx pdd when he was close to 2 yrs old...now he is 8, very smart, social > but has speech apraxia (oral motor) and still has a terrible time tying his shoes...his ot therapist in school says that he has dyspraxia, which noone has ever mentioned to me before. Also, now that I have been reading about it, it has occurred to me that my other son, 10 yrs old, may also have dyspraxia. He has no dx, appears fine, gets all A's in school, but he is clumsy and does not like sports. However, he did tye his shoes at normal age, potty trained > at 2, etc....but gym is difficult for him because of this and I can see it is affecting his self esteem. What can I do for him? Thanks.....rita > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Have you tried omegas? Many (but not all) verbally apraxic kids also have " dyspraxia " . And people can have dyspraxia or apraxia of limb without the verbal component. In the end, its a motor planning problem - for verbal speech of for specific movement. Many of the limb apraxia folks also have vestibular issues and problems with where their body is in space, adding to the clumbsiness. It was the coordination issues that improved most dramatically in my globally apraxic son when we started fish oil, especially in the 1st 2 weeks. Only 24 months at the time,he was gleeful with his newfound coordination - suddenly able to run around the house without falling every 10-12 steps. It was really something amazing to watch. There was also increased babbling and attempts to repeat some words in the beginning, but the dramatic improvement in speech didn't really come until we increased the doses. - [ ] ? about apraxia/dyspraxia I was wondering if most kids with apraxia also have dyspraxia? I am thinking that dypraxia is fine motor/gross motor and motor planning problems. Is this correct? I have two sons and my younger son was dx pdd when he was close to 2 yrs old...now he is 8, very smart, social but has speech apraxia (oral motor) and still has a terrible time tying his shoes...his ot therapist in school says that he has dyspraxia, which noone has ever mentioned to me before. Also, now that I have been reading about it, it has occurred to me that my other son, 10 yrs old, may also have dyspraxia. He has no dx, appears fine, gets all A's in school, but he is clumsy and does not like sports. However, he did tye his shoes at normal age, potty trained at 2, etc....but gym is difficult for him because of this and I can see it is affecting his self esteem. What can I do for him? Thanks.....rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 > > Have you tried omegas? Hi and thanks for your response.......I was wondering if you used Pro-efa or some other omegas? How much do you give? thanks again:) rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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