Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 HI, I dont know for sure but it would make sense (to me) that it would be just as diffuicult to sign 2 words as it is to say 2 words. It all originates in the brain and thats where the break down occurs somewhere along the path. I am no expert and just getting down the road on all of this. The ST told me yesterday b/c he does that with the signs its indicative of apraxia. However- who knows!! Sorry I couldn't help more. >From: " Jerry and Karin " <jkfeagles@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: [ ] using two words >Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:07:24 -0000 > >Hi, I just got home from my 3 year old " signing lesson " with a speech >therapist. She sees him every two weeks for signing and our private >therapist sees him twice a week. We were discussing the need for to >sign two words thoughts (for lack of a better word), to help improve his >language. He currently has only a 5 word vocab and 2 of those are " ow " and > " huh-oh " . The question we had is this... Does apraxia affect the ability >to plan two or more words in the brain and then communicate them, whether >through sign or verbally? has a huge signing vocab and should be >able to sign a simple sentence (eg: Where is the blue car?) I would be >lucky to get blue car even though he knows all the words independently. >The >therapist suggested going back to speaking in two word sentences, with sign >of course, which is hard since he understands everything we say. Any >thoughts, anyone? Thanks, Karin > > RE: [ ] He got evaluated. > > >How old is your son? -- HE IS 2. (since Feb) >Have you been evaluated by EI yet? Yes, when he was about 20 mos old. He >had about 3-5 words then. They said overall communication- mild delay. >Significant delay is speech, since overall he is only mildly delayed- they >would NOT take him on! Which is why I am absolutely not hopeful with EI, >they let me down already and I feel they had more than enough reason to >take > >him on! >You should be able to > >qualify for EI if your son has < 10 words at 18 monts, or < 50 at 2 years > >or > >no 2-word utterances. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 My son has never really gotten into signing, so I can't speak to the difference, but he has moderate to severe apraxia and putting 2-3 words together is definitely quite difficult for him. It would make sense to me that your son would have more difficulty planning speech than planning hand movements. Speech requires coordination of many more things (breath, tongue, lips, larynx)than hand movement does. > > > HI, > I dont know for sure but it would make sense (to me) that it would be just > as diffuicult to sign 2 words as it is to say 2 words. It all originates in > the brain and thats where the break down occurs somewhere along the path. I > am no expert and just getting down the road on all of this. > The ST told me yesterday b/c he does that with the signs its indicative of > apraxia. However- who knows!! > > Sorry I couldn't help more. > > > > >From: " Jerry and Karin " <jkfeagles@...> > >Reply- > >< > > >Subject: [ ] using two words > >Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:07:24 -0000 > > > >Hi, I just got home from my 3 year old " signing lesson " with a speech > >therapist. She sees him every two weeks for signing and our private > >therapist sees him twice a week. We were discussing the need for to > >sign two words thoughts (for lack of a better word), to help improve his > >language. He currently has only a 5 word vocab and 2 of those are " ow " and > > " huh-oh " . The question we had is this... Does apraxia affect the ability > >to plan two or more words in the brain and then communicate them, whether > >through sign or verbally? has a huge signing vocab and should be > >able to sign a simple sentence (eg: Where is the blue car?) I would be > >lucky to get blue car even though he knows all the words independently. > >The > >therapist suggested going back to speaking in two word sentences, with sign > >of course, which is hard since he understands everything we say. Any > >thoughts, anyone? Thanks, Karin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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