? - Re: ABA with apraxia ? you guys are asking this again?!!

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Hey ,

You said:

" When Tanner was three the school tried to force

> him to talk because he said a word once -and not again. Well that's

> a sign of apraxia. And to let all the other children have a bagel

> for a snack until he said the word again, and to ignore his

> crying...don't get me started. "

That's what 's special ed preschool did to her, except it was

lunchtime. They told me to pack a lunch that was too hard for her to

open, and then they wouldn't help her unless she asked for it.

They also told me that they thought she was a selective mute.

She had meltdowns at the school and at home. We kept her there for 3

months, and finally pulled her out. We had found a great private SLP

who really pointed us in the correct direction on therapy, and we

finally had an MRI that showed that she had brain damage.

's behavior got so much worse while she was in that class, and

she went backward on her speech.

's behavior problems started getting better with increased

communication skills. She was just frustrated.

During therapy, the main behavior problem was avoiding speech. The

good SLPs really have known how to engage . Of course there are

poor SLPs and we have seen a few of those.

I can't imagine doing well in what I've read about ABA. I could

just see her getting frustrated.

Of course, I can say all of this in hindsight. When we were in the

beginning of all of this it was hard to know what was right or wrong.

I always say to trust your instincts. When I didn't we had bad

experiences.