Re: 20 mo. old with apraxia?

[Guest guest]

Hi!

My daughter was diagnosed with developmental verbal apraxia at 19

months. She had difficulty eating, always quiet, etc. She lost the few

words she had at 12 months and was completely nonverbal up until a few

months ago when speech therapy began (20 months old).

We were referred to the Infant and Toddler program in our area for

evaluation and therapy. The program SLP is the one that suspected DVA

intially. I took her for a second opinion with a highly recommended

SLP in our area and she agreed and diagnosed it. We began therapy

twice a week immediately. My daughter is now " talking " after a few

months months of therapy. Her speech isn't very clear but she is at

least talking.

Her receptive skills (when last tested at 19 mos.) are at 2 years 6

months and her expressive skills are at 9 months. They are improving

with her therapist.

Her SLP said it is difficult to diagnose but someone very experienced

with apraxia can find it and treat it- the earlier, the better imo. My

daughter's therapist specializes in Apraxia in preschoolers. I am so

thankful to have found her and to have been able to get my daughter in

to see her!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Our story is almost identical to yours! Our son was referred to

speech therapy by EI around 20 months with apraxia. He has come such

a long way (he's 27 months now)! He's starting to put two words

together (like " mama coffee " ) and has really gotten the hang of

differentiating syllable words (like Monkey). His vocab and ability

to imitate has jumped, we are so happy to see improvement. We were

skeptical at first with him being so young, and people were telling

me the same thing about the einstein stuff, but I'm glad I went ahead

with therapy.

>

> I am new to this list, and wonder if any of you have had similar

> experiences to mine:

>

> I have a 20 month old son who has high receptive language ability,

> but

> very poor expressive language. Zach is very communicative with

> gestures and signs, but doesn't say much. His " words " typically

> consist of " uh " and " ah " with a variety of inflection. My

> pediatrician

> referred him to a speech therapist, and she diagnosed him with

> developmental speech apraxia (expressive language is consistent

with

> that of a nine-month old). He does seem to have quite a few

symptoms

> that are consistent with apraxia (drools a lot, uses gestures

> and " mime " to convey what he wants, didn't babble as a baby, very

few

> consonant noises, early difficulties with nursing and eating, now

> stuffs his mouth with food), but it seems really early to diagnose

> apraxia. On the other hand, if he does have apraxia, I would like

to

> get him treated early since all the evidence suggest that early

> intervention is best.

>

> I am also wondering if he is simply a late-bloomer. My mom has told

> me that my brother didn't speak until he was 3, and several members

> of our family fit the " Einstein Syndrome " criteria - engineers,

> musical, etc.

>

> Has anyone else had similar situations? What kind of longer-term

> outcomes have you experienced with your kid(s)? I'd love to hear

your

> experiences and/or advice.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mom to Zach, 20 mos.

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I am new to this list, and wonder if any of you have had similar

> > experiences to mine:

> >

> > I have a 20 month old son who has high receptive language

ability,

> > but

> > very poor expressive language. Zach is very communicative with

> > gestures and signs, but doesn't say much. His " words " typically

> > consist of " uh " and " ah " with a variety of inflection. My

> > pediatrician

> > referred him to a speech therapist, and she diagnosed him with

> > developmental speech apraxia (expressive language is consistent

> with

> > that of a nine-month old). He does seem to have quite a few

> symptoms

> > that are consistent with apraxia (drools a lot, uses gestures

> > and " mime " to convey what he wants, didn't babble as a baby,

very

> few

> > consonant noises, early difficulties with nursing and eating,

now

> > stuffs his mouth with food), but it seems really early to

diagnose

> > apraxia. On the other hand, if he does have apraxia, I would

like

> to

> > get him treated early since all the evidence suggest that early

> > intervention is best.

> >

> > I am also wondering if he is simply a late-bloomer. My mom has

told

> > me that my brother didn't speak until he was 3, and several

members

> > of our family fit the " Einstein Syndrome " criteria - engineers,

> > musical, etc.

> >

> > Has anyone else had similar situations? What kind of longer-term

> > outcomes have you experienced with your kid(s)? I'd love to hear

> your

> > experiences and/or advice.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Mom to Zach, 20 mos.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi!

My daughter was diagnosed with developmental verbal apraxia at 19

months. She had difficulty eating, always quiet, etc. She lost the few

words she had at 12 months and was completely nonverbal up until a few

months ago when speech therapy began (20 months old).

We were referred to the Infant and Toddler program in our area for

evaluation and therapy. The program SLP is the one that suspected DVA

intially. I took her for a second opinion with a highly recommended

SLP in our area and she agreed and diagnosed it. We began therapy

twice a week immediately. My daughter is now " talking " after a few

months months of therapy. Her speech isn't very clear but she is at

least talking.

Her receptive skills (when last tested at 19 mos.) are at 2 years 6

months and her expressive skills are at 9 months. They are improving

with her therapist.

Her SLP said it is difficult to diagnose but someone very experienced

with apraxia can find it and treat it- the earlier, the better imo. My

daughter's therapist specializes in Apraxia in preschoolers. I am so

thankful to have found her and to have been able to get my daughter in

to see her!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Our story is almost identical to yours! Our son was referred to

speech therapy by EI around 20 months with apraxia. He has come such

a long way (he's 27 months now)! He's starting to put two words

together (like " mama coffee " ) and has really gotten the hang of

differentiating syllable words (like Monkey). His vocab and ability

to imitate has jumped, we are so happy to see improvement. We were

skeptical at first with him being so young, and people were telling

me the same thing about the einstein stuff, but I'm glad I went ahead

with therapy.

>

> I am new to this list, and wonder if any of you have had similar

> experiences to mine:

>

> I have a 20 month old son who has high receptive language ability,

> but

> very poor expressive language. Zach is very communicative with

> gestures and signs, but doesn't say much. His " words " typically

> consist of " uh " and " ah " with a variety of inflection. My

> pediatrician

> referred him to a speech therapist, and she diagnosed him with

> developmental speech apraxia (expressive language is consistent

with

> that of a nine-month old). He does seem to have quite a few

symptoms

> that are consistent with apraxia (drools a lot, uses gestures

> and " mime " to convey what he wants, didn't babble as a baby, very

few

> consonant noises, early difficulties with nursing and eating, now

> stuffs his mouth with food), but it seems really early to diagnose

> apraxia. On the other hand, if he does have apraxia, I would like

to

> get him treated early since all the evidence suggest that early

> intervention is best.

>

> I am also wondering if he is simply a late-bloomer. My mom has told

> me that my brother didn't speak until he was 3, and several members

> of our family fit the " Einstein Syndrome " criteria - engineers,

> musical, etc.

>

> Has anyone else had similar situations? What kind of longer-term

> outcomes have you experienced with your kid(s)? I'd love to hear

your

> experiences and/or advice.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mom to Zach, 20 mos.

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I am new to this list, and wonder if any of you have had similar

> > experiences to mine:

> >

> > I have a 20 month old son who has high receptive language

ability,

> > but

> > very poor expressive language. Zach is very communicative with

> > gestures and signs, but doesn't say much. His " words " typically

> > consist of " uh " and " ah " with a variety of inflection. My

> > pediatrician

> > referred him to a speech therapist, and she diagnosed him with

> > developmental speech apraxia (expressive language is consistent

> with

> > that of a nine-month old). He does seem to have quite a few

> symptoms

> > that are consistent with apraxia (drools a lot, uses gestures

> > and " mime " to convey what he wants, didn't babble as a baby,

very

> few

> > consonant noises, early difficulties with nursing and eating,

now

> > stuffs his mouth with food), but it seems really early to

diagnose

> > apraxia. On the other hand, if he does have apraxia, I would

like

> to

> > get him treated early since all the evidence suggest that early

> > intervention is best.

> >

> > I am also wondering if he is simply a late-bloomer. My mom has

told

> > me that my brother didn't speak until he was 3, and several

members

> > of our family fit the " Einstein Syndrome " criteria - engineers,

> > musical, etc.

> >

> > Has anyone else had similar situations? What kind of longer-term

> > outcomes have you experienced with your kid(s)? I'd love to hear

> your

> > experiences and/or advice.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Mom to Zach, 20 mos.

> >

>