Kaufman Praxis Test

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We're beginning to work on transition from EI to the school district

for my 32 month old son, . I'm getting ready for the first

meeting that's taking place here at home next Friday with the speech

therapist from the school district and EI. He hasn't been formally

diagnosed with Apraxia although the EI speech therapist and the private

one keep saying " suspected Apraxia " . He's got sensory integration

concerns as well which I'm working on as well. My question is, can I

ask for him to have the Kaufman Praxis test and Sensory Praxis, or is

he too young?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks,

Jenn

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both of my boys in speech therapy are tested using this test.

They haven't always been able to complete it

The SLP gives it to them every 6 mo or so.

> >

> > Hello group:

> > Landon is 4 1/2 and is age appropriate for expressive speech. He

> was

> > just evaluated using the Kaufman Praxis test for the first time.

> The

> > other evaluations he has done has only been the PLS-4 and I have to

> > tell you there is a huge difference in these screenings. Landon

> > since he was 2 years old has been doing the Kaufman cards with his

> > private therapist and school therapists. This year we got a really

> > awesome school therapist that went the extra mile and attended a

> > Kaufman Conference to learn how to use the Cards. Anyway I wanted

> to

> > tell you that this test if you haven't had one done, I highly

> > recommend you getting one. The therapist and I were discussing

> > therapy for next school year and we were both kinda confused as to

> > where the problem area was with Landon's speech errors. This test

> > showed the breakdown in his speech. He has always had to be taught

> > lip placement and that was a main focus for this year. In doing

> this

> > screening his error showed that he is substituting the TH sound for

> > the sounds like S, CH, SH, Z etc. He hasn't been working on tongue

> > placement or these sounds in therapy. His TH substituting is out of

> > habit so this will be somewhat easy to fix. The test also showed

> the

> > typical developmental errors that children have. He switches R's to

> > a W in words which is a typical developmental error for his age.

> > What was interesting was on the test it clearly showed his problem

> > areas. We will be able to look at this test and write IEP goals for

> > next year based on the results. If your SLP is using the Cards,

> > there is a test book that they can use to evaluate your child. My

> > school SLP just learned how to do the cards this year so she also

> had

> > to read and learn how to do the test. Ask your SLPs about this

> > evaluation because it can help you really know where the breakdown

> in

> > speech is.

> >

> > I remember discussing these areas on the test with the SLP. These

> are from Kit 1. I can't remember off hand what else was on the test.

> We just started working on Kit 2 so below might have been all that

> was screened for. I don't have the report yet so not real sure, the

> test has many pages.

> >

> > VC --------------Vowel-Consonant (initial consonant deletion)

> > CV --------------Consonant-Vowel (final consonant deletion)

> > CVCV ------------Repetitive syllables

> > CVC -------------Simple assimilation

> > CVC -------------Bilabial assimilation

> > CVC -------------Tip alveolar assimilation

> > CV1CV2 ----------Repetitive syllables with vowel change

> > CVCVCV ----------Simple polysyllabics

> > C1V1C2V2 --------Simple polysyllabics plus CVC

> > -----------------• (m) synthesis

> > -----------------• ( synthesis

> > -----------------• (d) synthesis

> > -----------------• (h) synthesis

> > -----------------• (n) synthesis

> > -----------------• (w) synthesis

> >

> > http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=42

> > Kit 1 info

> > http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=43

> > Kit 2 info

> >

> > HTH,

> > Tina

> >

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