9-code Apraxia - Articles
Silence Is Golden
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apraxiamom
Quiet as a mouse?Cat got your tongue?So quiet that you could hear a pin drop?These are typically not the phrases which I use to describe my children.Although one has apraxia and the other some strange speech delay / phonological disorder, they sure have a way of making their needs and presence known.We have learned their *unique* languages ...
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Loving life.
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Bethany B.
... MPT therapy; and Friday - day off.Speaking of ... I finally heard back from Payton's teacher regarding her wanting to transfer Payton off her caseload, regardless of Payton's apraxia diagnosis and regardless of the therapist's PROMPT training. Hmph. I ended up having to call the head of speech therapy within the special education department ... and ...
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Being part of the IN crowd
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Carrie Ostrea
... o it seems like she has figured out where the box is (from the top) and then drop it over the box. I think this is one of the first times I have really seen her ocular motor apraxia and supranuclear gaze palsy (unable to move eyes up/down, side/side easily) comes into play. But, she is doing what she really does best…compensating for her disabili ...
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Conversations with the Disabled Guy
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Robert D. M.
... ns to explain why he can't serve on a jury. It went something like thisMe: "My husband is disabled from a stroke. He can't retain new information and suffers from aphasia and apraxia [then I explained what those are]."Woman: "So he's disabled?" Next...
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My girls. And my boy.
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Bethany B.
... woman and was beginning to get rather irritated.Our conversation was interesting, to say the least. She acknowledged that she had received the information concerning Payton's apraxia diagnosis. Yet she didn't really seem to care to address it.So I did. In the interim, she told me that she will no longer see Payton ... that, due to budget cuts ... h ...
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But the children continued to play.
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Bethany B.
... different schools. A broken phone. A photography business. A tonsillectomy and adnoidectomy. A baby boutique business. Two broken computers. A new venture with Juice Plus. An apraxia diagnosis. Treatment of H. pylori for three of us. A hunt for a PROMPT trained therapist. Selling a car. Four therapy sessions a week -- make that six starting next we ...
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Searching for the Right Words
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apraxiamom
Many times, children with more severe forms of apraxia struggle and fight to produce a specific sound.This is referred to as "groping".While Kaitlyn does not do this per se, there have been occasions where she takes a bit ...
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A Second IEP?
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apraxiamom
... supposed to be fast progress.And he has made progress, don't get me wrong.But it has been slower than expected.It has always been in the back of my mind....another child with apraxia?No.He is so different than Kaitlyn.He is doing and saying things now that Kate never did at his age.And the doctors don't think its apraxia.And the therapists don't th ...
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EI Transition Meeting into Early Childhood Education
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apraxiamom
... nly reason to walk out of that office. You mean to tell me that you work in a preschool, with children, with children who have special needs, including speech issues (SUCH AS APRAXIA!!!), and you can't spell the word?So you can see where this went. Absolutely. Nowhere. Thank you for wasting my time this morning, Ice Princess.Finally, my EI Coordina ...
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Our road to an apraxia diagnosis
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Bethany B.
... ch. Since that time ... and since starting her on gingko biloba ... her speech has come far. But she is still struggling.During her time in speech therapy, I have asked about apraxia ... only to have it swept under the rug. I have always kept it in the back of my mind ... along with the slight possibility that she may have a submucous cleft palate, ...
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