My 4 year old may have verbal dyspraxia?

Question

Does it get better on it's own or does she need speech therapy?

Answer 1

A detailed assessment is necessary before commencing therapy. This will determine the level at which the child’s speech is breaking down and whether he/she also has problems distinguishing sounds in words.

In any form of therapy, it is essential to establish a supportive relationship between the therapist, the child and the parents or carers. To this end, the first objective in our therapy is to create a relaxed and friendly environment. Therapy is fun and involves toys and games which the child enjoys. Building choices into the therapy session is important for the child.

Therapy at the Speech, Language and Literacy Therapy Centre can begin as young as two years of age. Therapy for oral or verbal dyspraxia is structured and includes work on speech discrimination, speech sound awareness, production of single sounds, simple and complex words, sentences & connected speech. Invaluable therapy tools include picture symbols which represent the consonant and vowel sounds in speech, finger cues which make the child aware of how the tongue and lips are placed when making a sound, and pictures and toys representing target words. The child’s strengths are used to overcome his or her weaknesses.

more info here
http://www.dyspraxiatherapy.co.uk/dyspraxia_therapy.html

Answer 2

my son was diagnosed with dyspraxia at 7 he went to speech therapy .didnt work ,we did a better job at home although he went on to develop tourettes syndrome and OCD his speech is clear and word perfect (totally unrelated. )

Answer 3

speech therapy