He is 5 years old and in Kindergarten. His words are hardly recognizable to others. He is getting alot of help at school with a therapist, but I would like to know of anyone else with this problem?
2007-12-30 13:51:28 · 3 answers · asked by Barb>>>MO3 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
Precious... thank you so much. It has brought tears to my eyes thinking that one day... this will be a thing of the past.
2007-12-30 14:01:01 · update #1
My son was born prematurely and also had apraxia. He is now 7 and has worked on and off in speech therapy. We have moved alot and sometimes it takes awhile to get a new speech therapist. He has some diffulculties with a few words but other than that I can't get him to be quiet. He use to get so frustrated when people couldn't understand him and wouldn't want to talk but now Hardly ever do people have to ask what he said. I was speaking with his teacher the other day and she stated it only took her a couple of days to understand him and she didn't think he needed speech anymore. I am still taking him but the older he gets and the more he talks the better he is at pronouncing everything. It will be a lot of work but something that is well worth it.
2007-12-30 14:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by Bilinda G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My cousin had apraxia. He was diagnosed and began speech therapy when he was 3. A lot of family and friends thought he was autistic. He is now 9 years old and in normal classes and speaks normally. It took some time for him to begin speaking clearly (about age 5) although he understood everything. Good luck!
2007-12-30 13:56:12 · answer #2 · answered by Precious 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My daughter has apraxia, she's ten. I can tell you that the school therapist was absolutely no help for her. She didn't have any experience with apraxia and could not adjust the program to teach her differently (this is common, my son has dysarthria and the same thing was true for HIS speech problems) In addition, school slp's are helping a large number of kids and are limited in the amount of time they can spend with each child. My daughter needed hours each week, the IEP said that she should get one hour a week, and in truth the slp was spending less than half an hour in one-on-one speech.
We found a private SLP who could help her and her speech improved tremendously in a short amount of time. I would really suggest looking in that direction.
2007-12-31 04:41:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋