Apraxia of speech

sexyntexy

Tell me about it please. 

 There are things that make me think my DD may have this and things that don't. Anyone have a child with it? 

Karma1969

My son had it.  When he was 1 years old I tried to get him help and I kept being brushed off with people telling me there was nothing wrong with him.

Shortly before he was two and was still not talking I had the school district come out for an eval.  I was told his speech was delayed and they could offer me a 1x per month session with someone that worked on the early intervention level.  I could have done a better job that she did.

The Ped kept telling me that because my son was "a good walker he was a slow talker"  I didn't buy that.

So, I took him to a private SLP and paid OOP for 2x seesions lasting 45 minutes.  They dx him with Apraxia and an expressive speech delay. 

They did an amazing job with him.  A few weeks before he turned three he was talking up a storm and graduated from speech.  He's 3 1/2 now and literally does not stop talking.  Ever.  If he's awake he has something to say and his vocabulary is advanced for his age.

I know that I'm fortuante since some children don't out grow Apraxia.  I sometimes wonder if he actually had it.  I felt though that I would rather do too much even if it wasn't needed that not enough if it was needed.

I would be happy to answer any questions you have,

rsweethart

My DD is Apraxic.  She was officially diagnosed around 3, but we knew alot sooner than that.  At 18 months she only had a handful of sounds or she would say a word once and we would never hear it again, so we started speech through early intervention.  She did alot of pointing and a grunting noise.  She spoke her first true words around 2 years old, but her tongue seemed to be in the wrong place.  Around 3 years old she was using complete sentences (she was also going to speech therapy 3 times a week), but difficult to understand.  Now she is 4 1/2 years old and doing well (only going to ST once a week).  She still struggles with blends or if she's talking too fast or overwelmed she will lose sounds.