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Posted by rocky7
on 5/15/2009, 11:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Apraxia of speech"
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Dawn, It's a possibility that the student I've been working w/ isn't apraxic. I've pretty much made my diagnosis based on exclusion and features he presents w/. That is correct, we can make a diagnosis of apraxia of speech, right? I've gotten conflicting information on this issue. How would I go about making a correct diagnosis?
As far as the quick progress, I incorporated the hand symbols from the Easy Does It for Apraxia books and use them all the time. I've read Hodson's book and your materials and tailored your approaches to his specific needs, ie. I would target an individual phoneme, let's say initial /l/, for 3 sessions instead of 2 like cycles normally suggets because I felt he was apraxic and needed the repeated exposure. I'm also able to work w/ him individually 3x per week, which makes a huge difference. He's also a bright kid, which makes a huge difference too.
I've worked to incorporate target phonemes into phrases w/ him, for example "I found a _____ or "it's a ____" w/ success. Beyond 3-4 word utterances his speech is totally unintelligible when the context is not known. What resources or programs could you recommend for working in multisyllabic words and increasing utterance length? I've heard of Moving Across Syllables- is it worth a try?? I really think this is the next step w/ him, and I've already begun to implement it. Many thanks.
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