verbal dyspraxia

[ajjkt]

My 7yo and 3yo have verbal dyspraxia, and I DD6 is being assessed for motor dyspraxia. We are doing speech therapy with DS7 and DD3, and OT with all. We are trialling gfcf dit and fish oil. Is there anything else we could be trying? DS7 has an auditory processing disorder only when a lot of people are talking - audiologist commented that his hearing was such he wouldn't earn in a classroom.

DS7 and DD6 do very well academically, but DS7 suffers from preconceptions other people make about him based on his pronunciation.

Does anyone else have experince with dyspraxia and auditory processing disorders? What has helped your child(ren)?

[Blue Hen]

My oldest had/has auditory processing disorder. His was severe and diagonsed at 6yo. It was '97, FastForword had just come out of Beta testing and we managed to have DS go through 13+ weeks of FFW therapy. The change in him was like a miracle and you can read his story written by me way back when here. (http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/capd/michael.html) He's now 16yo, a Jr. and if you read my signature line you can tell hopefully that he is doing wonderfully. As you described--Noise-Signal Ratio issues---my DS suffers from this too. The littlest sound is deafening to him and he insists upon total quiet. I don't know how he is going to make it in a college classroom but he might surprise us yet.

DS #2 had severe verbal and oral motor dsypraxia diagnosed at 2yo, along with fine and gross motor delays and sensory integration disorder. We lived in Massachusetts at the time and I was able to secure appropriate therapy---5 days a week, 50 weeks of the year, 1-1 for 4yrs when at 3yo he was picked up by the school system for speech therapy, and OT. For PT I choose to take him swimming 3x weekly and enrolled him in gymnastics classes. The fine and gross motor delays went away, he moved from sign language to finally verbally communicating at age 4-1/2yo, and left speech therapy at age 7. He is now 12yo and is often asked if he is British since that is how his speech sounds----very British yet he has always lived on the East Coast. He is quite understandable however he speaks quietly, almost as a way to keep folks from hearing his accent, and rarely volunteers to speak to a stranger. I personally think he is very self-conscience of his speech......but once he gets to know the other person will talk freely just not a chatter box kid. This group helped me for a little bit --- apraxia kids (http://www.apraxia-kids.org/site/c.chKMI0PIIsE/b.700249/k.6901/ApraxiaKIDS_a_program_of_The_Childhood_Apraxia_of_ Speech_Association/apps/lk/content3.aspx)


When I started hs'ing it was because the school system was disinterested in parent involvement AND had told me my oldest would never, ever read and there was nothing I could do about it. How dare they think such a thing was my reaction; and how dare they tell me they didn't want me involved in my kids school-time education. Once hs'ing I discovered that I really needed to hs' so my oldest could be in an environment conducive to his learning style. For many years I thought my youngest could easily be in a PS setting but now in the Middle School years I realize that he needs this setting to, to grow and gain his own voice without peers teasing or pressuring him into talking.
Carole