by Shanda Gaunt, M.S., CCC-SLP Shanda Gaunt is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who has been treating the birth to five population for over 17 years. During those years of treatment she developed her own style of fun and interactive therapy activities for helping to elicit talking in children with limited speech. It was after years …
by Lynn Carahaly, M.A., CCC-SLP, creator of the Speech-EZ Apraxia Program To read Part 1, please click here. My mother saved all my report cards and test scores from preschool on. Now, as a professional, it is fascinating to look back at those and see I did in fact have an undiagnosed learning disability …
by Lynn Carahaly, M.A., CCC-SLP, creator of the Speech-EZ Apraxia Program I suspected my son, Niko, may have speech issues when he was eight months old because he only babbled a few sounds. At 19 months old, his Montessori school was offering speech screenings by a parent there that was an SLP. I signed him …
Have you ever had a moment with apraxia when the baby steps of progress just seemed to stall out all together? This happened to me when my son Jake was four years old. He had been working on the same set of words for one full year and although he mastered most of them, he …
by Kelly, Contributing Writer In 2013 my son Luke was two years old and he only had five words. His father was “Daddy” and I was also “Daddy.” My husband and I often said we felt like we were missing out on hearing his sweet voice and all that a two-year-old should say. In December …
This is Part 2 of my series on genetics and apraxia. Please click here to read Part 1. The genetic results of Jake and the two other children studied, can be found by clicking on this PDF link … genetics and apraxia I remember the first time my interest really sparked about genetics and how …
At the beginning of this year, Jake had a series of tests done at our integrative MD’s office. He also took the genetic test 23andMe. I thought it would be interesting to compare the medical tests with his genetic make-up. This will be a two-part series due to the complexity of this topic. Throughout this …
By Katie, SLP and Contributing Writer Wow! I have to say I was quite impressed with my first experience of CASANA’s 10th Annual National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Nashville, TN this past weekend. What a delightful mix of parent- and professional-friendly sessions! All aspects of the conference were timely and organized, …
Today is the final installment of the pediatric acupuncture series. If you missed the other posts, they ran on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Many thanks to Jessica Gross, Licensed Acupuncturist, for taking the time to share her expertise in this subject … In my treatments, acupuncture needles for children are generally quite …
Please welcome Jessica Gross, Licensed Acupuncturist, as a guest writer today. This will be a two-part series. Today, will be a general overview of acupuncture and tomorrow she will discuss the specific points for speech as well as the at-home massage technique that we have been doing for about a year now. Enjoy! Chinese medicine is …
Jake's Journey with Apraxia 