by Sheila, Contributing Writer At three years old, Gia’s severe speech delay qualified her for services through our school district’s Priority Preschool. I was convinced that with a little extra help, she would catch right up and we would move on with our lives. I really believed that. Eight weeks, one progress report, and no …

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  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 …

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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 …

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