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    Apraxia Explained
    Apraxia Explained
    Apraxia Explained
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    Apraxia Explained

    By Kate Welder

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    Apraxia Explained shares one mother's journey to help her daughter recover from apraxia. At age three Josie received the devastating diagnosis of verbal apraxia. At that time I began researching everything I could to help her. Using many additional alternative therapies, she was able to quickly recover. This book outlines how your child can recover quickly too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKate Welder
    Release dateMar 10, 2011
    ISBN9781458172327
    Apraxia Explained
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    Kate Welder

    My husband and I have been married fifteen years, with three children. One of which was diagnosed with apraxia at age three, at that time I began reading everything I could about her condition. I have been a stay at home mom for twelve years, and recently began working from home, writing and building a website. I have been able to share my knowledge and hope to inspire others with our success.

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      Apraxia Explained - Kate Welder

      Disclaimer This eBook is not medical advice and is not written or endorsed by any medical professionals. Its use is intended for informational purposes only. If you are taking any medications, you should consult with your physician or health care provider before making any changes in your health maintenance program. Do not begin using any supplements, natural remedies, exercise, or make any changes in your normal course of health care without first consulting your doctor or health care professional. Copyright © 2009, 2017 All Rights Reserved.

      Introduction You may have recently been given the devastating news that your child has verbal apraxia. You have lots of questions and may be frustrated by the lack of help you are receiving from your medical doctor or school district.

      I want you to know there is help available. I and many others have traveled this journey before. When my daughter was two, she didn’t talk at all. I was told by my doctor at her two year old well check that some kids are just slower, she will eventually talk. I brought her back to the doctor at two and a half and she still didn’t talk much. She said hi and a few partial words. We were then referred to the state’s early intervention program. There she had a developmental evaluation and her language ability was tested to be that of a nine month old. She began speech therapy, however, we did not see a lot of progress in her speech.

      Just prior to her third birthday we took her to our local children’s hospital to a pediatric developmental clinic for a full day of testing to determine why she didn’t talk. She was checked for medical causes that would explain the inability to talk including autism and other speech disorders. She was diagnosed with verbal apraxia which was a diagnosis that I had never heard of before. We were told she would probably never speak normally, she would be in speech therapy at least ten years, and she would require special services all through school. The severity of what the doctors predicted was in store for my daughter in the upcoming years was very frightening. It confirmed some of the fears that were starting to creep into the back of my mind concerning my daughter.

      While the diagnosis of verbal apraxia was a very disheartening blow, I at least felt that now there was finally a diagnosis and reason why my daughter was having difficulty with speech. The advice from the doctors making the diagnosis of apraxia was to stick with speech therapy and be patient. While staying the course of speech therapy, I also started conducting my own research to find everything available about apraxia. I was hoping that I could find out what I could do to help my daughter start speaking or at least communicate her wants and needs with us. She was becoming increasingly frustrated with not being able to communicate her basic wants, such as something so simple as wanting more juice.

      My daughter entered a special needs preschool and began attending four days a week. At the end of the year, when she was almost four years old, she said about 30 partial

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