Apraxia dx

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	Hi all, At what age is a child typically dxed with apraxia? The speech therapist that works with my daughter (1x week) tells me that  a lot of kids on the spectrum have aparxia and my daughter is one of them... (most probably). The reason she feels it is verbal aparxia (not oral) is bec when asked to imitate sounds, my dd tries but doesn't come up with the right sound... for e.g, if u ask her to say "ba", she may come up with "wa" and yet sometiems she can babble "ba" unprompted. Also, she does not/cannot emit ANY 2 syllable words - she wont/cant string ANY letters together... she knows how to say "wa" but wont be able to say "wawa" for water! She also can't say some syllables like "m"/"n"/"t"... Would increaseing speech therapy to maybe 2x a week help?? She is getting 10 hrs of ABA and 2 hrs of OT already. If you can get more ST, I'd say go for it.  A true dx of apraxia means that the child needs to retrain those pathways for speech motor planning and frequent practice is the best way.  Good luck!We do a lot of oral motor exercises that the SLP gives us (blowing cotton balls through straws, horns and whistles, tongue exercises, blowing bubbles and ping pong balls). Maybe you could ask for some suggestions. She also does some jaw strengthing with him. We also use the Kaufmann Speech Apraxia kit to target specific groups of words and it gives levels of approximations if the child can't say the word. We have our VB/ABA tutors practice the drills with him as well.Rita... They said that to me too!!! But I am not buying. Apraxia is very hard to "offically diagnosis" until 4 years old. In the mean time, he is in speech 3 x 50 mins a week. I have seen a lot of improvement in nonverbal imitation after intense ABA. As every one said, increase the speech if u can, and up the ABA. Also what "program" are you working on in ABA? My daughter has been informally diagnosed with Apraxia also. The research states that frequent and individual therapy is most effective. Anna receives SP in preschool 4x a week (30 minute sessions) and the speech therapist has consult time (as stated in her IEP) with her TSS so that she can effectively implement the strategies in the classroom. We also see a speech therapist 1 x a week outside of school and we are looking for additional services. I am just now starting to see the benefits (after over 1 yr of intervention)- she is just starting to connect words - although approximations- but she made the connection. Just try to get as much as you can get now, don't delay. Good luck, I know it isn't easy. Sarah had severe articulation at 3 and "refused" to say certain sounds..like g, f, and blends..after intense VB/ABA and speech 2x a week her diagnoses changed one year later to 90-100% articulation:) Motivation on her part was the biggest problem and ABA helped that the most into getting her to utter sounds...it is a slow process and we worked on one letter at a time and didnt move on till she mastered it:) I think it helped her to learn to read by teaching her this way also:) Good luck! Hi, My son was dx'd with apraxia at age 2, but he doesn't have verbal apraxia- he has gross motor apraxia. Don't know if this helps, but I just thought I would mention it. Eci did oral motor stuff with Daniel. His speech issue is lang.  processing/capd related.
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