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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. My DD was diagnosed with apraxia, along with general dyspraxia (motor coordination issues broadly).  At 3, her speech was pretty far behind her peers. We did 4 times a week speech therapy until she was 5 or so. She was also diagnosed, along the way, with ADHD and, later, non-verbal learning disability.

Her ability to express herself in language was basically resolved by the time she was 6 or 7.  By 8 or 9, her vocabulary was extremely advanced, and she used these words properly in conversation.  Now she is 12. No one would ever suspect that she was a delayed speaker. She has some pragmatics issues -- the ability to carry on a higher level conversation, especially involving non-verbal cues or certain kinds of abstract ideas -- but nothing related to apraxia.

I remember being in your shoes. Her developmental pediatrician (Conlon) told us that the day would come when she would no longer be in therapies.  I didn't believe him. It happened, though. I don't remember whether it was leaps or a steady progression, but if you keep working, your child will improve and you will put this behind you.

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