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[quote=Anonymous]Another vote for Children's Speech and Language Services http://cslstherapy.com/ (we've done both locations).  We suspected our DS had apraxia when he was 2.5 and it was confirmed at 3.  We worked with a lot of talented SLPs but he didn't really make much progress until after he started working with a PROMPT certified SLP.  Even then, progress was slow but there was progress. For a long time, he received 30 minutes of therapy 2x week because he didn't have the stamina for a full session.  He's now in a 'social speech' group at CSLS because he needs facilitated practice with communication in less structured environments.  His speech tends to break down in spontaneous situations and he also needs to learn techniques/skills/approaches when he has problems following conversations - especially those not of his choosing (think about how hard it is for you to follow a conversation in a foreign language you don't fully understand and you have an idea of why it's easy for him to zone out during group/peer conversations).

I've never seen anyone asserting that apraxia is 'massively' overdiagnosed' and only applicable to stroke victims.  The only kids I've met with apraxia have been in SLP waiting rooms - unlike kids with ADHD, ASD, MERLD, other kinds of develomental delays/disorders.  I also have an older DS who had a speech delay and was diagnosed with MERLD.  The speech/communication challenges of the two boys were completely different. It was obvious that younger DS had something else going on besides run of the mill MERLD (which he was diagnosed with in addition to the apraxia).[/quote]

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