Cheap Trick
It’s hard for little ones get that good pincher grasp on crayons for coloring. Someone just showed me this easy trick. Buy the fatter crayons and just snap off the tip. Look, works like a charm.
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- Hi, my name is Jen. I have been blessed with three wonderful children. The youngest in the family is Luke. He is three and he has Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). This blog is dedicated to reach others who are affected. I try to stay on topic, but I also can't help but to share some personal aspects of our family life. This blog has allowed me to work through my own thoughts and feelings. Preston is my oldest son, 10. Lily is in the middle. She is 8 years old. I want to share with you any information we learn along the way. Hope you find the links helpful. Questions, don't hesitate to e-mail me (roselinks@yahoo.com) God Bless you and your journey! Philippians 4:13
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October 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 am
Also,
Putting paper on the wall to color will help him get that grasp with regular crayons….and laying on the floor on his stomach, with the paper flat on the floor, will also work!
(Yes, I am an SLP-but I worked side by side with an awesome OT for several years…she taught me the broken crayon trick, too!
Lisa
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Thanks Lisa, sounds like fun. We will try it. -Jen
November 25th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
I love your blog. I think you just opened my eyes to something I had never heard of either. My son (Kyle) will be 2 on Christmas Eve,and he doesn’t talk much at all. I had gotten in touch with P.I.E, and they told me he didn’t qualify, because they went solely on my answers to their questions, which I realized later I gave my son more credit then I think I should have. He has seen two Audiologist, and they say his hearing is fine, he has had 4 tempanagrams, appearently they checked out fine too, and honestly he understands very, very well, so I didn’t think his hearing was a big issue to why he wasn’t talking even though he has had 8 ear infections since March. I then had one more assestement done for speech theropy from the local E.S., but he was not 2 in Sept. so now he has to wait until next Sept. There will be a meeting to see if there can be a re-evaluation for E.I., but until I read your blog I was begining to think this was all in my head. I hear every day, “he is a boy,and they are slower,” “he will get it when he is ready,” “you worry too much”. Like you said “you want to believe that what others are saying is true,” but you know in your heart there is something wrong. I have been on top of this since he was 15 mo. I am still no farther now then I was 9 months ago, but you just gave me that last little bit of hope that I have left to continiue staying on top of this. When he was 9 months old he would say “I pooped” Those were is first words actually, it was funny, but he really had pooped when he would tell us, but by 10 months he stopped staying that, and really didn’t say much after that, he has a few words, but he just learned to say momma at 22 months. I didn’t think that was normal at all, but what am I to do? He tries so very hard to talk and say stuff, but it comes out so jumbled it isn’t even a word. I cried when I watched the video of Luke, because that was my son to the tee. It is sad to wonder if I will ever hear him say ” love you,”or if he will have to be in special classes all through school, will he ever talk normal enough to get a good job, Will he ever talk? He is a very smart child, he has lots of common sence, he just can’t tell me what he is thinking. On top of it all, I don’t even have my husbands support, he too thinks I am worrying for nothing. I have a friend who works with E.I. speech impaired, and she has been very helpful for advise on what to do next, however she as never used the apraxia before. I have been denied by everyone one I have talked to about getting my son help, but because he isn’t old enough, or doesn’t have a diagnosis they can’t help him, and my insurance will not cover any speech theropy unless it is proven damage to the brain. I don’t have a website or a blog, I am just a mother who is trying all I can to help my son and are feeling very alone in my everyday struggle to get my son to talk. So I just wanted to say thank you, Thank you for posting your story, it has touched my life. Good luck to you and your family and expecially Luke as you continue your journey. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family from one mother to another. God Bless. Kelli
November 25th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Wow! Thank you for sharing your story with me. I have a knot in my stomach right now. Sounds so similar right down the line with my son. Amazing. Do you think he could have had head trauma? I know Luke had a very difficult birth. I’ve often wondered if that played a factor in the this. Doctors have said no but I’m not convinced. And you know it’s just crazy to be denied because this is a tricky diagnosis. I don’t know what area you are in but I know our regional center here is run out of funds so they are not offering a lot of services for kids. It is especially hard to get speech services. I think that is just terrible. Keep searching for help for your son. Find someone who know the Kaufman Method. It really worked great with Luke. Let me know if I can help in your search. Prayers your way. Again, Thank you for sharing. God Bless your family! Happy Thanksgiving. Love, Jen
November 25th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Kelli,
Jen told me about your post because your son sounds so much like Luke, who also sounds so much like my son Baeden. I started getting on peoples’ cases about my son’s speech at 12 months old because I KNEW something was wrong. Trust your gut, mommies know! We didn’t get a diagnosis until a year later, and I had to pack up and drive 4 hours to Michigan to have my son evaluated by Nancy Kaufman to get it. She diagnosed him with apraxia and now we are making some strides towards getting my son proper treatment.
I can’t believe what I just read about insurance in your post. I JUST read this article today. It is in the CASANA newsletter. Check it out, hopefully it will be helpful to you:
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=146693
So stick with it. Keep advocating for your son, he needs you to keep doing it. Eventually someone will listen. Do some research online, check Nancy Kaufman’s website out http://www.kidspeech.com and check out CASANA, which is Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America at http://www.apraxia-kids.org. They have both been really great sources of information for me. Good luck to you and your son!
All the best,
Jacqui