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My six year old son has severe apraxia. He went thru speech thru the school from age three to five....with zero success. Apraxia requires intensive speech therapy. He has been in private speech for a year now and can say about five words. He often will say camel for cup...his little brain gets so confused. We have started using pictures to help him communicate and sign language. He has a lot of behaviors related partly to the inability to communicate. Watch the speech therapist because we went thru a couple who did not work. We are being trained by the therapist due work with him at home. They use a lot of cards w/ pictures and work on saying the words. When he gets frustrated (which does not happen often) he would kick the therapist, spit on her, bite her, blow his nose and try to wipe it on her, throw the chair, etc. She is amazing and really helped him thru those behaviors. But, we are looking at years of therapy, 2 times a week, 30min a session...plus we drive an hour each way. Each child is different and the younger they start the better.
Happy123
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