VinNY Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 My 7 yr old dtr was evaluated in the past with dyspraxia and a sever expressive and receptive language delay. We just had her tested for APD and she came up in the 1%. She was also labeled as apraxic The specialist felt she should be in a special school for language impaired children. She also has a low working memory and struggles with school work and of course expressing herself like other children her age. I have her reading upto level A2 in Abecedarian. She receives speech 4 days a week at the public school, one day private and I will be working with a specialist in oral motor exercies (for the tongue and jaw etc). Anyone else able to homeschool their language impaired child and see progress? She is not ready for FastForwrd (according to specialist) but I will do it in the future along with Interactive Metronome. WOndering if I am doing her a diservice by not pursuing special ed service. Thanks, Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtsmamtj Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I do home school and see huge progress with our son. We didn't use any services until he was 9 1/2 and then we went with a private speech therapist until this past December (he is now 11). In a nut shell, what worked was meeting our son's needs where he was at, working with him at the pace he could deal with, while at the same time working on extending his ability to tolerate longer reading periods, articulation skills, more supplemental work, etc. I am not familiar with dyspraxia but our son does have expressive and receptive language delays and CAPD. Even the physicians that have seen him over the last 2 years said that home schooling was a great fit in meeting our son's individual needs. We are now focusing on social skills and comprehension along with verbal communication. HTH T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinNY Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Do you mind sharing what material , curriculum you are using? Also does your son struggle with math? Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtsmamtj Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Yes, to some degree he does struggle with math. On the other hand he has an amazing memory for memorizing basic math facts - adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. He struggles with understanding what to do in story probelem, or what is implied. He struggles with fractions right now sort of. The trouble we had, especially when our son was younger, is that he could do what you told him but he neither understood what you told him or could repeat it say later for review. Now this wasn't the case for everything, but for a lot. We had to learn to break it down to the most basic form and then build up. Things really wern't a huge problem outside of comprehension and vocabulary/communication untill after 3rd grade - abstract thinking. As for curriculum, I think at your child's age we went through Victory Drill, Abeka math 1, a speech book from Natthan Chask, reading stories and then talking about them afterwards (shorter stories). We worked through the phonics/language book 1 of Abeka also. Now I would recommend Growing with Grammar - less work for mom. For math, working on the basics are key for success down the road. Did I answer your questions? If not, please let me know. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteW Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 :confused: How do you get this diagnosed and can things get better with therapy? I have a 30 year old daughter of average intelligence but still stuggles with getting words out and communicating effectively with others and thus does not have meaningful relationships with people her age. Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtsmamtj Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 We were sent to an audiologist for testing. When those tests showed normal hearing, but limited processing a more indepth test was done narrowing down the limitations and degree. This was helpful to focus our therapy to the weakest areas. Most of the processing therapy was done at home, we used speech therapy for helping to catch up in areas where he was so far behind. There are several different options for CAPD that I heard of when we started (Earobics, FastForward, Metranome, etc.). We also used a balance board. With our son because he doesn't just pick things up as "cues" we need to teach him so we supplement with a lot of focused activities such as social skills in communication, safety, idioms, etc. We have a place out here called H.E.L.P. that seems to be able to help older students and adults using various brain exercises/activities. I have a friend who put her daughter through this program and she is now able to hold a conversation and be in a room with multiple people having a conversation while following along. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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