Wow, Angie! I am so happy that Corbin is gaining words! And for him to be aware of when he has the need to seek stimulation at 3 years old is awsome! Please...
Thank you I am so happy too. All I want is to have a conversation with him and it's looking like that will happen someday. yea!!! He really is too smart for...
Hi all, I just wanted to remind you all about the conference I'll be giving 4 presentations at next week!! WOW! The Alternatives for Special Kids Conference,...
Lisa, Who gave Riley the diagnosis of Expressive/Receptive Disorder, Hypotonia and Dyspraxia/Verbal Apraxia? I'm assuming you live in Southern California........
Hi Jill! I agree that it is difficult to find a (neuro) developmental pediatrician who recognizes apraxia. Our pediatrician gave a referral for Jovan to see...
We saw Dr. Shu at Loma Linda University Medical Center who agreed with our STs apraxia diagnosis. He worded his report so that we could get ST easily with our...
Thanks for the doctor names. Is anyone familiar with Dr. Geeta Grover at CHOC (in Orange)? She is a developmental pediatrician. I'm curious if she recognizes...
Hi Jill We actually live in South Florida. We are fortunate enough to have one of the top pediatric neurologists here who is known all over the country as...
As we all know, living with and raising a child with a language disorder such as apraxia or expressive receptive disorder (with all of the other related...
I am Mom of three, Lindsey almost seven is the one with apraxia. Lisa I'm curious to know who your wonderful Doctor is, we live in Florida too. (Sebastian) ...
You can see they whole video of the Today Show segment on the Tomatis Method in the link below. I was excited as the little girl sounds so much like Sarah....
A Mother's Day Poem, by Jerry Ham "Mommy, Mommy!" You ran at my cries, To where I lay fallen, with tears in my eyes. You reached out your arms as you drew...
Hello Everyone! It's been pretty quiet here the last week....time to get things flowing! Please post your therapy updates, questions, brags or vents here! ...
I'd like to start by giving and update on my little Jovan's therapy and I would love some feedback. Well, lets begin with the beginning. Jovan received his...
If you are in Southern California, the Daily Breeze newspaper will have an article about the VOICES Association! The article will be in this Monday's edition...
I am a Speech-Language Pathologist with 12 years of experience. I have worked in all settings, currently I work full-time in the school setting and I also do...
Hi there? (I'm sorry, I didn't get your name?) Thanks so much for your input! I definately welcome opinins from all points of view and your comments are...
Hi, I have been sincerely reading all the postings so far. I think after a long time, I am actually responding to certain professional ethics that grew out of...
Tamara, I intend on placing Sarah in a mainstream preschool (with a shadow) as well. She was in a group global program through the Regional Center prior to...
Please Join Us!! VOICES Parent Support Group May 22, 2003 Helping the Speech Disordered Child Is your child a "late talker"? Does the child you care for have a...
Tamara, Just wanted to throw in that our SLP thru Regional Center highly reccomends signing and other supportive communication methods during therapy. She...
Dear school SLP, I understand where you are coming from as a professional and how frustrating it must be for you to be constantly second-guessed. However, we...
As an SLP in private practice, I try to attend all school IEPs with families. Most school districts are surprised at first, some alarmed--most are grateful. ...
Hi Everyone! I've been away for a couple days, but I wanted to post the link to the article about VOICES. It came out this past Monday. We are so excited...
Sarah saw an ophthalmologist today to check for near sightedness and astigmatism, that the Dev. Ped. we saw suggested she might have. We saw Dr. Sheldon...
Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a fun and restful holiday weekend! Part of the VOICES Association's mission is to improve the lives of children with...
In our effort to raise awareness of speech and language disorders and the issues speech disordered children and their families face, the VOICES Association is...
Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a fun and restful holiday weekend! Part of the VOICES Association's mission is to improve the lives of children with...
I'd like to buy Sarah (who is 3 1/2) a tricycle. I need something that is easy to pedal and hard to tip over. Any store recommendations in Orange County...
I went out and bought Sarah a Kiddi-o Supertrike 3 by Kettler International from Toys R Us. It had great reviews and looked like it would last longer (size...