The recommended treatment for children with apraxia is five days of speech therapy, 1/2 an hour per day. The speech therapist must drill the child on their sounds and strengthen the muscles of the mouth by tooting horns and blowing bubbles.
I’m not a hundred percent gung-ho therapy person, but at the same time, I am not willing to gamble with my kid’s future. If the experts recommend all that therapy, then we’ll do it, but exercising some common sense over the process. When therapy starts to interfere with the social development of the kid or to make the entire family crazy, then it is time to step back a bit.
Getting services for children with disabilities is expensive business. Ian’s speech therapy alone would cost $500 per week. Other kids also need therapy for their fine and gross motor skills. Who pays for all this help?
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