{"id":314,"date":"2013-08-13T16:05:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/speechchick.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2013-08-14T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T22:37:28","slug":"why-i-love-kids-with-apraxia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Why I LOVE Kids with Apraxia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"apraxia<\/a>1.\u00a0 Kids with Apraxia really NEED my help<\/span><\/p>\n

We are not talking about taking a slight frontal \/s\/ distortion and making it sound perfect.\u00a0 We are talking about kids who have little to no means of communication.\u00a0 They have extreme difficulty expressing their wants and needs.\u00a0 Such limited verbal communication can cause a chain reaction of so many other negative factors.\u00a0 It can negatively affect their ability to get help, express desires, express problems, build relationships, read, write, learn, and so much more.\u00a0 I love to help get them on the right track to communicating so that these other areas will not become delayed as well.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Kids with Apraxia are SMART<\/span><\/p>\n

Kids with apraxia usually know what they want to say \u2013 they just don\u2019t know how to get the words out.\u00a0 They absorb their surroundings.\u00a0 They understand language, directions, and expressions from others but they have difficulty producing their own.\u00a0 I love getting to know my apraxic kids and seeing their humor, their intellect, and their little amazing personalities.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Kids with Apraxia make HUGE progress<\/span><\/p>\n

I have seen many severely apraxic kids go from completely non-verbal to extremely effective verbal communicators.\u00a0 Besides chocolate \u2013 progress of an apraxic client is the most addicting thing to me.\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 Professionally it is what makes me live and breathe.\u00a0 I love seeing my apraxic clients find their voice and use it to show others who they are.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Kids with Apraxia are COURAGEOUS<\/span><\/p>\n

Just writing that sentence brings tears to my eyes because it is so true.\u00a0 I have seen scared, timid, frustrated kids let me into their world.\u00a0 By the time they come to me they have usually realized that they fail when trying to communicate.\u00a0 But for some reason \u2013 they are willing to keep trying.\u00a0 I have seen these kids try and fail and try and fail and try again until they see the smallest level of success.\u00a0 And this alone can keep them trying some more.\u00a0 These kids have to work so hard at what the rest of us take for granted.\u00a0 I am positive that my apraxic kids have taught me more than I have taught them \u2013 about facing fears, working hard, and not giving up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0 Kids with Apraxia really NEED my help We are not talking about taking a slight frontal \/s\/ distortion and making it sound perfect.\u00a0 We are talking about kids who have little to no means of communication.\u00a0 They have extreme difficulty expressing their wants and needs.\u00a0 Such limited verbal communication can cause a chain reaction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,34],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-apraxia-of-speech","tag-speech-therapy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speechchick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apraxia-heart-picture.png?fit=201%2C187&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}