Thursday, May 31, 2012

apraxia: two years later.

Two years ago, Payton was diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. It has been a long road and we have come so far. We also have a long way to go... but we are getting there. Payton has remained in PROMPT therapy and it truly has made the difference for her, in addition to her other private and school speech therapy.

And supplements. I have always been a huge proponent of supplements... here is what we are doing right now...

Juice Plus+ gummies (3-4 fruit/veggie/berry each day)
Longvida Curcumin powder (4 scoops every evening)
Honeycombs Gingko Biloba (2-3 droppers every morning)
Speak by SpeechNutrients (2 tbsp every evening)
Vitamin D3 (4000 IU each day)
Iron

An SLP friend of mine gave me this apraxia word list when we were trying to nail down Payton's diagnosis... and I have continued to document her repeating this list over the last two years to show progress.

March 2010, age 4 years 2 months


March 2011, age 5 years 2 months


May 2012, age 6 years 4 months


And my little unofficial off-the-top-of-my-head word list... repeated over the years. I think this truly shows the amazing progress she has made... love her!

March 2010, age 4 years 2 months


March 2011, age 5 years 2 months


May 2012, age 6 years 4 months