Wow, I have learned so much from this site. My son will be 6 next month and has been diagnosed with Apraxia since age 3 and receiving speech therepy in the private setting and public school SLP. He is currently in the Dev. Delay PreK and visits Kindergarten 1/2 day.
We had an MRI done because of some right sided weakness and found that part of the temporal lobe is underdeveloped. The Ped. Neurologist recommends seeing a Developmental Specialist. I’ve spent many hours researching this the last 3 days. I live in La.2 hours from Houston, Tx and have made contact with a few specailist there. I know it will be a while before we get evaluated.
He receives resource from his Pre-K teacher and help at home from me. But I feel that I’m lacking. I’m an Adaptive PE teacher and very familiar with Spec. Ed. which in La leaves a lot to be desired. I’m looking into Private School, homeschooling etc… But at the moment I would like to do more for him at home. Is there a reading program, phonics program etc… that would be recommended that has worked for others. We have been using earobics at home and the first 5 min in speech therepy she is doing phonological awareness work.
Also, his speech therepist tested him for Phonological processing disorder and he tested in the moderate range. Everything I’ve read so far seems to lean toward a strong emphasis in Phonics.
Where do I go from here?
Re: New to LD- Methods to use at home?
If you work with a private occupational therapist, you may be able to institute a home program of occupational therapy to go along with the treatment the therapist provides. We did this when my son was small, before he was enrolled in a public school. We did excercises prescribed by the OT, using pretty easily obtained items like a trampoline, a therapy ball, bean bags and theraputty. It was fun for my son and allowed him to experience a more intense level of therapy.
Andrea
Re: New to LD- Methods to use at home?
Email me and I will send you an outline of methods and inexpensive materials for teaching reading. All it takes is time and work.
If he has right sided weakness I would think he would need occupational therapy and possibly even physical therapy. He should get both at school. Ask for a PT and OT evaluation in writing.
A great reading program is called phonographix. The book is called reading reflex.
Also look into, “The Listening Program. Just type those words into google or another search engine.