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What Is Childhood Apraxia of Speech?
Kids usually start talking a blue streak by 18 to 24 months. But if your child is having more than the usual trouble getting the words out, ask his doctor about childhood apraxia of speech.
Different from a speech delay (where kids are just slow to reach language milestones), this is a condition in which a child can't coordinate the parts of her mouth to form words.
"The thought is there, but the message doesn't get to the mouth," says Christina Doelling, a speech pathologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio.
The good news is that with early speech therapy, most kids go on to be perfectly fine, says Doelling. For more information, visit asha.org.
Copyright © 2008. Used with permission from the February 2008 issue of American Baby magazine.
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I think its very nice to see that your magazine publishes information like this its not often i see articles like this , i work in a doctors office soo we receive you magazine and i periodically look for article about apraxia. I too am a parent whos child was diagnosed with apraxia at age two. I knew from day one something wasn't right i had no verbal at all not even a goo at birth. i had my son tested at 3 for a full autistic testing every monday for 8 hours. Finally after that the dx was P.D.D
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