The Apraxia-Kids Newsletter
Volume 8, Number 8
November/December 2007
ISSN: 1539-3003
Special Holiday Issue
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CASANA News
CASANA Announces 2008 Workshops
CASANA is pleased to annnounce the first 4 workshops scheduled for 2008.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech: New Perspectives for Assessment and Treatment
January 11 and 12, 2008
Dave Hammer, M.A., CCC-SLP
University of Northern Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Course Abstract:
This workshop will focus on intervention with a range of therapy ideas, including a multi-sensory, motor-learning approach to therapy. Included is an overview of diagnostic considerations accompanied by extensive video segments on differential diagnosis and treatment strategies. Parent involvement will be stressed. The Friday agenda focuses on challenges of diagnosing apraxia of speech in children, the principles of intervention, and the initiation and development of effective treatment strategies. Day two of this workshop will provide DIRECT clinical observation of sample treatment sessions conducted by Dave Hammer, with several actual children affected by apraxia of speech via live video feeds to the lecture hall from and adjacent private room. Clinical observations will be followed by group discussion with the presenter and processing of observed sample treatment.
Click here here for more information or to register.
February 15 and 16, 2008
Nancy Kaufman, M.A., CCC-SLP
Tamara Kaspar, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCBA
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 14 and 15, 2008
Shelley Velleman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
University of San Diego
San Diego, California
April 25 and 26, 2008
Edythe Strand, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, BC-NCD
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas
Click here to be notified when more information and registration becomes available.
2007 CASANA Holiday Ornament
As each snowflake is one of a kind, these snowflake ornaments represent the individuality of each of our children affected by speech apraxia. Each ornament is handcrafted, polished pewter with a blue gemstone inlaid in the center and "CASANA" engraved on a dangling cloud.
Each ornament will arrive in a gift box with a special donation acknowledgement card. The 2007 CASANA Ornament is perfect for friends, teachers, SLP’s and relatives. All proceeds benefit CASANA programs.
This is the perfect time to start a tradition and begin collecting the CASANA Holiday Ornaments!
Click here to order your 2007 CASANA Holiday Ornament today.
New CASANA Jewelry
Just in time for the holidays, CASANA has added 2 new jewelry pieces to our Apraxia Awareness Jewelry Collection.
Blue and Crystal Multi-Purpose Necklace
Great for hospital or school ID badges. It can also be used for holding those easy to lose eye glasses. This necklace features blue crystal and silver colored beads with the traditional CASANA "Reach for the Stars" dangle. This multi-purpose necklace is fast becoming a favorite of the CASANA workshop attendees.
Click here to order your Blue and Crystal Multi-Purpose Necklace today.
Blue and Crystal Cell Phone Charm
CASANA continues the blue and star apraxia awareness theme in this handcrafted cell phone charm. The charm is made of three strands of blue crystal and star shaped beads, featuring a "Dream" charm at the end of the center strand. This is the perfect Holiday gift for your child's teacher or speech therapist or even yourself.
Click here to order your Blue and Crystal Cell Phone Charm today.
2007 CASANA National Conference Video
Watch the 2007 National Apraxia Conference Video! Get out the Kleenex. Enjoy. Dream. That is what it is all about. No matter if you are a parent or professional, or what stage the child with apraxia is at, please know that they can and will continue to improve with your help, advocacy, hopes and dreams. We can never be sure of the ultimate outcome, but we do know that our support is needed so that each child can become all that they are capable of becoming.
Thank you to Kate Bauer (high school senior, resolved apraxia of speech, diagnosed at age 5) who produced and edited this video. We are very proud of our budding film maker.
Click here to watch the 2007 CASANA National Conference Video.
More Holiday Gift Ideas
Your online shopping this holiday season can help support CASANA programs. In the Apraxia-KIDSSM Store, you'll find a variety of items that are great for parents, grandparents, SLPs and children. Order by December 12 to guarantee delivery for Christmas.
"Taking It Home: Practicing Speech Where Kids Live and Play" DVD
CASANA's "Taking It Home; Practicing Speech Where Kids Live and Play", is an instructional DVD. Children with apraxia of speech not only need a great deal of repetitive speech practice, they also need to practice in many settings, during home and play, so that their improvements can generalize to everyday life. In “Taking It Home” experts and families share tips and strategies that can be used to help children reach their fullest potential.
Click here to order your copy of "Taking It Home" today.
For more holiday gift ideas in the Apraxia-KIDSSM Store click here.
Books, Software, Therapy Tools
The popular children's book, My Brother is Very Special is by Apraxia-KIDSSM listmember and author Amy May. The book describes the difficulties and also the gifts/talents of a child with severe speech disorder as told by his older sister. Click here to order your copy of My Brother is Very Special.
By clicking on the Amazon link located on our webpages, a portion of the purchase price on many items will come back as a referral fee to help CASANA. You may also click on the Amazon graphic on any of the Apraxia-KIDSSM web site resource pages for books. Thank you for your support.
Holiday Donations
CASANA's Apraxia Treatment Research Fund
CASANA has established an Apraxia Treatment Research Fund and will work with its Professional Advisory Board to define a research program and mechanisms of funding high quality CAS treatment research. The funds will be restricted for use in research for childhood apraxia of speech treatment. While CASANA and volunteers continue to raise money for the Apraxia Treatment Research Fund, existing donations will be set aside and pooled together until a significant dollar level accumulates and research can commence or research proposals can be solicited. CASANA will meet with its expert Professional Advisory Board this fall to determine guidelines for the research program.
Click here to make your own donation to the Apraxia Treatment Research Fund.
Apraxia Research Studies
AUSTRALIAN CAS RESEARCH PROJECT SUBJECTS NEEDED
1. NAME OF RESEARCH PROJECT : DEVELOPMENT OF BIOFEEDBACK TREATMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH
2. Name and contact information of principal investigator/s:
Dr. Kirrie Ballard, Dr. Patricia McCabe, Dr. Elise Baker, Jeannie McDonald (casresearch@usyd.edu.au, Phone: +61 2 9351 9694)
Discipline of Speech Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Sydney
P.O. Box 170
Lidcombe NSW
AUSTRALIA 1825
3. Brief overview of project: This project will trial an intervention for improving speech intelligibility in childhood apraxia of speech that uses biofeedback. For speech, biofeedback
provides the speaker with information on spatial and temporal parameters of articulator movements to facilitate increased intelligibility.
RECRUITMENT NOTICE
Will your child be between the ages of 8 years 0 months and 15 years 11 months in October 2007?
Does your child have Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Dyspraxia or a speech motor disorder of unknown origin?
Can you come for therapy at Lidcombe every day for three weeks in January 2008?
Does your child speak English as a first language and does one of his/her parents?
Do you live in Australia?
If you answered yes to all these questions and would like to be involved in a trial of a new way of treating childhood apraxia of speech then we would like to hear from you. Please read on for more information.
Your child is invited to take part in a study on the benefits of a new treatment for children with childhood apraxia of speech (also known as verbal dyspraxia). The aim of this study is to investigate whether the speech of children with childhood apraxia of speech can be improved using this approach.
If you decide to permit your child to participate in this study, we will give your child a comprehensive speech pathology assessment to see if they are suitable for our study. If your child is suitable for this research we will offer you a therapy block consisting of 12 sessions of 50 minutes each over three weeks in January 2008. While you are completing this treatment and for 1 month after the treatment we want you to stop attending any other speech pathology service. After the treatment has been completed we will review your child's progress three times over the following three months. This is to see if the therapy has helped your child improve their speech.
You will not need to do any home practice of the treatment.
Project information: http://www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/csd/castreatment.htm
4. Subject eligibility: To be included in this study participants must be aged 8-15 years; have a diagnosis of apraxia of speech; normal hearing; age appropriate comprehension skills; no known neurological, developmental or genetic diagnosis; English as a first language and at least one parent with English as a first language.
5. Subject Exclusions: As per above criteria. In addition, as Electropalatography (EPG) will be used to provide the biofeedback, participants will need to be able to tolerate an EPG palate. They will be excluded if they are unable to inhibit the gag reflex when a palate is in place.
6. Anticipated benefit of research to subjects: We cannot guarantee that the treatment will be beneficial to participants. The purpose of the research is to enhance our understanding of the potential for EPG as a treatment for Children with Apraxia of Speech. Therefore there may be benefit to the population in general from this study.
7. How confidentiality is protected: Participants will be given a participant number & all data will be coded & filed by that number. Completed consent forms & the key to the coding will be stored separately to coded data. All data will be stored in locked cabinets in Dr Ballard's lab for 10 years and only investigators on the project will have access to this. After this time, the data will be destroyed using the University's confidential waste system. All results will be reported in a de-identified format.
8. Institutional Review Board and Funding Source for project:: The University of Sydney Research & Development Scheme; Any person with concerns or complaints about the conduct of a research study can contact the Senior Ethics Officer, Ethics Administration, University of Sydney on (02) 9351 4811 (Telephone).
9. How results of research will be used: Preliminary evidence supports establishing & trialling a novel treatment program using biofeedback to improve speech. It is not yet known which type of biofeedback generates greatest change in the speech system or if speech disorders affecting certain components of the motor system respond differently to biofeedback. The results of this research will be used to establish an intervention protocol for phase II & III trialling.
To Inquire about participation contact:
Jeannie McDonald (Available Wed. and Thurs.)
Address: as above
Phone: +61 2 9351 9694
Email: casresearch@usyd.edu.au
Apraxia-KIDS SM Procedure for Posting Informational Notices of Subject Recruitment for Research
Researchers and students who wish to use the Apraxia-KIDS SM Internet Resources for legitimate research projects are asked to submit basic information regarding their research project, its protocol, any benefit to subjects, funders and specific information regarding approval from an oversight body such as an institutional review board. Institutional Review Boards (IRB) are charged with insuring protection for human subjects used in research. The information is then submitted to CASANA's professional advisory board for their review of the basic elements required, especially the IRB approval.
The sole purpose of posting Subject Recruitment Notices is to inform members of the listserv about ongoing research and to do so in a responsible manner. Any decision of listserv members to participate must be based on contacts with the researchers themselves as the posting of the information on Apraxia-KIDSSM does not constitute endorsement by CASANA or its Professional Advisory Board.
In the News
Abstract: Fine motor function and oral-motor imitation skills in preschool-age children with speech-sound disorders.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Sep;46(7):604-11. Epub 2007 May 23.
Fine motor function and oral-motor imitation skills in preschool-age children with speech-sound disorders.
Newmeyer AJ, Grether S, Grasha C, White J, Akers R, Aylward C,
Ishikawa K, Degrauw T.
Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Preschool-aged children with speech-sound disorders may be at risk for associated deficits in fine motor function. The objectives of this study were 2-fold:
(1) to determine whether abnormalities in fine motor function could be detected in
2- to 5-year-old children with speech- sound disorders and
(2) to determine whether there was a correlation between abnormal
oral-motor imitation skills and abnormal fine motor function.
Thirty- two children with speech-sound disorders (6 female, 26 male) were prospectively evaluated from July 2000 to July 2005, and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales and the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children were administered. The presence of abnormal oral-motor imitation skills as measured by the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test was associated with below-average fine motor performance. This finding has important implications for evaluation and treatment of preschool children with severe speech-sound disorders.
Article: FOXP2 Gene Story
Evolution
The origin of speakies
Oct 18th 2007
From The Economist print edition
More evidence that Neanderthals could talk to each other. IF YOU found yourself in a cocktail bar with a Neanderthal man, what would he say? A good conversation is one of the great joys of being human, but it is not clear just how far back in the hominid lineage the ability to use language stretches. The question of when grunts and yelps turned into words and phrases is a tricky one. One way of trying to answer it is to look in the fossil record for evidence about what modern humanity's closest relatives could do.
Svante Pääbo, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, and his colleagues have done just that. Dr Pääbo is an expert in extracting and interpreting the DNA of fossils. As he reports in the latest issue of Current Biology, he and his team have worked their magic on a gene called FOXP2 found in Neanderthal remains from northern Spain.
The reason for picking this particular gene is that it is the only one known so far to have a direct connection with speech. In 1990, a family with an inherited speech disorder known as verbal dyspraxia drew the attention of genetics researchers. Those researchers identified a mutation in FOXP2 as the cause of the dyspraxia.
Since then FOXP2 has been the subject of intensive study. It has been linked to the production of birdsong and the ultrasonic musings of mice. It is a conservative type, not changing much from species to species. But it has undergone two changes since humans split from chimpanzees 6m years ago, and some researchers believe these changes played a crucial role in the development of speech and language.
If these changes are common to modern humans and Neanderthals, they must predate the separation of the line leading to Homo sapiens from the one leading to Homo neanderthalensis. Dr Pääbo's research suggests precisely that: the FOXP2 genes from modern humans and Neanderthals are essentially the same. To the extent that the gene enables language, it enables (or enabled) it in both species.
There has been much speculation about Neanderthals' ability to speak. They were endowed with a hyoid bone, which anchors the tongue and allows a wide variety of movements of the larynx. Neanderthal skulls also show evidence of a large hypoglossal canal. This is the route taken by the nerves that supply the tongue. As such, it is a requisite for the exquisitely complex movements of speech. Moreover, the inner-ear structure of Homo heidelbergensis, an ancestor of Neanderthals, shows that this species was highly sensitive to the frequencies of sound that are associated with speech.
That Neanderthals also shared with moderns the single known genetic component of speech is another clue that they possessed the necessary apparatus for having a good natter. But suggestive as that is, the question remains open. FOXP2 is almost certainly not “the language gene”. Without doubt, it is involved in the control and regulation of the motions of speech, but whether it plays a role in the cognitive processes that must precede talking remains unclear—jokes about engaging brain before putting mouth in gear notwithstanding.
The idea that the forebears of modern humans could talk would scupper the notion that language was the force that created modern human culture—otherwise, why would they not have built civilisations? But it would make that chat with a Neanderthal much more interesting.
Special Education Legislative Update
On the federal front, the House Committee on Education and Labor recently released a discussion draft of changes to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which is due for reauthorization. Of particular importance to families of students with disabilities is the proposal to increase the number of students with disabilities who can be tested against alternate academic standards. Also, there are some who are suggesting that IEP goals be used in place of state academic standards when testing students with disabilities. Advocates are concerned that these are the types of proposals that could reduce or even eliminate accountability for students with disabilities under NCLB.
On the state front, it is important for families to stay vigilant as their own state departments of education and/or legislatures work to change state special education laws to better align with the reauthorized federal IDEA 2004. Wherever possible, families must advocate for the maintenance of protections for students with disabilities under their state laws, rather than allowing states to reduce protections in accordance with the federal law. COPAA (the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) has created a webpage of State materials. It contains links to each State's special-ed/Dept of Ed website, regulations, and if available, due process hearing decisions. This may be helpful to folks working on state regulations advocacy, briefs, or otherwise. The link is here: http://www.copaa.org/news/idea04.html#state
This same page also contains guidance for advocacy on state regulations, a chart of 1 tier and 2 tier hearing decisions, and a chart of state evaluation timelines.
Editor's Note: This information is courtesy of Sandy Alperstein, Volunteer Co-Webmaster of "Our Children Left Behind", http://www.ourchildrenleftbehind.com, and long-time Apraxia-KIDS listserv member.
Holiday Speech Fun
Are you looking for activities to keep your child occupied during holiday breaks while you work on speech goals and have fun all at the same time? Check out the following articles and links for games and activities that can be done in the extra time kids have indoors during snow days or holiday vacations.
Parents Share - How to Help Your Child with Speech Practice At Home
Repetitive Books: An Effective Therapeutic Strategy for Children Diagnosed with Apraxia of Speech
Helping Children with Apraxia Become 'Risk-takers' with Their Speech and Communication
Sign Language and/or Cueing to Facilitate Speech Production in Children with Apraxia of Speech
Brief Ideas for Speech Therapy for Children with Apraxia of Speech
Backward Buildups: A Therapy Technique for Multisyllabic Words
Teaching and Talking Together
The "Successive Approximation" Method of Therapy for Children with Apraxia of Speech
Choosing Stimuli for Speech Therapy with Children Who Have Severe Apraxia of Speech
Literature Review of Speech Therapy Methods for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
How Parents Can Help Their Child with Apraxia at Home
Apraxia: Speech Therapy for Toddlers and Young Children
Practicing Speech Sounds, Syllables or Words Multiple Times with Preschoolers
Prosody Activities for Children with Apraxia of Speech
Some Ways to Elicit Multiple Repetitions from Children with Apraxia
Friendships and Our Children
Online Speech Practice Activities
Success Comes In All Sizes
Jack
Jack our 7 year old is a perfect example of what perseverance and hard work can do. Jack was born with a cleft palate and diagnosed at 18 month with moderate to severe hearing loss, so when they added the apraxia dx at age 3 we thought they were crazy. It took a long time for us to accept that our son could have a third condition affecting his speech process. But he did , and once we accepted it and started getting the treatment he needed we finally started to make progress. At age 3 1/2 Jack's only means of communicating was using the PECS and some sign language. I am happy to report that now at age 7 Jack talk's nonstop and and is understood most of the time. In fact he is so confident and happy you would never know all of the struggles he as went thru to get where he is now. Jack has been thru it all from ST 2x /week OT 1x /wk, multiple surgeries ,hearing aids, special needs preschool and now he is in 1st grade with an IEP . Though life has been busy with all of his appointments he is the greatest gift we could have ever been blessed with. He has inspired so many people and we are told almost daily how special he is and what a joy he is to be around. Jack is planning to sing The Star Spangle Banner ( solo) at his schools talent show this year,so you see anything can happen if you dream big and work hard at it.!! Thank you to CASANA and all of the dedicated teachers, therapist and specialist who have helped Jack to make his dreams come true.
From his mom, Rita
Brittany
My daughter Brittany was non-verbal as an infant. No babbling, no cooing, no Ma-ma, no da-da. Her pediatrician told us she was just a late bloomer. At 18 months I insisted on an evaluation. They did not diagnose apraxia until she was 3 but even at 18 months she was delayed in motor movements and she speech. We began out therapy journey.
Fast forward. Brittany is now 8 and in the 2nd grade at our public school. She still gets speech therapy at the public school 3x per week (in a group) and 3x per week she works with the LD teacher who helps her with her phonics and reading. She goes to our University to get more speech therapy 2x per week. They have been using the LiPS program with her and it has been phenomenal! Just spoke to her teacher and she has no problems communicating with her peers, they all understand her and she has many friends. She is struggling in reading and writing this year and we are fighting the school to get her the right therapy for her learning disabilities. Once that happens we are confident she will progress rapidly.
I read some of the new stories of families with the new diagnosis and I remember how scary it was for us. You do not know what the future holds and there is a lot of therapy involved. But it does work, and these kids can get it and move on. Brittany is enjoying swimming this year and absolutely LOVES it. She is also an art enthusiast so she has her little "art studio" in the garage and spends a lot of time out there painting, drawing. It is her relaxation.
Good luck to all and God Bless.
From her mom, Susan
Apraxia-Related Conferences and Workshops
For the most current information on seminars and workshops
related to apraxia, click here.
Upcoming Support Group Meetings
Several Support Groups are in the process of forming. Please see the list at the end of this section for more information on what locations are included. If you know of an apraxia support group in your area, or are interested in starting one, please contact dawnk@apraxia-kids.org to have the information added to the newsletter. An asterisk (*) denotes a new support group that has formed. Please click here to check our Calendar of Events for complete up to date support group meeting information.
Apraxia Support Group of New York City
When: TBA
Contact: Karen Agnifilo at KarenandMarc22@aol.com
Apraxia Support Group of Oklahoma
When: Monday, January 21, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Monday, February 18, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Monday, March 17, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Contact: Karen Frederickson at karenf134@cox.net, or (405) 842-2211
Apraxia Support Group of Orange County, New York
When: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Amy Pendl at ABellovin@aol.com or (845) 726-9920
*Apraxia Support Group of Sarasota, Florida
When: Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Contact: Christy Zee at christyzee2@gmail.com
Join the egroup at: http://groups.google.com/group/apraxia-support-group-of-sarasota-county-florida
Boston Area Apraxia Support Group
When: TBA
Contact: Beth Duffy at philipandmarysmom@yahoo.com or
Join the egroup at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NE_Apraxia
Cherry Hill, New Jersey Area Apraxia Support Group
When: Thursday, January 24, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Where: Cherry Hill Public Library
1100 King Highway North
Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034
Contact: Sandy Hughes during the day at sandyhughes@elementar-inc.com or (856) 787-0022, ext. 203 or Susan Bunnell at susan.m.bunnell@att.net
Chicagoland Apraxia Network
When: Friday, January 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 15, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Holly Olmsted-Hickey at chicagoapraxia@comcast.net
Join the egroup at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/windycityapraxia
Cincinnati Area Apraxia Support Group
When: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Children's Hospital-Outpatient Mason
Contact: Beth Muething at bsmuething@aol.com, (513) 531-6128 or
Lesley Bunn at (513) 636-6123
Connecticut Apraxia Support Group for Moms
When: Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Contact: Michele Wasikowski at michelewasikowski@yahoo.com or (203) 521-6112
Finger Lakes/Rochester, New York Apraxia Support Group
When: Friday, January 18, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, February 15, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Alia Heise at alia@rochester.rr.com
Join the egroup at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apraxiafamilies/
Frederick, Maryland Apraxia Support Group
When: TBA
Contact: Judy Deegan at jamartin@hotmail.com
Greater Cleveland Area Apraxia Support Group
When: Sunday, February 17, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Amazone
2789 Medina Road
Medina, Ohio 44256
http://www.myamazone.com
Contact: Julie Zsigray at RJDJZ@aol.com, or (440) 365-5660
Hope-Northern Willamette Valley, Oregon Apraxia Support Group
When: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 from 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 from 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 from 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 from 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 from 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Where: Newberg Foursquare Church
115 West 3rd Street
Newberg, Oregon 97132
Contact: Lisa Johnson at akagina2002@yahoo.com or (503) 537-6117
Minnesota (Twin Cities) Apraxia Support Group
When: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Where: Maple Grove Library
Contact: Carrie Edberg at carriegene2002@yahoo.com
See them at: http://www.apraxiamn.org/
New Jersey Apraxia Network
When: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: Children's Specialized Hospital
Stevens Road
Toms River, New Jersey
Contact: Dawn Korman at DMKorman@aol.com, or (609) 276-5648
Salt Lake Apraxia Support Group
When: TBA
Where: Wasatch Speech and Language Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact: Maria or Tom Gurrister, CCC-SLPs, at MGurrister@aol.com or (801) 308-0400
Southern New Hampshire Apraxia Support Group
When: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Bedford Firehouse
55 Constitution Drive
Bedford, New Hampshire
Contact: Laura Pace at lauralmt@comcast.net
Call For Support Group Interest
The following people have expressed interest in participating in or starting an Apraxia Support Group in their area. Please contact the person indicated if you are interested. An asterisk (*) denotes a new addition to the list.
A Child’s Voice/Support Group for Parents with Children with Apraxia in Connecticut
Contact: Amy Hynek at apraxia@sbcglobal.net or (860) 287-1582
Alaska Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Elaine Richey at erichey@pobox.mtaonline.net
Antioch/Concord, California Apraxia Support
Contact: Aubrie Anderson at speechdelayhelp@yahoo.com
Apraxia Support Group of Arizona
Contact: Michelle Nagel at asga@cox.net
Atlanta Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Lora Lastinger Langley at Apraxia_Support-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
See them at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Apraxia_Support
Birmingham, Alabama Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Ann Marie Liskey at LiskeyFamily@BellSouth.net
Bismarck, North Dakota Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Renee Feist at dlrmfeist@bis.midco.net
California – Northbay, Sonoma, Marin and Napa Counties Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Susan Maners at maners@sbcglobal.net
Centenial Hills, Nevada Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Christie Raskopf at craskopf@cox.net or (702) 656-8847
Charlottesville, Virginia Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Michele Wilson at micheledw2003@yahoo.com
Columbia, South Carolina Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Steph Galloway at stephgalloway@bellsouth.net
Connecticut Apraxia Support Group for Moms
Contact: Michele Wasikowski at michelewasikowski@yahoo.com or (203) 521-6112
*Dayton, Ohio Apraxia Playgroup
Contact: Erin Chase at apraxiadayton@gmail.com
See them at: http://apraxiadayton.blogspot.com
Greene County, Pennsylvania Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Bobbie McHenry at willowfarm@hughes.net or (724) 627-9938
Greeneville, Tennessee Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Carmen Gamble at carmenwgamble@gmail.com
Jacksonville/North Florida Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Kristen Alford at kristenandlee@bellsouth.net
Knoxville, Tennessee Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Sandy Beeler at sbeeler@chartertn.net
Long Island/Nassau County, New Jersey Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Julie Casey at momof23@verizon.net or (516) 520-1614
*Long Island, Suffolk County, New York Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Gigi Alison Grill at gigialison@yahoo.com
Louisiana, East Texas and West Mississippi Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Melissa Coston at chadmissy@bellsouth.net
Louisville, Kentucky/Southern Indiana/Jefferson County Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Jamie Willett at sydniejoe@aol.com
Maine Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Corinna Cushing at Cori@cushco.com or (207) 657-2474
Michigan Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Rachel Bloodworth at rachel103102@yahoo.com
Michigan Upper Peninsula Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Paula Diedrich at pdiedrich@mapsnet.org
Minnesota (Twin Cities) Apraxia Support Group
Support Group Play Date Information Request
Contact: Carrie Edberg at carriegene2002@yahoo.com
Missouri Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Barbara Varner at varnerb@missouri.edu
New Freedom, Shrewsberry, Pennsylvania Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Karen Somerville at ksomerville5@comcast.net
New York City Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Alissa Isaacson at Joeli123@aol.com or (212) 327-1885
Northwestern Wisconsin Apraxia Support Group (including Burnett, Polk, Douglas and Washburn Counties)
Contact: Kim Champion at campfit@centurytel.net
Outer Banks, North Carolina Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Misty Hilliard at mistyhilliard@yahoo.com
Southern Minnesota Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Lauren Dehn at klhabear@bevcomm.net
South Eastern Connecticut Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Michelle Saporito at michelle.saporito@myeastern.com
South Florida Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Alba Gaston at dighayzoos@yahoo.com
Utah, North of Salt Lake City, Apraxia Support Group
Contact: Diane Smith at apraxiautah@comcast.net
Williamsport & Central Pennsylvania Area Apraxia Support
Contact: Ed Barone at Edward.Barone@ingfp.com
Other Apraxia Parent Support Groups
For a complete listing of online and parent apraxia support groups click here.
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