I would love some advice from mamas or dads who have experience with apraxia of speech. Ds1 is somewhere on the autism spectrum we believe (have to wait until October for the formal diagnostic eval due to being wait listed) but I feel that he exhibits so many signs of apraxia and although he is in speech therapy I just don't know what I should be doing to help him more (he only goes to speech therapy one hour twice a week).
He is 3 and understands everything I say- his receptive language is great- but expressive language is severely delayed. He never says sentences and only says the first syllable of most words- there are a few words that he says such as "el-fant" for elephant and "i-crum" for icecream but most words he just can't seem to get a handle on. He has been trying so hard to say more words lately but he uses a really nasal mumbled voice and they just don't come out intelligibly.
He does have other motor delays (can't jump with both feet, can't peddle a bike) so I think this is more a motor thing than just a speech delay. Does that affect what sort of speech therapy he needs?
Any resources or advice is very helpful. Thanks.
He is 3 and understands everything I say- his receptive language is great- but expressive language is severely delayed. He never says sentences and only says the first syllable of most words- there are a few words that he says such as "el-fant" for elephant and "i-crum" for icecream but most words he just can't seem to get a handle on. He has been trying so hard to say more words lately but he uses a really nasal mumbled voice and they just don't come out intelligibly.
He does have other motor delays (can't jump with both feet, can't peddle a bike) so I think this is more a motor thing than just a speech delay. Does that affect what sort of speech therapy he needs?
Any resources or advice is very helpful. Thanks.