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I frequently receive requests for information from parents or therapists of very young children - usually between the ages of 18 and 30 months. The children have very few, if any, words. They make few sounds. They have a history of reduced or absent babbling. They have difficulty imitating and difficulty making volitional utterances. They are beginning to become aware that they are different. They want to communicate and yet struggle. Frustration is increasing on the part of both parents and children. The child may begin to act out in negative ways. What do you do? Where do you start? You have three immediate goals: Reduce frustration. Establish and increase frequency of volitional utterances. Increase number of daily speech utterances through structured practice. Early Apraxia Treatment - Reducing frustration. Read about how to address this goal in part one of my Early Apraxia Therapy (Where to Begin) series . Early Apraxia Treatment - Establishing and increasing frequenc...

I frequently receive requests for information from parents or therapists of very young children - usually between the ages of 18 and 30 months. The children have very few, if any, words. They make few sounds. They have a history of reduced or absent babbling. They have difficulty imitating and difficulty making volitional utterances. They are beginning to become aware that they are different. They want to communicate and yet struggle. Frustration is increasing on the part of both parents and children. The child may begin to act out in negative ways. What do you do? Where do you start? You have three immediate goals: Reduce frustration. Establish and increase frequency of volitional utterances. Increase number of daily speech utterances through structured practice. Early Apraxia Treatment - Reducing frustration. Read about how to address this goal in part one of my Early Apraxia Therapy (Where to Begin) series . Early Apraxia Treatment - Establishing and increasing frequenc...

I frequently receive requests for information from parents or therapists of very young children - usually between the ages of 18 and 30 months. The children have very few, if any, words. They make few sounds. They have a history of reduced or absent babbling. They have difficulty imitating and difficulty making volitional utterances. They are beginning to become aware that they are different. They want to communicate and yet struggle. Frustration is increasing on the part of both parents and children. The child may begin to act out in negative ways. What do you do? Where do you start? You have three immediate goals: Reduce frustration. Establish and increase frequency of volitional utterances. Increase number of daily speech utterances through structured practice. Early Apraxia Treatment - Reducing frustration. Both child and parents experience increasing frustration. The child has the cognition and underlying receptive and expressive language skills to want to communicate...