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	<description>It&#039;s a marathon, not a sprint!</description>
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		<title>Magic of Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apraxia Awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So often, even with appropriate therapy, progress with Apraxia is slow but steady.  The syllables in words have to be learned individually.  Then E has to be able to say all of the syllables in the word together.  Then in a phrase, then in a sentence, then we have to work on generalizing it into everyday speech.  It is exhausting and sometimes it seems like two steps forward and one step back.  The thing that saves me is comparing her progress over time; taking videos and then watching them months or even years apart.  The progress is absolutely amazing but… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2013/05/13/magic-of-progress/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just As She Is</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As E has continued to improve we’ve noticed she seems to have more control over one side of her face than the other.  When she’s frustrated, whining, or trying to smile on command she scrunches up her face and eyes unevenly.  Sometimes it even seems like she’s talking more from the one side of her mouth than the other – kind of like a person who has had a stroke.  She doesn’t do it when she’s talking or smiling or crying without thinking.  It seems to be only when she’s cognizant of trying to control her face and mouth. According… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/12/01/just-as-she-is/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Miyagi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apraxia Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fine Motor Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensory Processing Disorder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[E is losing her occupational therapist at the end of December.  She is a victim of school district budget cuts.  It is cheaper for the school district to hire independent contractors (read no medical insurance) than to keep their own OTs on staff.  E will of course continue to get services but it will be with a different provider. I’m sad we are losing her as part of our team but resigned to what is happening at the same time.  It wasn’t always this way. There was a time when I knew E had CAS but couldn’t get anyone to… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/11/30/mr-miyagi/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staying in the Present</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often I find it difficult to stay in the present and enjoy the victories we have already won rather than prepare for the battles we have yet to fight. Today was E&#8217;s annual Halloween Parade at preschool.  This was her third time performing.  I remember watching her two years ago, when she was three, and being absolutely devastated.  She had been getting appropriate speech therapy for over a year and had come so far in that time.  Yet watching her with her typical peers just made her continued difficulties so glaringly obvious.  She looked absolutely shell-shocked.  She was lost and couldn&#8217;t… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/10/31/staying-in-the-present-2/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Burnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning to Read]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CASANA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-literacy Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the summer, E had a two-week break in speech therapy when we traveled to Boston for the CASANA Conference.  When we started up again, one of her speech therapists was still on vacation so it was an entire month before we got back onto our regular schedule.  I thought the break would help E, that she would be refreshed.  Instead, it was like she’d had a taste of freedom.  She didn’t want to do speech therapy. She’s verbal now and she was able to tell us that she didn’t want to go and that she wished she was like S… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/10/18/burnout/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Speechless</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fine Motor Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[E&#8217;s preschool had their Open House tonight.  One of her teachers had taken a piece of construction paper and folded it in half.  On the cover she had each child draw a picture in September.  Then they described to her what was in the picture. Kindergarten teachers refer to this as chicken scratches.  It actually was an improvement because E used more than just purple.   Her description was &#8220;This mommy is blue.  I&#8217;m gonna color it&#8221; and &#8220;This is me.  It&#8217;s all me.&#8221; One of the common co-occuring conditions with CAS is fine motor skills delays.  E has a degree of limb apraxia as well. … <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/16/speechless/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/12/anniversary/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=anniversary</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misdiagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutriiveda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autism Misdiagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I started Apraxia Adventures a year ago as a sort of diary about our experiences with CAS.  It’s wonderful to be able to look back at the last year and know how far E has come.  It’s encouraging to me and I hope it is encouraging to you as well. Over the last year, this blog has had nearly 11,000 hits – not bad for a little blog about a fairly rare speech disorder.  I’ve had visitors from all 50 states and 78 foreign countries.  The top six Google search terms that have led searchers to this blog are: “nutriiveda,”… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/12/anniversary/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/10/happy-mothers-day/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=happy-mothers-day</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 05:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apraxia Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To the mothers who haven’t yet heard “I love you,” To the mothers who do not yet have a name, To the mothers who know what it is to believe in your child when it seems like no one else does, To the mothers who are interpreters, To the mothers who are their child’s voice, To the mothers who have had to become the expert, To the mothers who do not take no for an answer, To the mothers who stay awake every night worrying about what is to come, To the mothers who never let their child see them… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/10/happy-mothers-day/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift of Childhood</title>
		<link>http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/03/the-gift-of-childhood/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-gift-of-childhood</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are keeping E out of kindergarten next year.  She will turn five next month so when she begins kindergarten at six she will be one of the oldest kids in her class.  Truth be told, I made this decision when E first started Early Intervention at twenty months old.  I have known we were going to do this for a very long time. I am an elementary school teacher and I can tell you that kindergarten is not what it used to be.  We expect so much more academically from young kids.  While your child may… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/05/03/the-gift-of-childhood/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Better Hearing and Speech Month</title>
		<link>http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/04/28/better-hearing-and-speech-month/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=better-hearing-and-speech-month</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apraxia Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CASANA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The month of May is Better Hearing and Speech Month.  Another CAS parent I met through Facebook came up with the idea of posting a fact about CAS on Facebook each day during the month.  I thought this was a great idea so I came up with 31 facts about CAS that I am going to use.  I&#8217;m posting them here in case you would like to do the same thing.  You can certainly modify any of the facts and make them more specific to your child. &#8211; All of these facts either came from documents in CASANA&#8217;s Apraxia-Kids Library,… <a href="http://www.apraxiaadventures.com/2012/04/28/better-hearing-and-speech-month/" rel="bookmark">more</a>]]></description>
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