Verbal Dyspraxia

September 28th, 2007

Thank you for your information. It’s so nice to talk to someone who knows what we’re going through!

Spencer has been showing more signs of motor dyspraxia as well. Last year is when we really started to notice it. For example: he couldn’t tie his shoe laces tight enough to remain tied, he couldn’t button or snap his jeans, his handwriting was poor and he would complain of his hand hurting, etc. We had him in OT for about 3 months and all of these were fixed or had improved enough for our insurance company to say that his problems didn’t warrant any more therapy. He hasn’t had any OT since July and so far he’s doing fine. I haven’t seen any regression anyway.

We had him evaluated through the school system last year to see if he would qualify for any type of help from them and he didn’t. He definitely has problems staying focused and attending to his tasks, but he doesn’t have ADD or ADHD. His IQ is average to above average in most areas and even superior in a couple. His speech is intelligible enough so they won’t work with him on that and in order for a child to receive OT through the school they first have to have a primary problem (like speech) !! His reading skills and math skills are adequate for his level so at this point he’s doing fine. His teacher though has noticed what she explains as some auditory processing problems. She says it isn’t necessarily an auditory processing disorder (because she has had some students with this), just that sometimes she sees that he hears what she is saying, but just doesn’t understand it. She knows he’s bright enough and so does he so she sees him get frustrated once in awhile when he doesn’t understand something. She is really good with him and whenever she can she will re-explain the directions just to him and he seems to do better with the one on one instruction. His reading and spelling skills are fine at this point, but his teacher and I are both seeing some red flags that we are trying to work on now. He has a hard time sounding out new words, he would rather just guess at it…it’s like he doesn’t even know where to begin…I have to cover up half of the word for him and make him go syllable by syllable, but it’s like he doesn’t have the organizational skills yet to be able to do this on his own. He also is still rather impulsive. He doesn’t stop to think before he acts and he still interupts in conversations alot.

His overall mood, attention and focus have seemed to improve quite a bit since he started drinking Mona Vie, but I’m going to call the Wellness Center/ Health and Nutrition clinic and see if they can’t reccommend an Omega 3 or Fish Oil supplement to take along with the Mona Vie to see if that helps even more.

What is the name of your book, and can I get it here in the US?

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