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Information Sheet 10
Developmental Verbal
Dyspraxia A silent condition
By Jane Purcell, Speech Pathologist
Comprehensive assessments.
Small group tuition and therapy.
Occupational and speech therapy programs
Outreach programs.
The Ronald McDonald Learning Program for
Specific Treatments
The most commonly used program
for children with DVD is the Nuffield
Dyspraxia Program where each
consonant and vowel are represented
visually. This type of therapy aims to give
a child experience with producing all
ranges of sounds, syllables and words
and using these spontaneously.
Involving all the senses to assist
dyspraxic children with learning to talk
is vital. Examples are using visual cues
such as linking a picture to a sound and
tactile cues such as feeling how sounds
are made.
Head Office
Learning Links
Web Sites
http://indigo.ie/~dysprax
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~nicklee/dtrust.htm
http://www.avenza.com/~apraxia/speechpro.html
http://www.sutton.lincs.sch.uk/parents/dysprax.html
http://www.cchs.usyd.edu.au/Academic/CD/clinic/dyspraxia.html
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/madeleine.portwood/dysprax.htm
It is a silent condition in that these
children appear to act and behave
normally and have normal intelligence.
However, they have a communication
problem and many of the more severely
dyspraxic children learn to sign, says
Elizabeth.
I worry about him coping. Sometimes
he gets extremely frustrated and hurt
because people cant understand him.
Andrew has been at Learning Links
since he was about two and a half and
Elizabeth is pleased with his progress.
I cant speak more highly of the work
they are doing with him, says Elizabeth.
He also has a communication book.
For other parents whose children
have been diagnosed with dyspraxia,
Elizabeth says keep your chin up.
ACT
Yvonne Anthoney, Mitchell
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