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In addition to collecting the anecdotal reports through our network, we have created a survey to collect feedback from parents, professionals and individuals to help provide functional data that can be shared with researchers as we continue in the Pursuit of Research!  Please take a few moments to document your (or your child’s) journey with [...]

I had the honor of previewing a copy of ‘Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! – Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development’. It will be available in paperback in a few more days – April 1st to come to the rescue for parents, care givers and professionals with easy to [...]

From the Collaborative on Health and the Environment Dear CHE Partners and Friends: Please join us for several upcoming important CHE calls covering a range of topics from endocrine disruption (CHE Cafe call) to healthy schools (CHE Alaska call) to international environmental health issues during the October Partnership call with David Gee CHE Cafe Call [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Augusta Free Press, article by Chris DeWald http://augustafreepress.com/2009/09/22/chris-dewald-aphasia-and-apraxia-the-same-but-different/ Chris DeWald | Aphasia and apraxia: The same, but different September 22, 2009 Trying to decipher and also remembering the difference is close to knowing all the whos in Whoville. Yeah, I bet everyone remembers Cindy Lou Who. I have always thought [...]

Would you like to help research therapy for Apraxia? Dr. Renai Jones is conducting a study and could use your help. Please download, print, fill out, and send the attached questionnaire to the address at the bottom of the document! My name is Dr. Renai Jonas. I am a Speech and Language Pathologist and have [...]

Please help bring our children a voice… silence is not golden If you want to raise awareness about speech disorders here’s a press release you can share with your local media. Find out the name of the health and education correspondents. Call them up to outline the situation. Then send the press release to them. [...]

The following update is about Jacky by his mother Lily. Lily learned via the Chinese version of The Late Talker book that her son Jacky has apraxia. Jacky is now a teen and I hope that one day he is a scientist as Lily says because his story clearly shows how we need more scientists [...]

he Cherab Foundation Brochure Sponsored by: Northern Speech/National Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Kaufman Children’s Center for Speech, Language Sensory-Motor and Social Connections, Inc. CHERAB would like to graciously acknowledge the generous donation of these glossy brochures by Northern Speech Services with assistance from Nancy Kaufman CCC-SLP from Kaufman Children’s Center. These brochures were made up specifically to be handed [...]

Please help bring our children a voice… silence is not golden If you want to raise awareness about speech disorders–and the threat to IDEA–here’s a press release you can share with your local media. Find out the name of the health and education correspondents. Call them up to outline the situation. Then send the press [...]

From The LCP Solution book Dyspraxia/Apraxia Three-year-old Tanner, standing in the bathroom of his family’s New Jersey home picked up a pink comb, pointed to a yellow stripe that ran through it, and said, “Lellow.” It was the first ‘real’ word he had ever spoken and it came after just three weeks of supplementation. “I [...]