Down Syndrome Reading with Apraxia

We can teach reading to teach talking. “She’s putting four words together now! For the first time ever!!” Mom is thrilled. And this happened because her child is now reading [...]

the gift that gives twice We all know that we open the world to our children when we teach them to read. I felt that wonder first-hand when I taught my son Jonathan to read 29 years ago. And I [...]

Easy-Peasy answer: Because being nonverbal is NOT an impediment to learning to read.  I say this for two reasons: First, I’ve had an unusual number of students with Down syndrome who are [...]

“CAS” vs. “TMT” Hi, Everyone! In Dallas last weekend, so many parents talked to me about their worries over speech delays and possible apraxia (CAS), that I want to talk [...]

  Our Smart Cookies My involvement as a mother (Jonathan, DS, 31) and as a teacher (of reading, exclusively to DS) combines to make me a fierce defender of our kids’ abilities and potential. [...]

We can do this We CAN prove our children can read even when they’re non-verbal. I know I’ve talked about this before in past posts, but it bears repeating!  Let’s take a fresh [...]

I’ve talked about this in a previous blog; here’s an update on this super important topic. About teaching reading to teach talking– Does it work? Yes. How? Let me count the [...]

The Sentence Builder This tool is absolutely beautiful for enabling kids who are non-verbal to “show their stuff.” It’s clear and indisputable evidence that they are, indeed, [...]

Errorless Testing Errorless Testing is the way to go with our kids, who typically have an undiagnosed syndrome: “Fear of Failure” (FOF) Syndrome. “No, I can’t!…I [...]

Lotto or matching games are beloved by me and particularly by my non-verbal students. They absolutely love smacking those word cards down on the correct picture–or picture to the [...]