We are personally inviting you to be part of a Cherab Foundation research study by answering a few simple questions. (you can remain anonymous if you choose) Please answer the survey put together by the research webmasters to learn what YOU want from the new Cherab Foundation website to help the children you care for who have…
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Cherab FB Birthday Wishes
When you create a fundraiser, particularly for a smaller nonprofit such as the Cherab Foundation which focuses on rare causes such as apraxia, it exposes new people to those causes. While people join the Cherab Foundation for different reasons from various backgrounds and from all parts of the globe, one thing in common is every…
Communication Impairments Documentary
“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.” ~ James Earl Jones, who most are not aware grew up with and still has a speech impairment Call out to help us share a voice for the families that deal with communication impairments with a historic documentary. Even…
Parent Friendly Soft Signs
“Boy do I wish I knew this is what he had when he was screaming and people were looking at me like “what are you doing to that poor child” Soft Signs Typically we are seeing mild soft signs in children with apraxia. The average parent or even pediatrician can’t always spot them, why either…
Late Talker Handout
Is Your Child A Late Talker? · Are they quiet? · Seem shy? · Not talking like their peers? · Allow you or siblings to speak for them? · Do you wonder why? Your baby’s babbling and toddlers first words can be music to your ears. When faced with a child who doesn’t speak or seems to have difficulty with words parents are…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
After The Late Talker book was published, as a mom was pretty excited when we were asked to write this feature cover article for “Contemporary Pediatrics” which is the trade magazine for hundreds of thousands of pediatric medical professionals nationwide! My one coauthor is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician and I was credited for the “guide for parents” The article…
Teaching Tips For A Speech Impaired Child
“Statistically, more American children suffer long-term life-harm from the process of learning to read than from parental abuse, accidents, and all other childhood diseases and disorders combined. In purely economic terms, reading related difficulties cost our nation more than the war on terrorism, crime, and drugs combined. “We need to reconceptualize what it means to…
Speech Therapy Matrix For School Based SLPs
In addition to a diagnosis such as apraxia, dysarthria, phonological impairment etc. it’s important to know the severity level of your child’s diagnosis when seeking appropriate therapy. This matrix was first developed for school based SLPs. Guideline for Speech-Language Eligibility Criteria/Matrix for Schools In addition to a diagnosis such as apraxia, dysarthria, phonological impairment etc….
Horns as therapy tools By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson MS CCC-SLP
Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S., CCC/SLP is on the advisory board for the Cherab Foundation “Horns as therapy tools”, By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S.,CCC-SLP Published in ADVANCE Magazine May 31, 1999 and “Straws as therapy tools”, By Sara RosenfeldJohnson, M.S.,CCC-SLP, Published in ADVANCE Magazine April 19, 1999. Part I: Straws Using Simple Tools in Oral-Motor Therapy By Sara Rosenfield-Johnson,…
Oral Motor Dysfunction; Exercises and Therapy for Autism and Apraxia
Oral Motor Dysfunction and Therapy With most apraxic children it’s not that they physically ‘can’t’ blow bubbles or blow out candles etc. -it’s that they can’t do it when they want to/on command -a motor planning problem. Of course each child is different and in some cases children also have a weakness problem on top…