Apraxia Treatment

Apraxia
Dyspraxia
Oral motor apraxia
Apraxia of speech (AOS)
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS)
Motor planning difficulty

A bunch of different names, but all the same thing — inability to perform a motor task even though there is desire or intention to do so. Whether that is a child who cannot move their body the way they intended, or a child that cannot say the words that they want. Apraxia can be a very frustrating thing for our children. AOS & CAS are defined as NEUROLOGICAL disorders that affect brain pathways involved in sequencing movement patterns.

Being that apraxia is a MOTOR & NEUROLOGICAL issue, treatment needs to be for those systems.

The foundation of the nervous system and motor systems are primitive reflexes. Automatic movements that we all move through as infants. Typically developing children integrate these reflexes within the first 18 months of life, developing into postural reflexes for upright mobility & cognition.

Research has demonstrated that children with learning challenges, developmental delays, language delays, behavior issues, and motor coordination trouble have not fully integrated the primitive reflexes in infancy. Without full integration, the nervous system is left in a state of survival, and motor systems are not able to fully develop.

Step 1 of any apraxia treatment should be integration of primitive reflexes. In conjunction we work core/postural stability and developing gross motor strength (proximal to distal). After making significant gains in coordination we can begin adding more neurological load by challenging cognitive processing during movement.

Developing the brain in the order in which it develops naturally is the key to filling in any missing gaps in neurological pathways.
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Not sure where to get started? Purchase our pre-recorded Primitive Reflex Integration Webinar to learn a step-by-step beginner program for your child: https://www.brainconnextherapy.com/primitive-reflex-integration-webinar