“When my son turned 20 months old he was not babbling much or saying the normal “mama”, “dada” or even trying to speak at all sometimes. His pediatrician said it was that he was a second child and didn’t need to speak because he had sister there, or that he was a boy. But I knew something just wasn’t right. I decided to look into getting him evaluated by a speech therapist. After asking some of my friends and other moms about finding a therapist, my friend gave me Jennifer McCullough’s number at PediaSpeech. We set up an evaluation that week and Mrs. Jennifer diagnosed him with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). We immediately began speech therapy twice a week. After about six grueling months of traveling to therapy (30 minutes from my house one way) and daily at-home practice, Dylan began to form functional words. Now at 4 years old, he has made huge leaps and bounds speaking full, “clear” complete sentences understood by his teachers, friends and family! He was recently re-evaluated and the diagnosis changed from CAS to normal articulation issues, like most children his age. Dylan continues to improve daily and we now only go to therapy once a week. When I tell other moms that Dylan had moderate to severe Childhood Apraxia, they can’t believe it because he speaks so well! My family and I are extremely GRATEFUL to Mrs. Jennifer, Ms. Carly and the staff for their love and commitment in helping me help my son. We can’t thank them enough.”
-Stacey, Mom to Dylan (age 4)