Keira started Articulation Boot Camp today and loved it!
LPCH is offering this program on Monday/Wednesday/Friday for 3 weeks. In a small group the speech pathologists work on auditory bombardment and speech sound practice, as well as generalization of sounds and specific words practiced in gross and fine motor activities.
Those of you that see Keira on a regular basis know that she is quite expressive and has an extensive vocabulary.... basically she talks A LOT! Articulation is a completely separate category and something that we need to monitor with Keira's OMS.
Keira's articulation is not as precise as it should be and it could just be that she's talking too fast or not paying attention to the sounds in words but the curious part of all this is that since her dex pulse she is speaking very, very clearly. We're wondering if it is a coincidence or if the steroid pulse actually did something to help her speech.
It will be hard to ever know for sure so we will continue to monitor her and make the best choices we can given our circumstances.