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Dyspraxia and Apraxia

Learn more here about how using functional nutrition that addresses deficiencies in fatty acids, neurotransmitters and specific nutrients can be used to improve dyspraxia and apraxia symptoms.

Dyspraxia and Apraxia Articles

How Are Communication and Motor Skills Related?

How Are Communication and Motor Skills Related?

Communication and motor skills might seem like different developmental areas, but they are actually deeply intertwined. In fact, motor skills can have a profound impact on communication, especially for children with developmental challenges such as autism, dyspraxia, apraxia and childhood ... Read More
Fats for Whole-Body Apraxia and Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Fats for Whole-Body Apraxia and Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Whole-Body Apraxia and Speech-Related Apraxia As parents, we anticipate that our children will meet all their developmental milestones without any significant challenges. For instance, simple daily tasks and normal everyday intentional motor planning movements we may take for granted as ... Read More
Spelling to Communicate (S2C)

Spelling to Communicate (S2C)

This blog post about Spelling to Communicate (S2C) is excerpted and amended by Patricia Lemer from the Vietnamese version of her award-winning book, Outsmarting Autism, Updated and Expanded: Build Healthy Foundations for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at All Ages. Background ... Read More
Neurodevelopmental Therapy Checklist

Neurodevelopmental Therapy Checklist

Not Just for Autism Therapy is a critical piece of healing a child with autism, and we have created an autism therapy checklist to help you out. Please note therapies listed in this checklist may also be helpful for children ... Read More
Choline and Complex Language Development

Choline and Complex Language Development

Many parents report spontaneous improvement in the complexity of expressive language in their children after they took choline that was recommended to improve motor planning. What Is Choline? Choline is essential for brain development. In 1998 the National Academy of ... Read More
Dyspraxia and Apraxia

Dyspraxia and Apraxia Main Info Page

What Are Dyspraxia and Apraxia? Dyspraxia is the partial loss of the ability to coordinate and perform skilled purposeful movements. Apraxia is the complete loss of this ability. Dyspraxia and apraxia together are called Global Apraxia. The root word “praxia” ... Read More
The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever

The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, explains how good fats are essential for your child's brain, motor planning and dyspraxia program. Children with developmental delays demonstrate varying degrees of difficulty with motor planning. This disorder is called dyspraxia, a technical term derived ... Read More
Piracetam: A Powerful Learning Tool for Learning Disabilities and Dyspraxia

Piracetam: A Powerful Learning Tool for Learning Disabilities and Dyspraxia

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LDN discusses how piracetam can help with ADHD and learning disabilities. Rosie had multiple learning and language disabilities related to a seizure disorder that had resisted medical treatment. "The little men in my head make the lights ... Read More

Dyspraxia and Apraxia Webinars

Whole-Body Apraxia vs. Childhood Apraxia of Speech with Dana Johnson PhD OTR/L
Neuroplasticity: How to Heal a Broken Brain
MNRI® Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration
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Dyspraxia and Apraxia Stories

Leo: Autism

Leo: Autism

excerpted from A Compromised Generation:  The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children Upon meeting Leo for the first time, it is difficult to grasp that this friendly, bright-eyed 10½ year old boy once had autism. There is nothing about ... Read More
Anthony: Autism and Apraxia

Anthony: Autism and Apraxia

Anthony was 3-1/2, and he still had no words. That's how this story always starts out... He had been in speech therapy since he was 18 months old, and he started occupational therapy when he was 2. He was diagnosed ... Read More
Nathan: Sensory Processing Disorder, Reflux and Asthma

Nathan: Sensory Processing Disorder, Reflux and Asthma

My sons have healed from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), acid reflux, asthma and eczema. I used to wonder a long time ago if these issues were related to each other and to their developmental delays, anxiety, failure to thrive and ... Read More

Dyspraxia and Apraxia Books

Voice of Truth: A Mother's Journey to Help Her Son Heal from Apraxia of Speech
Brain Inflamed
Nourishing Hope for Autism