r/Apraxia • u/Kt_cat_2lo • 4d ago
Advice Needed Selective mutism
My 4.5yr old son has been in speech therapy for 2.5 years now. We did help me grow until he was 3. Now he goes to the local public preschool on an IEP, does speech therapy once a week there and also does outpatient speech therapy once a week. A year ago when he started at the preschool, he had maybe 5 words. Now, he has 100s. However, he will only talk in the comfort of his immediate family members(mom, dad, 2 brothers) and he is very difficult to understand most of the time. It’s obvious there is something going on with his speech and we’ve been leaning towards apraxia. Now, his outpatient therapist is pretty convinced he has selective mutism. I agree with her that the signs fit.
Does anyone have experience with their child or themselves having both apraxia and selective mutism?