Cherab Foundation is an international nonprofit for children with neurological or genetic impairments that affect communication with a focus on autism and the rare orphan diagnosis apraxia. Our mission is providing evidence-based and integrative approaches to help our special children with therapy, nutrition, socialization, and awareness, especially those that are at-risk in the US and the rest of the world, including low and middle-class countries. Without support, children in these situations are falling through the cracks in diagnosis, treatment, and then education and life.
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Posted: September 20, 2023 by lisa
One on One Therapy
A Review of Apraxia Remediation The Cherab Foundation gratefully acknowledges permission to print the following, cited by Jennifer Hecker, a parent advocate for her apraxic son, Reed. “The type of treatment appeared to influence whether patients improved. More patients improved, and improvement was greater in Group A, individual stimulus-response treatment than in Group B, group …
Posted: November 28, 2022 by lisa
Charlie Chuong’s 13th Birthday Party Invitation
“Charlie just wants a friend. Some kids refer to him as ‘the boy that doesn’t talk’ He tried to make friends with online gaming but only felt frustrated after being mocked for how he talks. He needs to know that he is worthy of having friends and that he is not alone. For the past …
Posted: February 10, 2020 by lisa
USDA
Posted: August 8, 2019 by lisa
I’m learning to speak, please don’t mind me while I eat
We recently saw an article about a family who was asked to leave a restaurant when their child with Apraxia made a nearby patron uncomfortable with his attempts at speech. That had us thinking… We previously created an information card to hand out while Trick-Or-Treating at Halloween. It’s obvious that parents need similar information cards …
Posted: September 9, 2018 by lisa
Circle Of Friends
“I then let them know that Scooby Doo doesn’t talk like everyone else -“but he’s lots of fun and a cool dude to hang out with right?” Description of a “Circle of Friends“ If your child has or is being teased, the following is an effective evidence-based technique that I first learned about from an …
Posted: August 30, 2018 by CrowdFunnit
Chris Ramirez’s 14th Birthday Invitation
crowdFunnit Crowd-Sources Special Events For Special Kids: crowdFunnit, a project of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Cherab Foundation, was created to bring people together, raising awareness about differences while fostering acceptance and compassion. Helping a friendless child celebrate a birthday is just an incredible mechanism by which to help make this happen. The party itself and any media attention it brings will help fight bullying at the root while the community connections will exist long after the party ends.
Posted: August 3, 2018 by lisa
Why is CHERAB spelled with an A?
Q. Why is CHERAB spelled with an A and not a U? A. It’s all in the cheeks! When my son Tanner was a preschool child his nickname was “cherub boy” because even strangers would call him that and say he looked like a little angel. Tanner was first diagnosed with apraxia in 1999 when …
Posted: August 3, 2018 by lisa
Is your child really just a late talker?
Cherab Foundation is an international nonprofit for children with neurological or genetic impairments that affect communication with a focus on autism and the rare orphan diagnosis apraxia. Our mission is providing evidence-based and integrative approaches to help our special children with therapy, nutrition, socialization, and awareness, especially those that are at-risk in the US and the rest of the world, including low and middle-class countries. Without support, children in these situations are falling through the cracks in diagnosis, treatment, and then education and life.
Posted: August 3, 2018 by lisa
Upcoming CrowdFunnit Parties
Children all over the world, including your neighborhood, go year after year without anyone showing up to their birthday parties because they are either alienated, bullied or both. CrowdFunnit fosters acceptance and compassion for those children that need a little help making friends.
Posted: August 2, 2018 by lisa
Find Support
Bringing together families, affected individuals, and medical, research, speech, and educational professionals. The Cherab Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999, has been working to improve the communication skills, education, and advocacy of the verbal disabled.