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Natalie Jacobs, Nancy Kaufman and Lod Jacobs.

them move from "Nana" to
"Naney" to "Nande" to
"Nancy."
Verbal dyspraxia is just
one of the speech dysfunc-
tions .on which Ms.
Kaufman works. She also
helps children unable to
make the link between
word and object. They hear
the word "ball," but can't
understand the specific
article to which it refers.
"It's almost like being
deaf," she says. "Their ears
can hear, but their brains
are unable to process."

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Others come to her for
less complicated problems
— to correct lisps, for
example.
It was a love for sound
— specifically, music —
that first brought Nancy
Reinheimer Kaufman to
the field of speech patholo-
gy. A native Detroiter, she
discovered at a young age
that she had a talent for
recognizing pitch and tone
and speech patterns.
Today, she prides herself
on being able to identify
the region where someone
was raised simply by hear-
ing him speak for a few
minutes.

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Ms. Kaufman believes
language is much more
than a pleasant skill that
allows people to express
their inner thoughts. It is,
she says, what makes us
human. "The ability to
communicate separates us
from all the other crea-
tures on earth."
The mother of three, Ms.
Kaufman chose to work
with children "because
they don't make you feel
sad for them. I know how

much they'll be able to
gain."

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She believes that all
children can learn to
speak, albeit to different
degrees.
The role of the parent is
critical. Children will look
to their parents for encour-
agement, support and
praise, and lessons learned
at the clinic need to be
reinforced at home.
"A lot of the parents are
used to anticipating their
children's needs," she
explains. "So they have to
learn to alter their own
behavior. They need to
make their child use his
verbal skills and say that
vowel. A mother must say
to her daughter, 'Tell me
you want to go home,' "even
when she knows what her
child is thinking, and
when the words come
hard.

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"I've seen the most
courageous parents who
wouldn't take 'no' for an
answer," she adds. "It has
made all the difference in
their child's attitudes and
achievement."
It takes work on the par-
ents' part, but the reward
is extraordinary. What is
commonplace, even annoy-
ing to parents of children
without speech dysfunc-
tions, become blessings.
"One of the things I love
about Natalie is her spir-
it," Ms. Kaufman says.
"It's that absolute delight
when she can verbally tell
her mother to do some-
thing. When she says 'give
me toy,' or 'No!' — it
becomes pretty meaning-
ful."

