Small, but Wonderful Improvements

This was our 6th week in therapy with the school SLP. She focuses on getting him to say certain words correctly. So far they all end in a "p" or a "t" . One of the first words was "Cup." Ben always said it as "Cu" , completely negating the end sound. So during therapy she kept repeating the "pah" in P. So then he started pronouncing it "cupah" which was fine, at least he was getting the "p" sound in there & she would work to refine the "pah" later. So at home, it was "cupah" . This lasted for a few weeks. But last week, I asked him if he drank all his water & he said "ya, dwa waw ouw my cup" and his cup word sounded beautiful!!
We've been reading "Hop on Pop" a lot lately, as other words from his speech list on in that book. He says "cup, pup, pop, hop," all perfectly. Now sometimes when he gets going in a sentence, he might revert back to dropping the ending sound.. but for the most part , he's getting it!
The school therapist was very pleased with his progress, especially at last weeks session. He opened his mouth beatifully & showed her how good his "p" sound is! He's also improving his "t" sound, but it still needs some work.
I'm grateful for the progress he's made thus far. I think he is starting to understand that he isn't understandable. As I've been doing these videos of him talking (& there are a lot more that I just haven't added on this page), he is very interested in listening to himself. When I show him the video, he looks a little puzzled. Almost as if, he's thinking "that's how I sound?" Because with apraxia , they know what they are saying or want to say.
Another positive note, I finally have a private therapy evaluation at the end of the month.