Written by Lisa A. Scott, Ph.D.
Should My Child Attend Speech Therapy?
Stuttering can become a lifelong part of talking for some people. However, it does not have to interfere with your child's ability to make friends, participate in the classroom, make good grades, form lasting relationships, or achieve career goals.
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There are usually two main goals in stuttering therapy for this age group:
Children with severe stuttering problems should be referred immediately. Children who have mild stuttering problems that have not shown marked improvement within six to eight weeks, depending on the child, should also be referred. These children should be given direct treatment if it is warranted, and their parents will receive support and guidance, and they will be followed carefully.
Children tease each other for many different reasons. A child who is taller than the others is sometimes teased. The same may happen to a child who is very short.
You may be teased about a big nose or giant ears. About being sick a lot or about not running fast. About having red hair or about being slow at math. About not wearing the right clothes or about not having a bicycle.
Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., researcher for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, answers questions from students at Glendale American Elementary School.
Boston Workshop Deemed Success
Talking with children who stutter
By Dean E. Williams, Ph.D.
By Dean E. Williams, Ph.D.
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By Rob Bloom
I stutter. I always have. In fact, I can remember being three years old and trying very hard to push out the word 'd-d-daddy.'
Jeffrey Blitz, writer and director of Rocket Science, answers SFA questions.
Q: Is there one incident in your childhood that inspired you to write the screenplay for Rocket Science?
This 30-page book written and illustrated by 8 year-old Jamie describes the tribulations that many children who stutter encounter both in the classroom and on the playground.
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At a time of spiraling health care costs, speech therapy is one free benefit many parents can appreciate. If your child stutters, he or she may be eligible for free speech therapy in school.
Under federal law, public and private schools must provide special education services such as speech therapy to children, even preschoolers, who need them. "Unfortunately, many parents aren't aware that this free resource exists and that it can save them hundreds of dollars in health care costs," said Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation. "Stuttering therapy may not be covered by employer-based health insurance either," she added.
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