For Speech Language Pathologists

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This material was written by Kenneth O. St. Louis, Ph.D., West Virginia University, and updated by Kathleen Scaler Scott, Ph.D., Misericordia University

How do you know if you or someone else has a cluttering problem?

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.

Written by Rosalee Shenker, Ph.D., Montreal Fluency Centre

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Although the etiology of stuttering is not fully understood, there is strong evidence to suggest that it emerges from a combination of constitutional and environmental factors.

Counseling Parents of a Child with Normal Disfluencies

If a child appears to be normally disfluent, parents should be reassured that these disfluencies are like the mistakes every child makes when he or she is learning any new skill, like walking, writing, or bicycling. Parents should be advised to accept the disfluencies without any discernable reaction or comment.