Seven Principles of Stuttering Therapy

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Re: Terminology

From: Charlie Healey
Date: 15 Oct 2007
Time: 06:33:44 -0500
Remote Name: 76.84.69.211

Comments

Mark: Thanks for your comments about my article. I think you misinterpreted what I said to Gunars. I was agreeing with Gunars that there is an affective component to stuttering that needs to be addressed, whether by some type of psychological approach or through the counseling an SLP can give a client, which I think can be effective. When a person who stutters has emotional issues beyond the stuttering or are preventing the person from being able to manage life emotionally, then I believe a combination of stuttering therapy and psychological therapy works best. In fact, an adult who stutters in our clinic has made significant gains in his fluency by overcoming the social phobia of speeaking through treatment by a psychologist with additional therapy from us. So, no, I am not saying that stuttering should be treated by psychologists in order to deal with the affective component of my CALMS model. The complexity of treatment for stuttering comes down to how well our behavioral methods are able to assist the client in making changes in his/her cognitive, affective, linguistic, motor, and social factors. Your notion of a stuttering syndrome is interesting. I would like to learn more about what you are proposing.


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