Seven Principles of Stuttering Therapy

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Re: Parents of young clients

From: Charlie Healey
Date: 16 Oct 2007
Time: 09:22:25 -0500
Remote Name: 129.93.99.57

Comments

Sabrina: I would find it unusual for parents of a young child to say that it is up to the child to change and not the environment or parent behaviors/attitudes. Usually, parents are eager to know what they can do to help make the child's stuttering less severe and create situations at home that help the child stutter less. If I encountered a parent who had the attitude that is the chil's responsibility for change, I would discuss with them how unrealistic that his. Or, I would talk to them about something that they don't do well and ask them how they woud feel if someone told them that they just have to try harder and not get any help along the way. Sometimes by having the parents go through the process of what they are asking their child to do helps them see that their expectations are unrealistic. Parents are a critical part of therapy and if they are not on board, the therapy will probably not have any effect. All you can do is help the child the best you can through therapy, recognizing that what you do in therapy could be undone by parent attitudes and actions. This is unfornuate, but it can happen. Thanks for your question.


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