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From: Lourdes
Date: 10 Oct 2007
Time: 18:56:49 -0500
Remote Name: 71.174.111.192
I have been working with a fith grade students with severe silent blocks (covert stutter too) for about 12 months, He went undetected as a severe stutter due to his hiding it for several years, teeachers thinking he had cognitive issues for his slow way of responding in class. He is in a substantially separate class, but I'm no sure yet he belongs there. Mind you, he is working on CALMS approaches to address his stuttering. But the interesting thing is that last week I let him borrow the behind the ear device from speech easy which he held with his hand to his ear while he read a book aloud and while he engaged in verbal exchanges with me. What I'm getting at is that he experience 100% fluency in front of my eyes. He was so elated that he asked in a mesmerized manner to explain to him what was happening. He begged me to allow him to keep the device for a longer period. Sadly, I could not let him take it as it is my DEMO from speecheasy, but he agreed to use it the next time he comes to therapy. I can't say how he will respond in the future to the device, but I know he is looking forward to it. In the mean time, I'll continue with my CALMS approach as this is empowering to him as a communicator but I'll also in conjuction use the speech easy DEMO so that he experiences fluent speech.