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From: Danielle A.- SLP grad student
Date: 07 Oct 2008
Time: 19:43:09 -0500
Remote Name: 24.187.189.66
First of all I found this article very interesting because it reminded me of what I went through when I was younger. I had a language delay and some learning disabilities when I was younger and because of it I never felt smart and I felt different from the other kids. As a result I wanted to be perfect. If I did not do my very best on school work, sports, etc. I would put myself down and think I was not good enough. Reading this article reminded me how I used to be a perfectionist and how my learning disability made me feel different. This article gave me more of an understanding of why I thought the way I did. I am now a first year speech-language pathology graduate student at NYU and I am currently taking a fluency class. I was wondering what your suggestions would be for first time clinicians dealing with clients or even the parents of clients who feel they need to achieve perfectionism? We talked about in class how parents of preschoolers are afraid that stuttering will hinder their child, so how do we tell these parents that their child does not need to be perfect and that they are fine the way they are? Also do you think that stuttering is a secondary behavior that forms because of the core behaviors?