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Young children in therapy

From: Tyra (graduate student)
Date: 16 Oct 2008
Time: 18:29:52 -0500
Remote Name: 12.219.208.8

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Hello, my name is Tyra and I am a graduate student in speech-language pathology. Currently, I am taking a class on fluency disorders. We have learned that when a clinician has a young child in therapy who they are treating for a fluency disorder, but is not aware of their stuttering that we as the clinician we should not point out their stuttering. What are your views on this? Do you agree that a young child’s stuttering should not be pointed out to them, or do you believe it is best they know so you can better work with them? If you do believe that they should not be told of their stuttering, what are your thoughts on treatment? Also, you address in your article that “clinicians need to be very clear about exactly what it is that the people coming to them are expecting from them.” If a child does not know why they are attending therapy is this something that should be spoken with to the parent of the child? Should we be addressing what the parent wants for the child? Furthermore, what do you tell the child if they ask why they come to therapy? Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond to my many questions! I look forward to hearing from you.


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