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What clinicians should know!

From: Sophia C. Tsimis
Date: 20 Oct 2008
Time: 20:10:27 -0500
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Hi Susan, I agree with the overarching theme of your article. Therapy for PWS should be tailored to the individual. However, it's challenging when the individuals we treat have unrealistic expectations for treatment outcomes. Stuttering is a multifactorial process and we sometimes don't consider much beyond the therapy or helping our clients attain fluent speech. I am a graduate student working with a gentleman who has come a long way in reaching his goals of more fluent speech and eliminating excessive secondary behaviors. Despite this progress, he still stutters on the specific sounds of /k/ and /g/ when speaking. Although adding a schwa after these sounds facilitates fluency, he feels different when speaking compared to his peers and perceives this technique as unnatural. How can a therapist help a client overcome negative attitudes and become more accepting of a technique that works while respecting their desire to speak more "normally"? Thanks again for the great article. Sincerely, Sophia C. Tsimis


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