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From: Charlie Healey
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Time: 12:34:15 -0500
Remote Name: 129.93.99.57
Tara: For a client who does well in therapy (meaning that they are pretty fluent) then yes, we work on building confidence and work on accepting more stuttering that may occur outside of the therapy setting. Transfer of fluency skills to other settings and people takes time and also changes in thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and perceptions. It is important that a clinician introduce other people into therapy or go with the client when they speak to others. Role playing and practice on what to do, think and monitor will help in transferring the skills learned in therapy with other people in a variety of situations. I usually try to start with people who are easy to talk to or put them in easy speaking situations first and then gradually move to those that are more difficult. Hope this addresses your question.