Seven Principles of Stuttering Therapy: Part 2

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Principle #5: Treatment for Stuttering Takes Time

From: Wandie Laguerre
Date: 13 Oct 2008
Time: 22:42:41 -0500
Remote Name: 24.188.186.247

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Dear Mr. Healey, My name is Wandie Laguerre, a graduate student at New York University majoring in Speech Language Pathology. My question is in regards to Principle #5 which speaks about the process of treating stuttering takes time. I know that it takes time to treat stuttering, but what if a clinician encounters a person who stutters severely and has been coming to therapy for about a year and his/her stuttering does not seem to be diminishing. What does a clinician do in this situation? When does a clinician tell a client that s/he no longer needs to come to therapy because s/he does not seem to be improving? Does the clinician prolong the therapy until she gets some result? I just don't think that it is proper to continue with therapy if the client is not showing any kind of changes. What are your thoughts on that? Am I wrong to think that way?


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