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gender and other factors to consider in therapy

From: John
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Time: 08:43:08 -0500
Remote Name: 128.252.173.202

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Dear Professors: In general, is there any advantage for a boy who stutters to have a male clinican (who can sort of be like a big brother). And for a girl in speech therapy to have a female clinician. 93% of speech therapists are female. Any reserach results or evidence one way or the other? What about race and cultural background considerations? I read somewhere that there are preliminary evidence that it may be helpful...

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