Learning about Speech Production, Easy Initiations and Moving Through Sounds in Words

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Re: Using this technique in a group session

From: Peter Reitzes
Date: 17 Oct 2008
Time: 10:08:22 -0500
Remote Name: 165.155.192.68

Comments

Mitzi, thanks for writing. I think that mixed therapy groups (children who stutter and children with other speech or language impairments) can be very productive. However, I also feel that there will be times when it is more appropriate to work individually with the child who stutters or to place him or her in a small group with other children who stutter. Certainly, a strict articulation group and a child who stutters could have joint lessons to learn how speech sounds are produced. They could learn together about placement, manner, coarticulation, etc. In addition, they could teach each other about why they come to speech class, learn about their issues together and teach one another their speaking strategies. It may be appropriate to discuss teasing as well. One fun way to do some of this is to work on class presentations, a newsletter or a school or therapy center bulletin board. For example, you could explain to your students that many people do not know what speech class (or speech therapy) is and that a good way to educate people is by writing a newsletter (speech newspaper). Then students could work together to make a newsletter discussing many aspects of articulation and stuttering. In the newsletter they could showcase some of their work.


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