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From: Liz
Date: 05 Oct 2008
Time: 22:24:49 -0500
Remote Name: 74.76.177.77
Mr. Rentschler- I enjoyed reading your article, I found it insightful and lead me to think about a one of my favorite students I worked with. Often times I would observe him outside the therapy room and things he would tell me about his stuttering did not appear to be true, and instances we talked about that may cause him to stutter did not seem to be happening. I asked him about these situations and he became embarrassed and did not want to admit that when playing with his friends he would not talk because he didn't want to stutter. What helped him was telling him about the situations that caused me to become dysfluent, and allowed him to observe them. He then became comfortable discussing these situations with me once he knew that I experienced them as well. My question is what can you do if the student won't recognize the discrepancy about what they say and what they do about their stuttering?