Stuttering and concomitant disorders: What to tell clients and their families

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Late Onset Stuttering

From: Shawna Johnson UNO Graduate Student
Date: 17 Oct 2008
Time: 10:17:48 -0500
Remote Name: 68.13.21.133

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Your paper brought up a question that I have regarding a 5th grade client I had during one of my externships. I had this client about 6 months ago so the details of his medical history are not fresh in my mind-however-I do remember that he had a fairly significant medical history consisting of premature birth, failure to thrive, language delay (and gross and fine motor development delay), severe (and still present at age 11)articulation/phonology errors, and ADHD treated with medication. His cognition was normal. At the age of 11 he began to stutter for the first time. My question is--do you think his stuttering could have a neurogenic base given the late onset and his medical history? Also, would you make any referrals and/or bring up the oddness of the late onset to the parents? This was in an elementary school setting. Thanks!


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