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From: Jessica - SLP Graduate Student
Date: 20 Oct 2008
Time: 23:39:27 -0500
Remote Name: 66.190.13.188
Your paper is a good resource that I, as a graduate student clinician, can utilize with my clients who stutter. I feel that you express the separation between articulation and stuttering therapy well by discussing right v. wrong and “too much, too little, just right.” I hadn’t thought of this third component (between right and wrong) and how it might truly make a difference with children who stutter. When dealing with ambiguous directions such as slow down, it is only natural to inquire as to “how much?” However, it would seem that teaching a child what “just right” is might increase the pressure they feel to be 'perfect' and discourage him/her or cause anxiety. How would you address this response if it were to occur? Is there a time when successful approximations are sufficient and we should settle for “close enough?”