Changing Attitudes in Children Who Stutter

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Changing attitudes is not easy work

From: Melissa B.
Date: 17 Oct 2009
Time: 12:02:18 -0500
Remote Name: 24.29.47.120

Comments

Diane, Thank you for posting this. I am a graduate student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. I agree wholeheartedly that a child's feelings and attitudes should be a main focus of stuttering therapy. The more a child can learn about his/her own attitudes toward stuttering the better they will be able to deal with them and the more control they will feel in conversation. I have a few questions I hope you can answer for me. I really like how you give the kids their own slide to create. Is this generally an activity you would use in a group therapy setting or could you also use it in individual treatment sessions with children? How do you (or the kids) generally present the final product, and for whom? Finally, what do you do if a child is resistant to meeting other people who stutter? I suppose you could show him/her videos of other children around the same age as the child and hope it warms them up to the idea that it's okay to share with other people. But what if they continue to refuse? I thank you for taking the time to read my questions, and eagerly anticipate your response. Regards, Melissa B.


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