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From: DMJ, ISU
Date: 21 Oct 2009
Time: 23:51:05 -0500
Remote Name: 68.54.223.17
I am currently a graduate student at Illinois State University and often hear about one of my peers and their client who stutters. They always say how they may not even start working on stuttering for a year because they are waiting for the client to be ready. It is important to be sure the client is comfortable and open to talking about his or her speech. Positive attitudes are key! Before we can even start therapy, we have to prepare them for therapy and make sure they have a positive attitude about the efficacy of therapy. It is unfortunate so many children and teens have a negative view of therapy services, no matter what they are. As Diane said, it is all about finding what works best for each individual client. Making a client/student feel comfortable is not just something we can do with our clients who stutter either. All clients should be able to build up a rapport with their clinicians. Therapy will be much more effective if there is a high comfort level. Questions for currently practicing SLP’s: Have you found ‘creating a hierarchy of difficulty’ with your clients who stutter to be helpful? Have you ever had a client/student who was so unmotivated to do therapy that you had to discontinue therapy? If you had one tip for future SLP’s, what would it be?