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From: Dick Mallard
Date: 21 Oct 2009
Time: 06:27:35 -0500
Remote Name: 70.115.247.181
Daisy, thank you for your questions. I try to deal with the issues that are presented as problems by the child and/or parents and stay away from psychological issues that I think may be relevant. Of course, some couseling is needed with the issues that are raised. Eye contact is an excellent desensitization procedure. When a person is keeping eye contact during stuttering it is saying to the listener that I may be having difficulty talking but I want you to stay with me. I have found that a person cannot get control of the moment of stuttering until eye contact can be maintained during stuttering. The eye contact is the first step in speech control as I see it. Thanks again and best wishes.