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From: A Parent...
Date: 12 Oct 2009
Time: 15:15:39 -0500
Remote Name: 205.213.111.52
In my association with stuttering self help groups for helping myself and my child, I have learned ASHA does not require - and the vast majority of university programs do not prepare - masters level graduate SLP's entering the public school systems to even remotely implement basic therapy for kids who stutter. Forget the ethics part --It should be a criminal act to deliver "therapy" to children when the "professional" does not have even the basics in knowledge of stuttering, let alone treatment. Failure of ASHA and State Education Departments to police the school professionals is also a serious problem is the public schools. Mr. Donaher is correct regarding educating parents, but ASHA does so poorly at being ASHA, and the Public Schools protect their own kind. When will the specialists start blowing the whistle on the problems in the public schools for therapy with CWS? Money and lawyers would change the situation in the long run, but who has the money? What ever happened to "Do No Harm" like in the medical field? The school experience for therapy is terrible.