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From: Vivian Sisskin
Date: 23 Oct 2009
Time: 09:22:09 -0500
Remote Name: 12.50.199.2
Pam, Great question and I’d like to add something to what Lynne and Ken have said. I find that it helps to work simultaneously on attitudes, emotions, and speech motor change, and that includes assessment as well. I find that these aspects don’t exist in isolation in PWS. Changing the stuttering pattern often involves doing something different, and that may require courage (both desensitization and cognitive work can help here). Once a person achieves some success in motor areas, his/her confidence (that he/she can stutter more comfortably) increases, which leads to positive attitudes about showing oneself as a PWS (important to acceptance).