Empowerment: The "E" Aspect of Therapy

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Re: Empowerment

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Date: 05 Oct 2009
Time: 22:11:36 -0500
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Suzy- Before we acknowledge stuttering in the young child we must first determine if the child is already aware of their dysfluency. Drawing attention to stuttering is not the problem it the manner in which attention is drawn to it that can be problematic. Positive acknowledgement of difficulty talking can "normalize" stuttering, as Bill Murphy says. Negative or critical acknowledgment should never occur. I think we need to consider that message we send to kids about stuttering when we don't talk about it. Many young children know they stutter because they are tensing and pushing and struggling to communicate . By not acknowledging this we are inadvertently sending these kids a negative message about stuttering and increase their sense of "being alone" in dealing with it. To more directly answer your question, I have seen a child react poorly to the suggestions in the paper, and you are right, it makes therapy fun.


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