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From: A Pence
Date: 11 Oct 2010
Time: 11:29:22 -0500
Remote Name: 138.87.153.179
I found this article very interesting and helpful. It's so important that parents become involved in the therapy process because they are the ones who are communicating with their child more than the child communicates with a SLP in therapy. So having parental involvement is very important and allows for progress from the child much faster than a child who only has intervention in therapy. I know this therapy is related towards younger children, but I am currently working with a school-age child who stutters and the parents are very involved with his therapy by continuing to work with him at home. I think it is very important that they continue to work with him to help him modify his stuttering like behaviors to help with his fluency. It is always helpful to get the parents involved in the child’s therapy no matter how old they are! I was glad to hear about the Lidcombe Program and will continue to learn about this program to encourage the use of this with parents and children. One question: When the parents are working with the child using the LP, is the child receiving therapy from a SLP at the same time?