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From: Sarah Ally
Date: 14 Oct 2010
Time: 18:51:48 -0500
Remote Name: 71.89.24.153
As an aspiring SLP I have, of course, thought of parent involvement in therapy. However, it had never occurred to me to have the parent be the “clinician”. This is an interesting concept. I can see how children, especially young children, could benefit from their parent being the one to introduce and help them with therapy techniques for stuttering. I also agree that many children would come to think of it as their parent “nagging” them to have better speech. Children who continue to stutter throughout their life I could envision having an especially difficult time with parent administered therapy. The upside to having parents administer therapy is the frequency of therapy and being able to start right away when stuttering is noticed. Knowing that time increases the likelihood that stuttering will continue indicates that therapy should be started as soon as possible. Parents have access to their children every day. They can administer therapy right away when problems are noted and have “sessions” often. Though, I do not think it should be the main option for stuttering therapy, I think this technique has its merits.