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From: Rosemarie
Date: 19 Oct 2010
Time: 16:46:09 -0500
Remote Name: 86.129.241.142
Hi Kim, Your question is difficult to answer because the strategies would vary from one parent to another and also depending on why they were losing faith in the child’s progress. If the problem is genuinely that the child is not making progress then we need to use problem-solving skills to work out what is going wrong. With the LP as with many other treatments we need to break down the different aspects of the treatment and see if they have been used appropriately, if they are being used sufficiently and if they have the desired effect. If all these things seem fine but the child is making no progress then it seems like a situation where we need to discuss with a more experienced colleague what might be going on. Sometimes people lose faith because they are still expecting a magic wand even though we have explained the stuttering cannot just be fixed. We have a role in educating parents about stuttering and also about how therapy works- how it is usually a process of gradually increasing mastery of skills etc. We know the sorts of things that can indicate progress in the treatments that we use and we need to be sure that parents can also see these signs or steps along the way. Parents may also become discouraged if their child makes progress and then has a few difficult talking days and we need to find ways of helping them cope with the ups and downs and keep their eye on the bigger picture. All the best