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From: Ken Logan
Date: 05 Oct 2010
Time: 13:50:52 -0500
Remote Name: 128.227.55.137
Thanks for your comments! You raise a good point -- some kids are much more receptive to reading than others, and older kids sometimes balk at reading books which they perceive to be either "too long" or "babyish." Although some of the books on our list are rated as "young adult" -- even those, in my opinion, are best suited for, say, 7th graders through maybe high school freshman. Of course, some of this depends upon the reading abilities of the client, their interests, etc. For reluctant readers, one can certainly examine selected excerpts from books, which the clinician and client co-read. For older teens and for adults, there are other reading-based options. Lynne Shields alluded to this in her post. For example, there are several good autobiographies on stuttering (e.g., books by Marty Jezer, Frederick Murray) as well as the possibility of having discussions about scenes from some of the movies that feature characters who stutter.