Using fictional literature as a tool in fluency intervention programs for children and teens

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Re: Great idea!

From: Ken Logan
Date: 21 Oct 2010
Time: 08:08:48 -0500
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Comments

Thanks for your comments. There's no particular group with whom to use the approach. It just mainly depends upon what the treatment goal is, and, to some extent, a child's reading abilities. As far as using books like this as an educational tool for parents, etc., I suppose you could do that, but there are probably more efficient ways to reach that goal (e.g., there are several good DVD's about stuttering from the Stuttering Foundation, as well as pamphlets, short articles, etc., from a variety of sources. Most of the fiction books provide reasonably accurate portrayals of stuttering, but as I mentioned in some of my other posts, the books for young readers are, by their nature, much less detailed and complicated than books for older readers. Many of the fiction books do offer snapshots of some of the challenging speaking situations that speakers who stutter face, and that may be of value to some parents.


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