Explaining Stuttering to the Media

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Re: Wonderful Article!

From: Jim McClure
Date: 21 Oct 2010
Time: 23:34:15 -0500
Remote Name: 71.228.102.188

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Actually, you probably had better preparation than most SLPs. I find it a little scary that clinicians who have not had a single fluency course are considered qualified to treat people who stutter. The NSA's 2009 survey of people who stutter showed that 66% of adults have had therapy three or more times and 35% have had therapy five times or more. 84% experienced a relapse after improving their fluency in speech therapy. But people whose clinician was a board recognized fluency specialist were more likely to have a successful therapy experience. By the way, most of us really are more fluent inside the speech clinic. Maybe they put something in the coffee.


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