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From: Tracy Butler
Date: 18 Oct 2010
Time: 21:34:45 -0500
Remote Name: 97.83.179.168
I can only imagine how difficult it must be to develop generalization from therapy to the real world. The practice groups are a great idea for improving confidence and skill. This has to be the hardest age for a person who stutters, the teenage years are all about “fitting in.” I can see where fear would build up. I like that the practice groups are a necessity in treatment. We did a neat exercise in class where we analyzed a language sample of a person who did not stutter. We counted how many “ums, yeahs, etc.” we heard and suddenly this person seemed to be disfluent. Our professor commented how he then shared this clip with his fluency clients and it made them realize that no one has perfect “fluent” speech. I thought about this when I read your comment about not beating ourselves up for stuttering-we all do it! I think it is extremely important for parents to be part of the groups, nothing can replace family support.