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From: Jennifer Delaney
Date: 16 Oct 2010
Time: 17:03:10 -0500
Remote Name: 67.166.240.187
Parents seem to rarely begin the therapy process understanding that their feelings and actions can impact a child’s therapy progress and may be quite surprised when a dedicated SLP takes the time to inform them otherwise. Also, as Jamie’s example showed, parents often feel their feelings regarding their child’s fluency are irrelevant and want as much time spent as possible helping their child. Yours and Jamie’s attempt to open the door in the beginning allows for more affective communication and understanding, even if a parent does not ultimately feel compelled to walk through it. Please excuse my ignorance, as I am just an “aspiring” SLP, but could you and/or Jamie comment on what you personally feel “should be” the determining factors dictating the number of clients one should keep on a caseload? In addition, I find your therapy approach interesting and wonder if there exists a brief paper or summary that you can recommend that best illustrates your use of contextual psychology with stuttering? Thank you.