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From: Dick Mallard
Date: 04 Oct 2010
Time: 08:34:50 -0500
Remote Name: 70.115.247.185
Ellen, this is an excellent point. I directed a two week residential family stuttering program for children for several years that was modeled after the Michael Palin Centre's work in London. The entire family had to attend. I will not work with children without family involvement. I can tell you for a fact that parents of children who stutter need support that group meetings would provide. Many parents had never known that other children stutter and believed they were all alone. I could go on and on about this. The child who stutters will have the best chance of improving when the communication environment is involved in the entire clinical program. For children, the main communication environment is the family. Parents must understand the relevant issues for their child and how to reinforce them in their daily activities. Yes, parents need support and yes, they are the key in many cases for the eventual success of their child. Again, great post.