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From: Dick Mallard
Date: 03 Oct 2011
Time: 06:40:01 -0500
Remote Name: 70.115.247.185
A comprehensive therapy program will include both properly administered fluency shaping procedures as well as desensitization and avoidance reduction. Which therapy approach comes first depends on many factors such as age, severity of problem, and attitude of the client toward communication. A forty-five year professional career and a lifetime of dealing with my own stuttering leads me to believe that an open, positive attitude coupled with a willingness to communicate (lack of fear) provides an excellent foundation for controlling stuttering whether you use fluency shaping or symptom modification.