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From: Dale Williams
Date: 11 Oct 2011
Time: 07:52:37 -0500
Remote Name: 131.91.248.210
Katie--as you suggest, those lingering disfluencies can be frustrating, for client, family, & SLP alike. It's difficult to answer your question accurately without seeing the kid, but in general (and I'm sure you already know this), decreased tension is a good thing & this might just be part of the recovery process (i.e., a decrease in quality, as opposed to quantity, of disfluency). It could also be a learned behavior or a sign of overall discoordination. What happens when you ask him to voluntarily shorten them?