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From: Charlie Healey
Date: 11 Oct 2011
Time: 14:44:00 -0500
Remote Name: 129.93.227.150
Traditionally, most students learn in their courses on stuttering treatment to work on speech mechanics as a way to help the person who stutters manage stuttering. However, there is a growing trend to look at stuttering treatment outcome as more than just how much someone stutters and consider it a multidimensional problem. Unfortunately, not many clinicians feel comfortable working on communication skills because they are not sure what to do. I think you raise a great point and trust me, there are many of us who teach our students to think more about stuttering than just reduce stuttering or use techniques. Clearly, an effective communicator is one who can still exhibit stuttering but is not afraid to talk about any topic to anyone at anytime. That's what good communication is all about and is an important goal for therapy for kids and adults who stutter. Many of us are doing our best to get that message out to as many SLPs as possible.