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From: Gary J. Rentschler
Date: 20 Oct 2011
Time: 21:37:52 -0500
Remote Name: 74.98.204.172
In my experience, I have needed to rely heavily on the patient's reports. VERY few are feigning a stuttering (malingering). Progress in therapy is gauged by the client being more forthcoming about their stuttering with others, talking about it more opening in therapy, and sometimes letting more disfluencies appear in their speech for others to see and hear. Its mostly adolescents and adults who seek help for the covert stuttering behaviors.