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From: Scott
Date: 02 Oct 2012
Time: 21:23:48 -0500
Remote Name: 108.17.124.241
Hi Briann - Thanks for reading our paper. The strategy of using classroom presentations to help children educate others in their class about stuttering is an excellent one. We absolutely advocate that. In fact, I may be wrong about this, but my coauthor Bill Murphy may have been one of the first to use it consistently with school-age children who stutter. (Certainly, people did it before, but I think that Bill was among the first to develop the method as a standard part of treatment - and among the first to write about it.) He probably will be embarrassed that I've written this. In fact, Bill and other co-author Nina (Reardon) Reeves published a brochure about classroom presentations for the National Stuttering Association (NSA) years ago. The method is one of the centerpieces of a booklet that the four of us published through the NSA in 2004.* So, yes, we absolutely like this strategy, and we have seen excellent results in doing this to help children overcome the challenges of bullying. (* We are currently revising this booklet into a full-fledged book about minimizing bullying in school-age children who stutter... the book will be accompanied by workbooks specifically for children that will help them prepare their classroom presentations. The book will be available at the ASHA conference this year. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE: The 4 of us will receive royalties from the sale of the book, and 2 of us - Nina Reeves and I - are the publishers.) Thanks again for reading the paper. We'll look forward to further discussion! Scott (sorry Bill ;-)