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Teacher's attitudes towards stuttering

From: Jaime Leschke
Date: 10/19/02
Time: 8:59:40 PM
Remote Name: 68.37.113.121

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I am a speech-language specialist working in the school setting. A first grade student was recently referred to me by her classroom teacher for stuttering (she will be my very first stutterer). I was discussing this student with her teacher and I was shocked at her perception of stuttering and her attitude towards this student who stutters. She truly believed that this childs stuttering behavior was a factor of unintelligence, and she reported that she never calls on this child to answer questions because it is frustrating for her to listen to the child stammer. My question for you is how do I go about educating this teacher to have a more understanding and accepting attitude towards her extremely bright student who stutters??

Jaime Leschke


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