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From: Steve Hood
Date: 10/5/03
Time: 4:45:33 PM
Remote Name: 64.12.96.137
Hi, Jennifer
Thanks for your positive comments. I am glad you liked the paper.
I'd like to comment on use of the word "cure." Personally, I don't like the term "cure" because it implies the medical model, where the patient is "sick" and gets "cured from the "illness." Also-- this paper is talking about successful outcomes for older clients-- possibly teens and adults-- for whom stuttering has become a chronic problem accompanied by secondary characteristics of escape and avoidance, as well as negative attitudes and feelings.
I believe that early intervention and treatment for children can be highly effective in preventing the problem, and that such folks can end up with normally fluent speech.
I hope you see what I mean about "cure" and the differences in precention and early intervention in kids, and more direct treatment in folks whose stuttering has become perpetuated, long term.
Thanks for your comments
Steve Hood