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From: Judith Eckardt
Date: 10 Oct 2004
Time: 19:19:01 -0500
Remote Name: 67.128.194.14
Hi, Yes, often kids who stutter love to talk and as they talk, get more excited and stutter more. I have found doing things with their hands (puzzle, playdoh, lego blocks)will gradually reduce the excitement level and reduce the amount of stuttering. They may even talk less as they become absorbed in the hands task and when they do speak they have more fluency. Then you have the opportunity to model a slower rate or gloss what they say which gives them a feeling of success.