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From: Jenny Rich, University of Memphis
Date: 18 Oct 2004
Time: 23:39:11 -0500
Remote Name: 68.62.197.162
I greatly enjoyed reading about your program—how innovative! The benefits seem to not only lie in how the parents communicate with their children, but also on reducing the demands of the SLP’s caseload in the schools. Not only are parents more empowered and informed about stuttering, but communication lines between parents and professionals enable the parent to trust SLP’s and work more collaboratively with us in the future, if needed. I particularly gained insight about prevention with preschool children and I’m so glad that parents of “at-risk” children are also encouraged to attend the workshop. My question…are the parents encouraged to help make their child aware of his/her stuttering, or is this a purely indirect approach to therapy? I guess if they were attending a workshop and the ideas were implemented at home, then the child would probably notice the change in communication, but do most of the parents talk openly about stuttering with their children?