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From: Corrie Smichnick
Date: 22 Oct 2004
Time: 13:47:06 -0500
Remote Name: 209.114.134.243
I am currently a speech language pathology student and I found your article to bring back memories, but also to be wonderful. I know the fustration of continueous contradictions that are handed to you by the "ones that should know" the answers.I am working to be the informative, caring,and supportive speech pathologist that will never cause these heartaches and continuous contradictions.Information like yours and your son inspires me more each day. I was just wondering some of your thoughts and outcomes to your story. If you don't mind me asking, after I have went on forever, "Did you find any of the given strategies,(change your speech patterns), to remain constant suggestions through any of the therapists"? You also mentioned that the second to the last session his stuttering returned with vengeance. The therapist at that time said you had been through therapy for that before.You know what to do. Did you ever come to a conclusion what she/he had ment? I know that it is extremely crucial to remind clients at all times that relapse can and will occur. I also wanted to comment that I am amazed that the therapists did not use terms that you could understand, and/or explain until you knew exactly what was going on with your sons speech. I agree to the end: communication and conversation with the parent is so important. I hope you have or will find the fluency specialist that will give you and your son just that and more. Thanks for your time. Corrie Smichnick