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From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 12 Oct 2004
Time: 19:34:48 -0500
Remote Name: 205.188.116.201
Lisa, Children who find stories unappealing would be few in number. But if you encounter one who does and who would benefit from first approaching stuttering in an impersonal manner, working with puppets or a doll family may be helpful, especially where the story acted out with the puppets and/or dolls is a "make-believe" story verbalized by the child as cued and possibly interpreted by the therapist who can play along using a pupppet and/or doll. Drawing and/or painting, possibly parallel, where the therapist and child draw together and where the therapist narrates a story based on what she/he draws/paints while subtly encouraging the child to talk similarly about her/his drawing or painting is another way to approach problem-solving impersonally. From there, if communication is good and trust developed, more direct personal exploration of the child's own problem would follow. I'm sure you'll come up with great ideas of your own! Thanks for this interesting question. Ellen-Marie Silverman