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From: Joseph Dewey (joseph_dewey@hotmail.com)
Date: 01 Oct 2005
Time: 18:11:19 -0500
Remote Name: 24.10.232.18
Hi Gailyn. This is an interesting question. Clutterers have very little organization in many areas of their life, and I've noticed that with me, I tend to compensate for that lack of organization by drawing on other people's organization. So, I think that what you’re describing will be helpful with all children with speech problems, but especially with cluttering children. I’ve noticed that I learn to an extreme degree by modeling other people’s behavior, due to lack of ability to organize myself. So, I think that if you’re using being “up front” as a model for the client to follow due to speech problems that you’ve had and resolved, then it will help a lot. I would guess that sharing problems that you haven’t yet found solutions to would make it difficult for the client to model, but I think that clutterers are generally good problem solvers in an abstract sort of way, so a yet unsolved problem that you’re facing could be a good sharing exercise, and a model of how to work through speech problems, because your cluttering client could probably come up with a unique, interesting solution. They could then use the whole experience as a model for how to solve speech problems on their own. Also, thinking back on my speech therapy, I remember that the most effective techniques were where I could directly model behavior from my SLP. There are so many areas that I had underdeveloped that I was able to pick up just by watching my SLP.