Reactive or Proactive: How Do You Respond to Stuttering?

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Re: Bullies

From: Tim Mackesey
Date: 17 Oct 2006
Time: 19:26:42 -0500
Remote Name: 72.145.253.179

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Good question. One thing is for sure: bullies need compelling consequences. They need to stop. Teasing for a speech impediment should be treated with the same severity as something like ethnic or racial harrassment. WHy? It permeates the child's identity and can leave scars for years. I treat adults who stutter and they often still have wounds from that very bullying in childhood. One thing that can be very potent for a bully is having a teacher sit down the bully and the pws in privacy. THe teacher clearly states why they are there. The pws gets to express the hurt it causes. The bully must sincerely apologize. The pws forgives if sincere. I believe the parent and counselors need this all documented as to show the seriousness of harrassment. CHeers, Tim


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