Reactive or Proactive: How Do You Respond to Stuttering?

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Re: Reactive PWS Parent

From: Tim Mackesey
Date: 20 Oct 2006
Time: 22:38:06 -0500
Remote Name: 72.145.253.179

Comments

A superb question: how to deal with a parent who stutters who is REACTIVE. The layperson might presume that all adult pws would automatically be proactive. Wrong. We really have to dig in here. Why would an adult pws find it important to be REACTIVE with his own child? Where is this coming from? THe adult PWS who is REACTIVE may be very afraid that his child will end up a stutterer. From this fear comes reactions. This adult needs counseling to remediate his personal issues with stuttering that would result in REACTIONS. The adult can logically understand the negative impact of reaction....he may have endured it himself. If he is still doing what he knows is wrong, there is a bigger and deeper issue. THe map is not the territory. If the child is treated well via therapy, he may recover better than his parent. Finding other parents who stutter who are PROACTIVE may be very helpful as mentors. Metaphors of recovery stories may help lessen the worry here. Cheers, Tim


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