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Re: Am I working with a covert stutter? Another thought

From: Steve Hood
Date: 10/16/01
Time: 8:44:56 AM
Remote Name: 199.33.133.50

Comments

Your most recent post generated some additional ideas. I wonder if maybe his stuttering is on a infrequent and mild side, but if there may be increased problems for him when he is engaging in more complex language formulation. Some kids (and adults) are susceptible to increased disfluency and stuttering when generating longer and/or more complex linguistic utterances. He may have some subtle language formulation and/or word finding problems. And even if he does not have a "clinically significant" language problem, helping him with overall language formulation might help.

The analogy here would be to public speaking: first you tell them what you are going to tell them (intro) -- and then you tell them (main points) -- and then you tell them what you told them (conclusion.)

Or maybe help him with language sequencing. Ask him to tell you, in proper sequence, as much as he can tell you about what he did last weekend: begin with Friday night, and tell me as much as you can that you did until Sunday night.

He may be a bit too old for this, but you might try using some of the commercially available language "picture sequencing cards" -- have him put the pictures in the proper order to tell a story, and then have him tell you the story..... (Some of the actual pictures may seem a bit young for him, but explain the purpose, and I think he'll buy into the activity.

Hope these ideas help.


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