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From: Dianne R. Olson
Date: 10/8/00
Time: 11:31:31 AM
Remote Name: 209.255.72.109
I used the book Harry and the Hippo (Children's Books About Stuttering) with a 10-year-old student I work with on nonfluency. We talked about what the hippo was and why it grew, etc. I then asked my student if he thought he could draw a picture of what stuttering looked like. I gave him no prompts and left him to work at the table by himself so as not to influence his thought process. He drew a very ugly head of a type of monster. When I asked him about it, he said it was "Mean and nasty." Even the tone of his voice let me know what he thought of this picture and how angry he was with it. I planned to use this picture as the beginning of a series of drawings which could be helpful in providing a starting place for our discussions. After this, I read the article "A Picture is Worth One Thousand Words" and found it totally fascinating. I plan to also share this site with my student and use this to help in our conversation starters. Thank you for a most interesting article!