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From: Judy Kuster
Date: 10/19/00
Time: 5:06:06 PM
Remote Name: 134.29.30.79
From what I can gather (my French is not very good and altavista translation service helps, but isn't perfect) Suzanne Borel-Maisonny was instrumental in starting the French association of speech therapists back in 1959. She also developed a method to teach language through gestures with each letter of the alphabet and each sound being represented by a gesture or a hand position. When the child pronounces the words he cannot reverse the letters of the word or the syllables "because he unconsciously memorized through gesture the order of appearance of the letters and syllables." I believe it is used for speech and also for children with reading difficulties. I do not know how it relates to stuttering therapy.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pedagogie.multimedia/005lecture/default.htm
I cannot find anything about Jose Farellada.
Perhaps the French Fédération nationale des orthophonistes (their website is http://www.fno.fr/) could help answer your questions or give you some information where you can get additional help.