TREATING THE SCHOOL AGE STUTTERER Material in this document was contributed by Peter Ramig, Pamela Stewart, Patricia Ogrodnick-Walton, and Ellen Bennet. Originally presented as a mini-session at the ASHA convention, Boston, MA, 1988, it was revised and expanded 2/94 and reformatted for inclusion in this website by Judy Kuster, with permission. Introduction Basic Principles Underlying Therapy COMPONENT 1. Establishment of fluency through increasingly long and complex linguistic stimuli COMPONENT 2. Regulating and controlling breathstream COMPONENT 3. Establishment of light articulatory contacts COMPONENT 4. Controlling speaking rate COMPONENT 5. Facilitation of oral-motor planning and coordination COMPONENT 6. Desensitization therapy COMPONENT 7. Modification of the stuttering moment COMPONENT 8. Reduction of (word) avoidance behaviors COMPONENT 9. Facilitation of development of self-awareness and self-monitoring skills, as they relate to fluency COMPONENT 10 Facilitation of a positive attitude toward communication, and toward himself as a communicator COMPONENT 11.Transfer and maintenance of fluency COMPONENT 12 Parental involvement