Allison is 9 years old. She goes to Sacred Heart School in Oelwein, Iowa and is in speech therapy at the Cedar Falls UNI Speech and Hearing Clinic. She made puppets and had a puppet show about stuttering! It was a lot of fun and her speech clinicians, Karen and Susie said that "she did a wonderful job." She did her first puppet show at the clinic. It was good practice before she gave her presentation to her class at school.


Allison's Play About Stuttering

Narrarator: One day a girl named Allison was on her way to school and while talking to her friend, Cortney, she began to stutter.

Allison: Hey Cortney, wait up! I need to talk to you about something.

Cortney: OK! What do you want to talk to me about?

Allison: Well, (rep.) I need to talk (rep.) to you about school (pro.). it's our math assignment. I forgot to do it. Can (rep.) you help me?

Cortney: Sure. Ok, # 12 is 7 X 2 = 14.

Allison: Thanks, Cortney!

Cortney: No problem, see you at school!

Narrator: After Cortney helped Allison with her math assignment, Allison went home and told her parents that she had stuttered while talking to Cortney. Her parents agreed that she should go to the Speech and Hearing Clinic to help her.

Allison: Mom, Dad, Angy today I stuttered while I was talking to Cortney. It felt weird because I've never done it before. I kind of felt embarrassed. Can you do something about it for me?

Mom, Dad, Angy: Ok, let's take you to the UNI Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Narrator: Allison went to the UNI Speech and Hearing Clinic. This next scene takes place at the end of a therapy session. Her assignment is to write a story on stuttering.

Karen, Susie: Your assignment for next time is to write a story on stuttering. Also, before you go home let's review your fluency enhancing strategies.

Allison: Ok, # 1 is airflow and light contacts. # 2 is connect words with voice. # 3 is stretch out the vowel sound. # 4 is phrasing.

Karen, Susie: Your assignment for next time is to write a story on stuttering. Now don't forget to use your fluency enhancing strategies if you need to. Let us know how it went, ok?

Allison: Ok, good bye!

Karen, Susie: Good bye!!

Narrator: So then Allison went home, wrote her story on stuttering, and used her fluency enhancing strategies when she needed to.

The End!