Some parents have the shock of hearing their young child start to stutter as a toddler. I am somebody who runs a speech centre in Birmingham, England, I now help people to achieve fluency.
I met a lady who was thirty and her little boy aged four had been stuttering for quite a while. She had taken him to speech therapy and was extremely anxious as to why he was stuttering. It had possibly started because the toddlers father had quite a severe stutter, the boy may of picked up the bad habits this way.
Many other people contact me asking why their toddler has developed a stutter and asking what forms of stuttering treatments are available.
I always suggest that they keep as patient as they can and try to play games, speech games with their child. They can challenge the child to say the word fluently, they show their child how it should be said and then bet them that they can’t do it themselves. When they do manage to say that particular word fluently they then heap lots of praise onto the child, telling them how clever they are and how proud mommy and daddy are of them. I even advise giving them an award like a small chocolate bar.
If instead of being patient parents or relatives are aggressive, saying things like: "Get your words boy" "Spit it out!" These types of comments can have a very negative effect and make that child withdraw into their shell. This may to
some people seem very obvious to say, however you would not believe the amount of people who have told me this is what they were told as an infant.
Alleviate Your Child From Stuttering & Stammering
The California Kids Newspaper, which is distributed to more than 1000 locations in the Sacramento Valley, publishes Artie’s children’s stories as a monthly series called Knapptime.
Adult Guidance to Your Child’s Stutter Problem
When children do not stop stuttering than it is a good idea to see what factors of the child’s environment could be enhancers of the problem. Children get often confused when it comes to using language.
Parents should also read it with their children and may be understand their child better. The reviews for this book have been very favorable so far.
Stuttering Disorders in School-Aged Children
This course provides an overall view of the assessment and treatment of school-aged children who stutter. Practical strategies are outlined and interactive activities
Concern over speaking to young children
I hope I have not upset my neighbor, or of course those children. You would think that most people would be at least somewhat aware of stuttering.
While it might seem that you “need to” know the cause in order to resolve the problem, that’s just not the case with stuttering.
New Children’s Book Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand
Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand is a childrens book about a little squirrel who stutters and how his disability affects his life and those around him.
Stephen Hill
About The Author
Stephen Hill has a number of websites including:
http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk
http://blog.stammering-stuttering.co.uk/blog
info@stammering-stuttering.co.uk
This article was posted on March 27, 2006
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