http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm Relax and Refresh with Us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:43:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-570 Bud Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:45:19 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-570 Parents can download a brochure from this web site http://www.stutteringhelp.org/DeskLeftDefault.aspx to give to teachers so that they are informed about stuttering. Even public school speech teachers will tell you that they were not trained in helping a stutterer and most don't feel comfortable working with a student who stutters. The Stuttering Foundation of America lists specialists in stuttering under referrals on their web site. Parents can download a brochure from this web site http://www.stutteringhelp.org/DeskLeftDefault.aspx to give to teachers so that they are informed about stuttering. Even public school speech teachers will tell you that they were not trained in helping a stutterer and most don’t feel comfortable working with a student who stutters. The Stuttering Foundation of America lists specialists in stuttering under referrals on their web site.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-568 Kevin Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:58:21 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-568 Very good points.. I had always thought this approach would be more damaging than it was helpful (maybe that's why I remember that anecdote some many years since I first heard it) I remember in third grade I had a friend who stuttered, he had to do a speech in front of the class and it took 20 minutes before the teacher just took him outside and had him do it by himself with no one around. I don't think most teachers understand the root of the problem, they just think it's nervousness or a bad habit. Very good points.. I had always thought this approach would be more damaging than it was helpful (maybe that’s why I remember that anecdote some many years since I first heard it) I remember in third grade I had a friend who stuttered, he had to do a speech in front of the class and it took 20 minutes before the teacher just took him outside and had him do it by himself with no one around. I don’t think most teachers understand the root of the problem, they just think it’s nervousness or a bad habit.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-567 Mulled Vine Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:10:15 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-567 Its criminal, Rena, really is. Its criminal, Rena, really is.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-564 Rena Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:57:37 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-564 Good points as ever, MV. My 6th grade teacher was pretty brutal "Rena, just keep on reading OR ELSE!" Not recommended. :-0 Good points as ever, MV. My 6th grade teacher was pretty brutal “Rena, just keep on reading OR ELSE!” Not recommended. :-0

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-563 Mulled Vine Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:53:39 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-563 Such an approach would surely only work if the teacher worked with the pupil to deal with the feelings behind the stammer. Otherwise its very brutal and will surely have a low success rate, potentially doing more harm than good. I don't avoid my stammer or potential stammering situations yet despite 40 years of speaking "practice" I still stammer. Its not a case of practising - its a case of dealing with root causes and correcting those. Such an approach would surely only work if the teacher worked with the pupil to deal with the feelings behind the stammer. Otherwise its very brutal and will surely have a low success rate, potentially doing more harm than good. I don’t avoid my stammer or potential stammering situations yet despite 40 years of speaking “practice” I still stammer. Its not a case of practising - its a case of dealing with root causes and correcting those.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-560 Rena Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-560 Perhaps that's why one of my 6th grade teachers made me read aloud in front of the entire class every day. It didn't work with me. :-0 But perhaps, as you suggest, it distracted him from realizing he was stuttering. I liked to read aloud as a kid to my pets and my toys, but not to my classmates. Thanks for taking time to comment, Kevin :-) Perhaps that’s why one of my 6th grade teachers made me read aloud in front of the entire class every day. It didn’t work with me. :-0 But perhaps, as you suggest, it distracted him from realizing he was stuttering. I liked to read aloud as a kid to my pets and my toys, but not to my classmates. Thanks for taking time to comment, Kevin

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-556 Kevin Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:16:05 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-556 I've read that the way James Earl Jones stopped stuttering was when his teacher made him stand in front of class every day and speak until he became comfortable and didn't do it any more. Certainly not the most gentle way to do it, and I doubt a teacher would be allowed to do that any more, still, might give some insight into how to refocus the child and get them to reprogram their speech patterns. I’ve read that the way James Earl Jones stopped stuttering was when his teacher made him stand in front of class every day and speak until he became comfortable and didn’t do it any more. Certainly not the most gentle way to do it, and I doubt a teacher would be allowed to do that any more, still, might give some insight into how to refocus the child and get them to reprogram their speech patterns.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-540 Mulled Vine Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:37:13 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-540 Over here in the UK we have the British Stammering Association http://www.stammering.org/ which is also an excellent resource. Another very important tip for kids is provide a calm speaking environment and to focus on the positives rather than the negatives, e.g. that was said very smoothly read rather than try to read smoother. Over here in the UK we have the British Stammering Association http://www.stammering.org/ which is also an excellent resource. Another very important tip for kids is provide a calm speaking environment and to focus on the positives rather than the negatives, e.g. that was said very smoothly read rather than try to read smoother.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-539 Rena Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:14:09 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-539 Cheers for the suggestions, Bud. I wish those books were out when I was a kid. I'm always on the lookout for a good book. Cheers for the suggestions, Bud. I wish those books were out when I was a kid. I’m always on the lookout for a good book.

]]> http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-537 Bud Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:50:53 +0000 http://www.we-relax.com/stress-management/dealing-with-childrens-stuttering.htm#comment-537 The books that helped our family of stutterers were "Self Therapy for the Stutterer" and "Advice to Those Who Stutter." A good children's book is "Sometimes I Just Stutter." The books that helped our family of stutterers were “Self Therapy for the Stutterer” and “Advice to Those Who Stutter.” A good children’s book is “Sometimes I Just Stutter.”

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