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I wish I learned that it was OK to stutter. Growing up I was taught that every time I stuttered, I failed at not stuttering. This is not helpful. The goal is not to be 100% fluent, but to be really good at stuttering easily. What I mean by that is getting good at working thru blocks and/or prolongations easily and as a habit. Give credit when she gets herself unstuck. Give her credit when she does whatever helps her (as long as its a helpful habit, of course), or uses words that may be hard rather than substituting a word that is not what she wanted. I find a slow rate works well for me, but every person is different with what works or not. Trashminer has a good point about asking why the speech therapy isn't working. Talking about it is very rarely a bad thing. Also, tell her she is a person who happens to stutter, not just a stutterer. Most of her life is spent not stuttering, so her self image should not be wrapped up in the stutter, but as just a part of the whole person. Good luck!