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is therapy making it worse? Our 3.5 year old son has been stuttering for awhile. He is in speech therapy- and we are doing a method where for 10 minutes a day- I play with him and point out only smooth speech (I can't remember what the technique is called) I think the text I sent his therapist sums it up well- I'll post it here: "A quick update. Over the last few days, his speech has worsened. He is very aware of when he is struggling. After he will have moments of struggling… He will either not talk and only nod yes or shake his head no to our questions… Or will start to talk in Baby talk. I noticed this last week when you first got there and we were discussing his speech over the last week. That he was doing the same thing… Shaking his head yes or no to answer questions and then doing the Baby talk when he was talking. I've done the technique once since Monday- and even pointing out smooth/ no bumps... when he realizes it- he will do the same thing- stop talking- nod/baby talk. Is there any strategy to use when he is in the moment and can't talk? A classmates mom told me yesterday that their son was making an "uhhhh" noise. She asked him what he was doing and he said what [our son] does at school. She doesn't know he is struggling with speech and she was asking me Lightheartedly... but that was heartbreaking to hear." I don't know what to do- but I want to help him. Any insight is appreciated.