>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 would **not** do this method. You're essentially labeling his non-stuttering speech as *good* and his stuttering speech as *bad*--in reality he has a voice that should be heard He has no control over his stutter (especially at this age) and this will no doubt put external pressure on him. I did speech therapy in elementary school and whenever the therapist would POINT OUT my stuttering, it made me stutter even more. It got to the point where I just blocked out the sessions and did the head nodding thing your son is doing You might find that he has problems with certains words, letters, or phrases. What might help is going over his problem areas a few times. Like for me, even at almost 30, I still don't like words that start with *a* or *e* (or any word that starts with a vowel really). If I ever get tripped I'll do a little drill out loud to myself where I'll say similarly structured words over and over At the end of the day though, the only thing that has helped for *me* has just been time and exposure. I know I'll have good days, bad days, months without a single stutter then magically I can't get through a sentence without blocking The most important thing at his age is to be patient with him and to make sure he doesn't feel ostracized because of the impediment