>**One of his therapists** had us encouraging him to do syllabic <clapping> or <tapping> to get his words out when he was blocked. We did that for about 8 months with no improvement. I'm very curious as to the credentials of this one. Perhaps it's something really old-fashioned they've got there, dunno. - Also, you're not bending rule 3, since you're not presenting anything of the sort. If an SLP comments in here, we sort of presume they know what's what, I suppose.