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Speech therapy. I never did it and it took me 26 years to get a handle on my stutter. Biggest mistake of my life...

They may get really good at playing card games though. In all seriousness, you're right. A school SLP however can still be a positive presence and gives a kid an outlet and a chance to communicate i...

Speech therapy is surely a good option (if child is receptive), but to compare learning a musical instrument to a 10 year old improving something he (assumingly) dislikes about himself and struggles ...

Chances are a school based slp won't know how to help stuttering. She should see someone who specializes in stuttering/"fluency disorders"...

This. Get him help from a speech pathologist who specializes in stuttering now. It's so so important....

>I have suggested speech therapy outside of the school to his dad (who controls all his insurance) and he is extremely against it Insist on speech therapy. There is a world of difference between s...

Find a method that works for you, even if it takes a long time & you'll be disappointed sometimes. You don't have to be a severe stutterer....

The following post has a pretty good description of my experiences and success. I make about eight comments in the thread, covering a lot of ground. Please don't hesitate to ask more questions. I am ...

Hi! If you don’t mind my asking— what kind of speech therapy did you try that seems to help you? I’m searching for a new therapy method — my last one was literally just accept it and disclose I stutte...

"People tend to grow out of stuttering at around their own respected teenage years," I agree, according to a paper, 80% of them overcome stuttering. Adults also overcome stuttering but much less. Wh...

I found that once I stopped thinking about the stuttering and focused on what I *wanted to say*, everything goes kind of ok. (Of course it took years of speech- and psychotherapy to get there…) Congr...

My two cents would be that if insurance covers you, it can't hurt to go to a speech therapist, however I would not pay out of pocket to go see one. To piggy back off of the other comments, at this poi...

Same boat as you, got 2 boys age 9 and 12, when they were growing up and learning to speak I was always afraid of that happening, glad it did not. Spent over 10 years with a abusive person got out of ...

Hi! Never too late to find good therapy and stop feeling miserable about stuttering...

God I hate when people misunderstand it. But I will say, in high school I had a great speech therapist. I didn’t want to go to her at first, but she was insistent on helping me. She greatly helped my ...

Practice is the key. I hesitated a bit though at practicing on your own. In my experience, the visits to the therapist often included the therapist correcting mistakes I might be making. Or optimizat...

I went back and read your whole thread. It’s very similar to the experience I had with speech therapy, albeit yours sounded more thorough. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. Your insigh...

I covered the process in the link I shared. I made about eight different comments in that thread, so I'm wondering if you might have missed the comment where I described the therapy? IDK what *light ...

What kind of techniques did your therapist teach you? As you know, not all SLPs are alike; some have little experience with stuttering. I saw a therapist for a few months and worked on light tapping a...

>Does your speech sound natural? Yes. I probably lack a little range, resulting in a more monotone manner of speech. But only a bit. If you're concerned with not sounding natural, your speech th...