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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2023
7 points

Hey mate. I live in Australia. I'm 35 had a stutter my whole life. My personal advice is get him to see a professional speech pathologist. The best chance of overcoming it is early professional inte...

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postr/StutterJul 25, 2023
7 points

Tips for a parent who has a child that stutters.

Tips for a parent who has a child that stutters. Hello everyone, Thank you for everyone posting on stuttering. I've read up a lot and have ordered the "Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getti...

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commentr/StutterJul 11, 2023
1 points

Hi there. She is doing ok. She has made a lot of progress already working with a speech pathologist who has experience with stuttering or disfluency. We are lucky though, she attends a county run earl...

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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2023
2 points

Earlier the better. Go ahead and address it. Fixing and relearning speech patterns can happen now while they are young and still creating habits/muscle memory around their speech. Even if you think it...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2023
1 points

Sure there is always risk that you pass on the stutter. As my father passed the stutter on me. I hate the stutter profoundly but my dad also gave me a lot of his strength, intelligence and other posi...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2023
1 points

My husband and his brother did, and still occasionally do. Our oldest child did for a hot second in his toddler years and our youngest doesn’t at all. With the oldest we were on it like white on rice ...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2023
8 points

I was very concerned my boy would but no sign yet. He's almost 4 and talks 24/7 completely fluently. There is a statistically higher chance they will stutter but that doesn't mean they will. The imp...

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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2023
3 points

My husband stutters, and the best thing his parents (who are the foster parents he was placed with as a young teen but they are his parents in every way) did for him was to not try to get him to stop ...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2023
2 points

I'm no expert and just going off my own experience and observations so make of it what you will Someone already said don't say "slow down" or "think about what you are saying" or anything like that. ...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2023
2 points

thanks for those supporting words. Yes, I am holding out for a while because i don't want her to feel she has an issue by seeking out professional help. I really hope she can grow out of it. I always...

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postr/StutterJun 24, 2023
7 points

14 year old Stuttering daughter

14 year old Stuttering daughter My daugher who is 14, has been **Stuttering** for a few years, it's not very bad, it's just sometimes she talks with her younger sister, she **Stuttering** more. I tol...

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commentr/StutterJun 23, 2023
22 points

The more you avoid it the worse it will be. Keep at it and create and build on those confident experiences. Do something calming that you can take your time to speak. Also let her do most of the talk...

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commentr/StutterJun 23, 2023
1 points

My husband has a stutter as an adult. He did therapy when he was younger. Whenever he needs to work on his speech for an interview or talk he’s giving, he’ll practice the techniques he learned in ther...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2023
1 points

If he’s not bothered by his stutter, you shouldn’t be either! Give him the time to speak and stutter and let him know he’s safe and hears and validated. That’s probably the best thing you can do for y...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2023
0 points

This is a tough one. Maybe just encourage him to speak slower and softer and don’t talk about stuttering with him, The more you build a mental framework around it the more it will get imbedded & h...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2023
4 points

I am a fellow stutterer and a Speech Pathologist Assistant as well. I understand your frustration and concerns as a parent, you are not alone. Services can be very costly and I applaud you for using s...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2023
6 points

I stutter and my 5 year old stutters. The biggest advice I will give is that make sure that he knows its ok stutter. I was never told that my whole childhood and it made me feel like I was broken an...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2023
6 points

Hi, First, you haven't ruined his life! My son also stutters, and the focus of our stuttering program (Mini-kids) is acceptance, which often reduces stuttering as well. This podcast talked about mu...

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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2023
11 points

Therapy really helps at a young age, atleast from my experience. My stutter almost completely went away when i first went to therapy around the age of 10, but then it came back and we couldn't afford ...

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postr/StutterJun 15, 2023
3 points

Has anyone used or looked into ecopipam as a potential solution for stuttering/stammering?

Has anyone used or looked into ecopipam as a potential solution for stuttering/stammering? ...

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