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Good for you! Let me point out that lack of training is a product of the graduate academic training institutions. They decided to remove requirements for training in fluency classes and clinics....

I know the treatment for stuttering is severely restricted in the public schools, not because of lack of funding, but because of lack of training of speech pathologists in graduate schools. Because it...

Really great comments in this section! Lots of insight into government and research funding. I know the treatment for stuttering is severely restricted in the public schools, not because of lack of ...

I have a theory, don’t quote me, but the reason kids who attend therapy have so much success, is because they learn the tools early on and have a lifetime of practice. So first you need the proper t...

No. But I’m already doing singing lessons, and my parents have never suggested therapy so if the wanted me to I feel like I would’ve already done that...

>and be sure to stare at people when talking oh god, please don't stare :D a calm, friendly, focused look is what you're going for. yeah, I mean obviously that's not as simple as it may sound bec...

Wouldn't recommend it. A professional setting is best. Whether you'll be able to dig up something that helps you, I don't know....

Yeah, do that. It's nothing to be embarrassed about. And see if you can find some therapy as well. Might help....

I haven’t tried therapy. And I didn’t tell them about it but I’m sure they know. My mom told my singing instructor that I have a stutter and I found it less embarrassing when I stutter when I talk to ...

Do the people who ask you to read know that you stutter? Have you talked to them about it? - There's no known cure for stutter, but there's speech therapy to help you manage it. Ever tried that?...

Concepts of Support in the Stuttering Experience

Concepts of Support in the Stuttering Experience Hello everyone! My name is Alicia and I am a graduate school student from FIU (Miami, FL) getting my degree in Speech Therapy! I am doing my thesis in ...

Many SLPs simply don’t understand the science behind stuttering. They don’t understand that many cases of stuttering, especially the more severe cases, have a large physiological/neurological componen...

I feel you bro, but try to talk with a therapist they will teache you how to deal with it...

>Instead of going to Speech Therapy that i don’t think will work because they don’t know how it feels like. It is not the point of speech therapy that someone else should know how something feels ...

Try finding a speech therapist who also stutters. They’re out there...

Although many people are against sending a child that young to therapy, I believe early intervention is important so they can learn to manage their speech before developing negative thoughts about it....

I will try speech therapy this summer and yes, I gotta try those situations to know, but the fear of embarrassed and messing up keeps me back....

In my program 5 hours was all I got... it would have been even less but my professor who taught my fluency course added in a lecture on counseling when he realized how little we were getting. Since no...

That's interesting. So unless you choose to specialize in stuttering and perhaps even pursue a PhD in stuttering, you get just 5 hours worth of counseling on stuttering as an SLP in grad school? And w...

SLPs + People who stutter needed for quick online survey participation

SLPs + People who stutter needed for quick online survey participation Hello! My name is Karina, I am a graduate student studying Speech-Language Pathology in New York. I am currently working in a gr...