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Sounds like a dream call! I would recommend checking out the Mcguire Program. there are some good videos on you tube, especially "school for stammerers" which followed some new students on the program...

And I mean, it did improve my stutter and my stutter is still better than it used to be. But it's not this "cure" in the way they advertised it. I really practiced and tried to check all the boxes the...

I did it several years ago -- I think it was a turning point for me in being more open about my stutter, thinking about methods to reduce my stutter, and leaning towards acceptance. The course is re...

I'm not a professional, but my childhood experience was very similar to your son's. Started around 4, and at around 4th grade is when it got really bad for me, too. A proper speech pathologist will ha...

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...

>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...

Correct and well explained. I have been doing it now for some years and it really helps me. This was taught to me by my therapist. Thank you OP for this post 🤗...

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...

What type of techniques did you practice? Does your speech sound natural? That was always my issue with speech therapy—the techniques made my speech sound unnatural, and it felt even worse than stutte...

As a speech therapist, I would say that you should consult one when/if your stutter is bothering you, you are motivated to learn some tools for managing it, and you have the time/mental energy to prac...

I love hearing speech therapy success stories. I always advocate for therapy. Speech therapy helped me achieve fluency. I'm glad you're finding success with it. The program I went through also starte...

Interesting. I have noticed that recently for me, drinking doesn't cure my stutter quite as much as it used to, and sometimes I still continue to stutter even when I am drunk Can you explain in furth...

Speech therapy. You've already seen that it can work. Once you achieve fluency again, you need to do maintenance. In my case, at or about your age, I didn't put in the work to achieve fluency, and on...

Early on in my experience with drinking, alcohol improved my fluency. But my stutter adapted to alcohol. Be wary of what works today, for it may contribute to the problem tomorrow. I achieved fluen...

This right here^ It's about what she prioritizes when treating a person who stutters. If she solely wants to get your stuttering less frequent, she's bad. If she prioritizes wanting to make you comfo...