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Following up after our appointment this week. We are introducing the concept of "smooth" and "bumpy" speech and asking him to "say it one time". Also, giving praise when he doesn't stumble by saying, ...

No problem, glad I could be of some assistance! If your puts in the practice, I'm sure his blocks will decrease. Also be sure that he works on reducing his secondary behaviours, aka addressing the e...

I was in therapy and they taught me to accept the stuttering that I had, accept that it was a part of me and that it did not define me as a person and it really worked for me to this day, of course I ...

Advice needed for 4 year old

Advice needed for 4 year old Hi there. My son developed a stutter late spring 2023. He had it for about 2 weeks and it went away over night. It came back in September 2023 and is still present so ~6 ...

Not recently, but if you're interested in modalities that may help with that check out ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) for Stuttering, as well as Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (AR...

I have a severe stutter and spent almost 15 years in therapy. My stutter was worse when I finally left therapy than when I started. The techniques and tricks of traditional therapy don't work because ...

Meh, I do not stutter at all with my speech therapists, so they just give advice and strategies, but nothing works except for talking slowly and being more confident...

When I share my speech therapy experience, I often get the feeling that the treatment I received isn't a common approach. As an SLP, are you familiar with the approach I described? If so, is there a...

I don't mean to be cynical, but given how simple the premise of this 8 week speech program is, As well as the fact that there have been studies on this from as early as 2011-2015, if it really resulte...

Yea the effects are long-term. The program is meant to induce permanent changes in the way your basal ganglia and cerebellum function during speech. If you practice for longer than 15 mins or for more...

So are you saying the improvements will last beyond the training period? Do i have to speak at the metronome pace to avoid stuttering or will i be able to speak at my natural pace?...

Hi, i want to clarify something, are the effects of this program long-term? As in, are the improvements only seen during the training period or even beyond it? Do I have to keep doing this 15 min for ...

Why we don't stutter when we are alone and why we do stutter when with other people? And how to talk to other people like when we are alone? Is there a way to "switch" from one to another?

Why we don't stutter when we are alone and why we do stutter when with other people? And how to talk to other people like when we are alone? Is there a way to "switch" from one to another? ...

Interesting! It kinda sounds like CBT what you’re describing. I haven’t heard of the term avoidance reduction therapy for stuttering, but it sounds like you would be exposing yourself to knew / unfami...

Thank you so much for your response!! It’s so helpful to hear about your experience I’m an Aussie Speech Pathologist and we call ourselves Speechie’s here haha (so speechie = Speech Pathologist)....

>Future research should investigate "internal timing cues"-interventions (as opposed to external speech motor timing cues e.g., a metronome). I think this is the 8-week speech practice is meant as an...

Thank you for this! Essentially the speech therapy routine is targeted at improving the function of the basal ganglia in people who stutter....

It’s over for me but not over for you

It’s over for me but not over for you I am a 19-year-old guy, and my stutter is very severe. It has been severe almost all my life. It's so severe to the point where it's better if I just didn’t say a...

Went back to speech therapy in my mid-20s and I got fluent. (1990's) I still have the occasional block, but it's nothing compared to the severe stutter I had. "Occasional" : I work with people and ...

Whatever works for you. I've had all kinds of treatments from medications to hypnosis to psychotherapy, never EMDR. There is the usual controversy about EMDR in mental health. Because the cause of s...