Stuttering
Stuttering: Resource Catalog
Click here to view The Stuttering Foundation’s new resource catalog for those who stutter. For more information on stuttering and speech therapy please visit https://www.pediaspeech.com/ or call us at 770-209-9826.
Read MoreTips for talking with a child who stutters…
Use a relatively slow, relaxed rate in your own conversational speech – but not so slow as to sound unnatural. Try to sound like Fred Roger’s from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Listen to what the child is saying. Respond to that, rather than the stuttering. Give appropriate responses to what the child is saying such as…
Read MoreFacts on Stuttering
What is stuttering? Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken by repetitions (li-li-like this), prolongations (lllllike this), or abnormal stoppages (no sound) of sounds and syllables. There may also be unusual facial and body movements associated with the effort to speak. Stuttering is also referred to as stammering. What…
Read MoreDoes my child stutter?
The young child who is still struggling to master certain sounds, vocabulary, sentence arrangement and the social pressures of talking will naturally stumble over speech more often than adults or older children. Because children with normal disfluencies show many of the same behaviors found in stuttering, it may be difficult for you to distinguish normal…
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