Working With 7- to 12-Year-Old Children Who Stutter

Abstract
The public school speech-language clinician is encouraged to intervene with the school-age child who stutters. The importance of including parents and teachers in the therapeutic process is addressed, and viewing intervention along a therapy continuum incorporating both fluency-shaping and stuttering modification philosophies is recommended. Other topics presented include (a) assessment, (b) establishing fluency in the younger child, (c) a conceptual model of intervention, (d) addressing attitudes and feelings, (e) dealing with concomitant problems, (f) grouping and scheduling, (g) examples of intervention programs, and (h) transfer and maintenance issues. Future trends in this area also are addressed, including discussions on service delivery models, fluency specialists, innovative programs, and speech therapy for credit. This article concludes with a discussion of issues surrounding treatment efficacy.

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