If your son is 5, and started stuttering - this sounds much like the beginning of my stuttering "career" (m/43). It is pretty normal (IMO) to have a bad week or two. fluency can come and go. It can be worse if you feel bad/sick/tired/stressed. It can improve because you're more relaxed on summer break... You may have also not "noticed" because many of us have this uncanny ability to know when we will stutter, and sometimes choose to not struggle... we learn this at a young age. Or he may grow out of it, that does happen often. >It also seems like he is heavily focusing on his articulation, which makes me think it’s causing the disfluency. Sometimes he sounds very robotic. On the above statement, I think this is important. I acknowledge not wanting your son to over-focus on stuttering and upset himself. But it is important and valuable for him to have keen awareness of how he is articulating his speech. I did intensive therapy in the 90's, and having a understanding of how your body makes speech is important for being able to learn to control it. For a while I did sound somewhat mono-tone but that was a platform for me to communicate and learn to manage my fluency. Worth noting for a SLP. IMO - the most important thing is that your son needs to like her, and want to see her. I remember I loved my first therapist, I felt totally comfortable. She retired. New therapist at school that...I got the ick from and didn't know how to tell anyone. and I just didn't engage with her. If your son says he doesn't like a therapist - time for a new one - until he's mature enough to understand the value of practice. No dig at grandma, but I would prioritize this over a masters.