Articulation Speech Therapy Making Disfluency Worse?

Articulation Speech Therapy Making Disfluency Worse? Hi All! I have a sweet and intelligent five year old son currently going to speech therapy 3x a week for articulation issues. He had several ear infections (+tubes) as a baby and started preschool during the pandemic, so they believe the fluid sitting on his ears/lack of sound visualization contributed to his articulation problems. Over the last year, he has started stuttering or picked up a disfluency where he repeats the first word of a sentence multiple times. Given his age, we are hopeful this is a developmental stutter that can resolve itself. Since we have been on winter break for the past ~15 days, I’ve noticed that the disfluency has gotten significantly worse. 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. I know that disruptions in routines/schedules can make the stuttering worse/more pronounced, but is it possible the over emphasis on the word pronouncing is tripping him up? Considering how young he is, I want to make sure he gets all the love and support available to him. Grandma “fired” his last SLP because she hadn’t completed her masters yet. I’m completely open to switching to a different SLP who specializes in disfluencies, and have submitted for a consultation at the Blank Center for Stuttering since we are based in Austin, Texas.