Oh man, I'm really sorry to read about your son. I hope he is feeling more confident now with the help he's getting. My research resulted in some camps for stuttering and it was amazing to see the transformation on some of the kids. Honestly, I don't even think she notices the stuttering herself until recently when I've been more active in trying to help her with it. When she gets "stuck", she'll smack her head until she gets the word. It freaks me out but I tried not to give it attention. It was getting worse so that's when I started "intervening" but lately it seems to have subsided again. Can I ask you, why not just go private? I'm sure lawyer-ing up cost money and resources so wouldn't it have been easier to just find time outside of the classroom for help? Like, what's the benefit of having the school work with him vs. prviately hiring a speech therapist? I'm assuming it's not necessarily financially related since you mentioned the "fight" being expensive. Hopefully I'm not being too nosy. Just genuinely curious. My SIL's daughter has a lisp and some other minor speech issues as well and I know when I tell her the news she's going to throw a fit that I'm not "fighting" this. She's in education and knows the ins and outs. Plus she has connections so it's a much "easier" fight (she, too, had to fight tooth and nail so easier is relative here!) for her than me to go through this. I'm not sure I want to go through it!