Having been a person who was in speech therapy in third grade (8-9 yrs old), I really recommend parents don't put their child through this kind of therapy. The reason is, that kids can easily grow out of their problem if they don't come to think of themselves as having a label. A habit can evolve and develop into complex forms exactly because you identify yourself as having this habit and it becomes part of your social routines. Honestly, I really think kids and adults who stammer mildly should study people who give television interviews (or for a child, other kids), to see how many times that they have to catch themselves, and rethink and sometimes smooth over a misspoken phrase. I have come to conclude that there are "seams" in our speech sometimes when we are speaking with others. And a mild stutterer is a person who has come to panic when those seams are encountered, rather than learning how to smooth them over.