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Well to kill 3 birds with one stone, you can practice reading out loud to your son. Therefore he learns normal speaking patterns and you practice your pronunciation thus improving your communication ...

5 % of all children go through a period of stuttering that lasts six months or more. Threequarters of those will recover by late childhood, leaving about 1 % with a long-term problem. The best prevent...

Hmm... I really like that. My son sometimes stutters but I think its more just from listening to me. I think it would be cool to get what you said but of him saying something along the line of "just ...

Oh no, I explained it right off the bat. She's at that age where she is bound to encounter disfluent children in her classes, and I wanted her to understand it and not be insensitive, however inadvert...

I've learned a lot about stuttering and how to handle it with kids. I feel well equipped to give them every opportunity and all the support they need if they end up developing stutterers. I won't put ...

Parenting with a stutter?

Parenting with a stutter? I'm in a rough patch right now. I'm in college trying to figure out careers I can do, but really all I want in life is to be a wife and mom. But even that scares me. I love...

anybody rich enough to try Leviteracetam? One research showed it eliminate stutter in the patient for 12 weeks. You can easily find it on google. Anyone up to try?

anybody rich enough to try Leviteracetam? One research showed it eliminate stutter in the patient for 12 weeks. You can easily find it on google. Anyone up to try? I'm very curious on this, but curren...

Online vids to help my son understand his stutter

Online vids to help my son understand his stutter My son (7) goes to speech therapy weekly at school and I would rate him like a 3/10 in severity during everyday activities. At home he's like a 1/10 b...

This is a good idea. The NSA chapter in my area started a teen group. It's run by an SLP and a person who stutters. They go on fun outings and offer encouragement. Something like that would be great!...

Just listen to us and don't judge in any way. If you can get into a group and offer your time so that people can practice speeches, interviews, questions, their name, etc., You can also tell the grou...

Hi, ask his mom to read along with him. That helped me immensely.Alas we did it only twice! ever. My parents were too busy or they thought it's something transitory. Something that'll pass. Bah.......

I think you have some really great advice here. But I think you need something else. First I think you need to spell out who your audience is -- parents of children who are just starting to stutter or...

That's exactly what he needs. He should know stuttering is ok. It's just something he does, it doesnt define him. It'll only limit him if he lets it. Get him a diagnosis and if it looks like it's deve...

My son is 8 and I am in this group for him. My advice to him has been to always say exactly what he wants to in his thoughts first. This means a delay when he is responding but it prevents him from st...

When your child falls down and hurts himself, you acknowledge it. You give it a name. It's okay to do it with stuttering too. Something simple like, "Oh, your words got stuck", will do nicely. In gene...

I suppose you already have read a lot about stuttering, but if you are looking for information you should check out the [Stuttering Foundation Website. ](http://www.stutteringhelp.org/) They have the ...

Advice for our child who stutters

Advice for our child who stutters My son is 3 1/2. He began speaking much later than his older sister did (around 2). He went through a brief spell of stuttering about a year ago and then it seemed to...

Thanks for doing this. My son stutters moderately. You essentially say the same thing his therapist and I say to him, but he's not receptive to us (mom=lame). I'm going to send him the link to this vi...

Which techniques have been helpful to you?

Which techniques have been helpful to you? Hi there, I'm hoping some of you can give me some insight. My 5 year old son has developed a moderate stutter over the past year or so and it's been advised...