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Hi my name is Ericka. My son is 4 years old and has been stuttering for about 2 months now. It only happens when he first starts off his sentence. Does anyone have any suggestion/ideas that I could do to help my son. It gets so frustrated at times but Im working with him really hard. His teacher says just to tell him to slow down when he talks. Any help I would appreciate it. Thanks
Ericka
www.healthrepsneeded.com |
| Posted by Ericka on 10/26/2008 09:41 AM
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My son does this too, and nobody can give me any answers either. He;s 9 now. He started when he was around 4 and it got worse as he got older. He too does it when he first starts off a sentence. The teacher is right though the only thing you can do is tell him to slow down, but don't make a big deal out of it. Mine son does it more when he's nervous. As he got older it got more frustrating for him, so I really had to talk him through it. Do you find that your son is more active than other kids (Hyper). My son is very creative, but he gets excited easily, and sometimes doesn't think before he does things. He's a strait A student (Honor Roll). So this did not effect his ability to learn. He also has good self esteem. So don't worry to much, just be patient and (don't make a big deal out of it)
-Bobbi
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| posted by bobbi on 10/27/2008 12:01 PM
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Thanks for the info. My son gets so excited and thats when he stutters the most. My son is hyper and very creative. I just tell him to slow down. I tell him its okay to stutter and there is nothing wrong with it. His self esteem is high. He could care less what others think of him and what they say :)
Ericka
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| posted by Ericka on 10/27/2008 01:45 PM
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| All I can tell you is what i learned while I was taking one of my special education courses on communication disorders and my niece who stutters. Now first we had a lecture on stuttering and from an adult who does have a major problem with stuttering not a mild one. The worst thing you can do to a child who stutters is draw attention to it. Never speak for them and I completely disagree with the teachers who asks you to tell him to slow down. This makes the stuttering worse. Only tell them to slow down if they begin to get upset and angry, and only once they have calmed down. Telling a stuttering child to slow down only draws attention to it and in actuality makes stuttering worse and last longer. We ignore my niece when she stutters and she is almost done with stuttering and she is now 6. She still stutters when she gets excited but then even us who don't stutter can do that on occasions. So just keep an eye on when it happens and if your able make note of what is happening to and around him during his stuttering to see if there is a trigger. there usually is not but sometimes. This way you can teach him to recognize the trigger and he will outgrow most of it probably. Also he should be signed up for speech classes when he gets into kindergarden which has helped my niece out. Actually many children stutter so i would not stress about it. While she is speaking I recommend looking right at her and waiting patiently for her to finish speaking on her own! Let her work it out! That is the best advice I can give at the moment. If i find a good website that i have forgotten I will let you know. |
| posted by Lori on 11/03/2008 02:47 AM
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