Guest guest Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 I have a 10 yr old client who has studdered since he was 4, due to an almost drown situation (trauma). I have worked on him throught out the summer and he is studdering significantly less. I have been using the protocol in Nirvana's book for speech, anger & fear. Is there a specific area for studdering? He is doing daily affirmations, and visualizations as well. I'm new to the qxci/scio (5 months). Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 This is normal for some children to develop a stutter at this age when language is taking off. Their brains process language faster than their lips can keep up. I wouldn't get too upset yet and definitely don't call attention to it. Just remind him to slow down, take a breath, then talk. Watch it for awhile and see if it stops when his language stabilizes. Language growth comes in spurts and you may see other areas of development regress slightly during a language growth spurt. Although children with autism tend to have their own developmental timelines, I have seen students have negative symptoms during language development. These have included increased tantrums, regressed physical skills and some stammering. Valarie Rutherford Special Education Autism Intervention -- Studdering Our Josiah has been doing well in ABA for a year and 2 months now. He is chronologically 3 and 3/4 but developmentally about 2 and 1/2. Over the last month he has developed a studder. It is always at the beginning of words or sentences. And all of this vocabulary he pronounced perfectly clearly (for him stage of development) a month ago....how should we intervene? We have no speech therapist or access to one. Any ideas are welcome as we want to nip this in the bud! P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 It is not too unusual for even normal kids to studder a little bit at that age when languageIs coming In so fast. It is usually worse when they are nervous or excited. My two year old grandson does it some. I avoid asking him repeated questions, and I try to keep thins calm.If it persist over time then I would talk to a speech pathologist. Pat k Kuenstler, Ph.DOn Mar 23, 2011, at 8:25 PM, <npcox649@...> wrote: Our Josiah has been doing well in ABA for a year and 2 months now. He is chronologically 3 and 3/4 but developmentally about 2 and 1/2. Over the last month he has developed a studder. It is always at the beginning of words or sentences. And all of this vocabulary he pronounced perfectly clearly (for him stage of development) a month ago....how should we intervene? We have no speech therapist or access to one. Any ideas are welcome as we want to nip this in the bud! P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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