What would you say?
Hi my name is Kelby. I’m a graduate student for speech language pathology and I would love any advice on this topic. My question is knowing all that you know now, what is something you would say to a child … Continue reading →
Category Archives: 2022 Talk to a PWS
Question
Hello, I’m also an SLP undergraduate. Thank you so much for participating in this forum. My questions are what would be your best advice to a child who stutters? If you attended therapy as a child and as an adult, … Continue reading →
Question for PWS
Hi! I am currently a graduate student, but I am also an SLP-Assistant at a public school (elementary K-4). I am currently working with a 4th grade child who stutters, and we have been consistently working on affirmations. She is … Continue reading →
Question For A PWS
Hello, I am a SLP student currently and I have noticed a few non-stutterers try to provide assistance with words or finish sentences if a PWS is stuttering. Is this helpful or disrespectful? And how does a PWS prefer to … Continue reading →
SLP Advice
Hello! I am a speech pathology graduate student, and I recently had the opportunity through my fluency disorders course at my university to hear and learn from individuals who stutter. One person shared his story and said that it was … Continue reading →
Strategies/Advice
Is there a strategy, or advice you’ve been given, that has either lessened the severity of your stutter or made you more confident as a PWS? If so, what was it?
Helpful Therapy
As a graduate student who is currently enrolled in a stuttering course, I can say that we are learning a lot about how to provide effective speech therapy intervention for PWS as well as counseling techniques to help aid in … Continue reading →
Question About Developing Meaningful Goals in Therapy
From reading some of the replies to other comments, I see that working on fluency may sometimes be a beneficial goal for some clients. But in all cases, acceptance and self-acceptance are important components of what clients and their families … Continue reading →
Question for PWS from SLP student
Hello everyone, I am in graduate school for speech-language pathology. As SLPs can and do work closely with PWS what are some tips you have for me as I go into the profession of working with individuals with a stutter? … Continue reading →
Question
As a future SLP, what are ways that we as professionals can help implement change that PWS would like to see such as disfluencies being normalized and decreasing the stigma that many PWS have written about throughout the various articles … Continue reading →