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What can an SLP do to help PWS? — 1 Comment

  1. Listen, listen, listen. Don’t offer advice on what the person who stutters can use to sound more fluent. Be sure to ask the person what their goals are.

    A PWS needs to know that any listener, including SLPs, will listen patiently and respectfully as they would any other listener.

    If the person who stutters is trying to work towards acceptance, they need to feel that it’s “OK to stutter”. Take their cue as to what they wish to work on, if anything.

    I don’t use techniques – I just want to speak and stutter comfortably.

    Pam