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Caregiver Involvement in Stuttering therapy

From: Jessica Uhlir
Date: 15 Oct 2012
Time: 13:14:13 -0500
Remote Name: 138.87.140.177

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Hi everyone! As a graduate student enrolled in a stuttering course, I have found all of the discussion threads to be very informative. Through my class and my independent study (examining the relationship between caregiver-facilaited slow speech and the language of children who stutter), I have become interested in learning about caregiver involvement in stuttering therapy. While it seems that caregiver involvement is common and crucial for preschool-age children, I am wondering how the role of the caregiver changes as the child ages. For school-age children who receive stuttering therapy, are caregivers usually as active in the therapy process? Do those who work with school-age children who stutter find that therapy is more successful when the caregiver/s are involved? And if so, what are the best ways to involve the caregiver/s?

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