Methods Help You Pace Your Speech
My Name is Reginald and I am eleven years old. I live in Louisiana. My school is Live Oak Elementary School. I was in kindergarten when I started stuttering. People used to make fun of me when I talked to them. When I was in third grade I started telling the teacher that when I talked to people I stuttered. So my mom put me into speech therapy. The speech therapist taught me ways to control my stuttering. Now I know how to talk to people without stuttering. If you start
to
stutter, just “pullout” of the stutter or tap your finger for every syllable that you say to help you pace your speech.
Don’t Let it Bother You
Hi! My name is Nora and I am in grade 3 at Howard Elementary. I turned 9 in September. I really like riding my horse, Tootsy. When I was in Kindergarten, I got bullied a little bit, but it didn’t happen that much. Then, in first grade I started speech. Having bumps makes me feel like I am at the beach and a wave is crashing over me and I am tumbling down. I have many strategies but my main ones are sliding out and easy speech. If you stutter, I have some advice for you. Maybe try slowing down. That helps me. Sometimes I try planning what I am going to say. So, maybe it will work for you. You should try it! Well, I stutter most of the time at the beginning and middle of words. I think it is okay to stutter, and I think you should not let it bother you!
Nora, 9, from Howard, PA Reginald, 11, from Lafayette, LA Do the Things You Like Hello, my name is Quinton. I am 10 and in 5th
grade and I stutter. I started stuttering when I was in 1st grade and my best strategy is to stop, take a deep breath, and say the word slowly. In 2nd
grade kids would say, “Why do you talk like that?” I usually inform them or ignore them. I don’t let
stuttering bother me. I like to play baseball and I don’t let stuttering keep me from playing the game. I think
that kids who stutter should not let it keep them from doing what they like. Kids should be able to do things they
like without having stuttering affect them.
Quinton, 10 Chittenango, NY 9
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