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use strategies a ton they can become a habit and you won’t have to think about them. Kids would not have to listen to their parents’ constant reminders of telling them to use strategies.


Pros and Cons of Strategies by Max, 14, from Potomac, MD


Strategies are used often by people who stutter to help speak without difficulty. But strategies do not always work, especially when someone is being forced to use them. There are many pros to using strategies as well as many cons. Along with pros and cons, there is advice and tips to the use of strategies.


Stuttering can be minimized because of the effects strategies have on your speech. The most obvious good thing to come out of using strategies is the word can come out more easily. Using strategies can reduce the amount of time someone is in a stutter as well as the tension, which helps the word come out smoother. If you


Strategies can have a positive effect on someone’s speech, but they can also have a negative impact. One way strategies negatively affect one’s speech is when they do not work. Strategies do not work one hundred percent of the time and when they fail one may feel embarrassed or self- conscious. Another reason someone would feel self-conscious is if the listener has no clue what you are doing. Also, people may ask why you are altering your speech. This is how strategies can have a negative impact on one’s speech.


Having heard about the strategies’ pros and cons, there is also advice to using strategies if you choose to. Strategies are great but you do not have to use them all the time. Another piece of advice is to let the other person know that you stutter and tell them about your strategies. You could even demonstrate them so it does not come as a surprise. The strategies one chooses to use can have positive and negative effects on their speech. It is important to not use strategies to just use them but to actually have them make an impact on your speech.


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