Stuttering Foundation Book Can Help Children, Parents By Loreen Mohr
BURLINGTON - Parents who notice their young child beginning to stutter should seek help right away; and help is available at the Burlington Public Library, 166 E. Jefferson St.
In the past, experts incorrectly believed that paying attention to a child's stuttering would exacerbate the situation. It was even feared that offering the child therapy "would arouse the child's awareness and cause more stuttering," said Dr. Ehud Yairi, speech-language pathologist and researcher at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and Tel Aviv University.
However, research by Yairi published in the the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, reveals that all children may be aware of the differences between fluent speech and stuttering as early as age 3, and that they often display a social preference for fluent-speaking children
by the time they are 4 years old.
"These findings should provide support to the important idea that we should shift from a `hands-off' approach to more direct therapy techniques, and even more so with school-age children," added Dr. Barry Guitar, doctor of philosophy, of University of Vermont.
"Any time parents are concerned about a child's fluency," notes Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation, "they should educate themselves about the disorder and the many ways they can work to prevent stuttering from becoming a chronic problem."
A new book, "If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents," also available in Spanish, answers questions that parents and teachers often have. Written by leading experts, it describes the difference between normal disfluencies and stuttering and gives tips for parents of ways to help their child immediately.
For a copy, parents, teachers and others may contact the Stuttering Foundation, P.O. Box 11749, Memphis, Tenn. 38111-0749; (800) 992-9392; e-mail
info@stutteringhelp.org; or visit
http://www.stutteringhelp.org
The nonprofit foundation also offers many books, videotapes and DVDs on stuttering.
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