my grandson is twelve years old and has been stuttering for seven years. his stuttering is so bad, that he rears back forcefully to get a word out. how can I help him, he's going into the seventh grade and is very worried.
2006-09-04 15:36:34 · 9 answers · asked by davon 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The answer to your question lies in a single link below
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Speech-Language_Pathology/Stuttering
This is an ebook about "Stuttering" the author "Tdkehoe" himself is a stutterer, so its all from his personal experience and his fight through the 43 years of his life...
So its a must read book for you.
May you be blessed.
Ma'a salam!
2006-09-07 02:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately seek professional help, speech therapist. This will only get worse as he gets older. It will eventually eat away at his self confidence...and we know where that leads.
My brother had a stuttering problem. The doctor said it was common in the younger sibilings because they get 'talked over'. Don't know if it's true or not, but once we changed the rules at home things settled down for him. Eventually, my mom got a therapist through the school. :)) Try your school they are very helpful. They were very helpful with my brother's learning disability also. And, carved a program specifically for him based on his needs.
2006-09-04 22:44:15 · answer #2 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to a speech therapist, as the orhers have recommended. Also, do something to boost his self-esteem and self-confidence. Tap into what he excels at, make him do it more, then ask him to explain how it is done, why it needs to be done and all that will make him talk more and ultimately be able to explain things clearly.
Another possible additional measure is to take him to a child psychologist to have him evaluated. Some children have thought processes that are known to be far more advanced (or they think too fast) that they have a hard time verbalizing their ideas.
Also have a doctor look into his case. It is also possible that the problem is medical in nature.
2006-09-04 22:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by Bummerang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mel Tillis has a terrible stutter and began to get better when he would sing the phrase. Ask your grandson to sing a question to you using a well known song, like Jingle Bells.
2006-09-04 22:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time to go into speech therapy, There are alot of tricks that can help, Ask the school to help! It is not uncommon! Patience and love will help as well, Good Luck!
2006-09-04 22:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by KO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good speech therapist. Try to get him to think about what his answer is instead of speaking off the cuff.
2006-09-04 22:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad Parents, Specially if this is the first help this child is trying to get. I would call 911 on parents and have them arrested for child abuse. I can only assume that parents have no job to get insurance with??? Seven YEARS??? This is another sad day in America. I'm too mad to even try to finish answering this question.
2006-09-04 22:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by myothernewname 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I really don't have any professional answers for you, but I am sure there is a counselor out there that can help you.
2006-09-04 22:39:14 · answer #8 · answered by LARGE MARGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him a speech therapist, now.
2006-09-04 22:38:02 · answer #9 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋