information regarding speech therapy for a child age 7 years who stammers?

Answer 1

If you have not already done so...request a referral for testing for speech and language services. Put it in writing, and submit it to your school's principal. They are required to call for a meeting with what is called an "Intervention Assistance Team" - which would include the parents/guardians of the child. At the intervention meeting, the teacher, parents and other members of the team will discuss ways that the child can be helped within the classroom for a set of time that has to be measured. If the child responds well to the intervention...great, if not... a referral may be done for a multi-factored evaluation (MFE), in which actual speech and language formalized testing and observations would be done within the classroom. If the child is shown to have an actual diagnosed speech and/or language disorder... an individual education plan (IEP) is written and therapy would be provided at the school's expense to treat the disorder. Be aware that all these meetings, and testing takes time... it could be months before an IEP is written providing the speech and language services. However... if you want the testing, you have to jump through the hoops. Best wishes to you...

Answer 2

my child had a severe stammer from about age 4 till 8. We did have speech therapy for this. Home therapy included praising him when he did "smooth" talking and telling him when the speech was "bumpy", model the correct language and ask him to try. We never jumped in and said the words for him until he had finished. Teachers at school quietly praised him for smooth talking. We also recorded him and let him listen to himself and then try it smoothly. It worked!!!!

Answer 3

My daughter had the same problem. After many speech therapists we found one that suggested that we put a mirror and a recorder in her room and allow her to speak and then listen to herself. She would stand in front of the mirror and speak and then record it and try again to speak without the stammering. After about 3 months we noticed a tremendous improvement. She is now an attorney who speaks very well.

Answer 4

Your child's school has a speech therapist or at least a special education teacher or school psychologist. I would start there. Treatment should have begun a lot earlier, but is shouldn't be too late.

Answer 5

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