Frequently Asked Questions

School Speech Therapy Isn’t Working…Now What?

School Speech Isn’t Working Maybe your kiddo is in school-based speech therapy.  Maybe you’re frustrated because there are only a few months left of school and you haven’t seen a lot of improvement in her speech and language skills.  You’re thinking that it’s time to switch to private speech therapy. But before you make that decision, what’s the difference between the two? Is there anything you need to know about school based speech therapy before you make any changes? Getting School-Based Speech Therapy It’s up to your kiddo’s teacher to give a recommendation for speech therapy before a speech therapist is contacted.  But to get to that point there are several steps involved. First, your child must be three years old and above before they are even eligible for speech therapy.  Second, a teacher must determine that speech and language problems are affecting your child’s education. Typically your kiddo would have to be severely delayed … Keep Reading…

Resources For Children Who Stutter

Resources For Stuttering In the first blog on stuttering we discussed facts about children who stutter as well as some types of disfluencies, another word for stuttering.  On the next blog on stuttering we came up with some helpful ways for you to help your kiddo. Now we’re going to point out some resources you can use time and again to assist your kiddo who stutters. The Stuttering Foundation The Stuttering Foundation or to abbreviate, TSF, is a website rich with resources for parents.  Whether you just got the evaluation or you’ve known for years, The Stuttering Foundation can help you.  There are resources for the parents as well as the kiddo who stutters. TSF reaches out to people who stutter from children to adult age.  Today we’ll look at their different resources, specifically ebooks, videos and podcasts. Last but not least there are resources for sale and resources that may be found in your … Keep Reading…

What Do I Do If My Child Stutters?

Help For Stuttering Over the past year you waited for your four year old to stop stuttering.  Now that he’s almost five you’re forced to consider that he mostly likely won’t grow out of it.  He stutters much more often now and you can see that he’s getting more frustrated when he does it.  What should you do next? Early Intervention Is Best Even though a whopping 80% of the 5% of all kids who stutter will eventually grow out of it, that still leaves quite a few kids who will continue to deal with stuttering as they get older.  As with other speech and language disorders, it’s better to have the problem of seeking early intervention and not need it than the reverse. The longer speech and language problems go untreated, the more those problems can grow and develop over time. Criteria for Treatment There isn’t a one size fits all approach when it … Keep Reading…