tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post5707828582423290266..comments2023-08-09T04:13:09.729-05:00Comments on Our Journey: StutteringTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243578449949369346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-55431120954227338892008-10-08T21:56:00.000-05:002008-10-08T21:56:00.000-05:00Ava Jewel is just starting to put 2 to 3 words tog...Ava Jewel is just starting to put 2 to 3 words together, no senstences yet, so I don't have any advice but did learn alot from Nicole's post, thanks! Keep us posted, like to hear more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830265393110562847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-10877819566652679402008-10-02T22:36:00.000-05:002008-10-02T22:36:00.000-05:00I don't have any experience with this so no advice...I don't have any experience with this so no advice...except maybe talk to the ST about it to see if she has any ideas what brought this on all of a sudden...maybe she's mimicking someone in school?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441176684416139172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-57566940149284442912008-10-02T20:23:00.000-05:002008-10-02T20:23:00.000-05:00hmmmm, I have never heard of anyone saying that be...hmmmm, I have never heard of anyone saying that before. I wonder if anyone in her class stutters? <BR/><BR/>Interesting....I forgot that Nicole is a Speech therapist. What a great resource for you on that!Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908202519727696997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-10574689242165400862008-10-02T11:57:00.000-05:002008-10-02T11:57:00.000-05:00Tara, Lila goes through spurts of this and we wer...Tara, <BR/>Lila goes through spurts of this and we were given the same recommendations Nicole presented. <BR/>Take care, <BR/>TesTeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788720547065096655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-48059248364412701362008-10-01T11:58:00.000-05:002008-10-01T11:58:00.000-05:00Hi Tara,This is so common with preschool age kids....Hi Tara,<BR/><BR/>This is so common with preschool age kids. I get this question all the time from my friends about their kids. I would definitely bring it up to Payton's Speech Path so that she can keep an eye on it. The biggest thing for you guys is to not make a big deal about it. Even if she is saying "I" for 30 seconds, not to say a word. Let her always finish her sentence. You will have to let all people in Payton's life know this as well. The worst thing to do is to interrupt her, tell her to "slow down", "stop", "take your time", or finish her sentence for her. When she is disfluent, maintain eye contact and be patient. The other thing to do is for you and Rob to model slow speech. You don't tell Payton that you are doing this, you just start talking slowly. This is really hard to do and will take a bit of effort. <BR/><BR/>There are many theories out there about how a person becomes a stutterer, but the main one is that a preschooler starts with normal disfluencies and then eventually attaches a psychological response to the frustration. <BR/><BR/>So I know this is a super long e-mail for something that is very common (lots of preschool kids are disfluent). But I still think that it needs to be handled delicately. Hope this helps.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410149954395872693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-73021212293776830012008-10-01T11:48:00.000-05:002008-10-01T11:48:00.000-05:00Tara, I do remember Caleb doing this, and I always...Tara, I do remember Caleb doing this, and I always said that his mind was moving too fast for his mouth. Now it's the opposite! :)<BR/>Yeah, It was 'that day' yesterday, but I didn't want to celebrate.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568642727069856850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141785912384235329.post-26382730284616252242008-10-01T11:40:00.000-05:002008-10-01T11:40:00.000-05:00Tara,Ari does this same thing...it's more of a sta...Tara,<BR/>Ari does this same thing...it's more of a stall than a stutter. It's like they get your attention -and then find the words for what they want to say...Now that you've mentioned it I can say Ari isn't doing it as much as she used to. Now she'll get your attention, look as if she's concerntrating and then spit it out...it's tied into the whole "word finding" thing as well. At least that's what we experience here.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035821008526234671noreply@blogger.com