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From: Rosemarie
Date: 11 Oct 2010
Time: 17:34:03 -0500
Remote Name: 86.129.241.142
Hi Karen, I was lucky, when I wanted to learn how to use the LP I obtained a bursary and went to Australia to watch the master clinicians. There were three of us from the UK (a long way away from each other) learning about the LP together and when we returned home we felt very much alone- trying out the LP with children and parents. This was before we were able to use the internet for speedy responses to questions etc. My colleague Mary Kingston started Lidcombe News (download from Montreal Fluency Centre website) and issue 38 has just come out. This is written by clinicians for clinicians and has many useful and easily digested articles about the practicalities of using the approach. Parents also contribute and there is always a clinical problem that our Australian colleagues answer. It is a fantastic resource. I also used the LP with a few children who I thought would do well. They had all been stuttering for 2-3 years, had been co-operative in previous therapy but therapy had not led to resolution of their stuttering. They were aware of their stuttering, keen to speak more easily and enjoyed doing things with their mothers. The experience of taking several motivated and cognitively ready children through the LP gave me a strong model of how it should work and this really helped with the more complex cases that inevitably came along later. Discussion with peers is also useful and I return to the LP book when I need to stand back a bit and think more clearly. I hope this is encouraging for you. With best wishes.