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From: Tom Alexander
Date: 10/19/03
Time: 11:50:43 PM
Remote Name: 24.130.202.205
I think a therapist needs to be a good speech detective, by watching exactly what the stutterer does when having difficulty. One way to know what easy stuttering looks and feels like, is for the therapist themselves to do some "good stuttering". Some of the most effective therapists I have known were very willing to do nice long easy slides. The benefit is that when they know how to do this "the right way" they can be very perceptive when the stutterer is doing it the wrong way. Some therapists have been very willing to "tell how to do it" but not willing to "show how to do it". The latter takes a lot of courage, but it will pay dividends.