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From: Laura UNO Graduate Student
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Time: 12:00:27 -0500
Remote Name: 68.226.76.100
Having worked with a child who stutters, I cannot stress how important it is to have visual representation of the desired task. I think both stretching and smaching with come in handy with future clients, so thanks for the great ideas. I just have one question for Bill regarding smashing. When you begin a session and ask the child if he/she sometimes feels bad when they stutter and regardless of their answer you say "there's a way to get back at those darn stutters; lets make a piece of clay look like a stutter". If the child is young enough and has not yet developed any feelings towards stuttering, do you think this may shine a negative light on stuttering and influence the development of negative feelings early?