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Speech Therapy for Stuttering: Exercises to Help a Stuttering Child

Speech Therapy for Stuttering: Exercises to Help a Stuttering Child

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 Speech Therapy for Stuttering: Exercises to Help a Stuttering ChildHow can we help children and teens who stutter? There are many speech therapy techniques and exercises that we can use to help individuals speak more fluently. On this page, we’ll show you how to do speech therapy for stuttering at the different age levels. We’ll show you the best exercises, strategies, and therapy materials to use when helping children and teens who stutter. Stuttering CurriculumA Structured Program for Helping Children who Stutter (in Speech Therapy or at Home)View the Stuttering CurriculumStuttering Therapy Exercises and Techniques: The purpose of speech therapy for children who stutter is to help them learn how to communicate effectively and easily. Sometimes that means eliminating the stutter all together, such as with preschoolers experiencing developmental disfluencies. But often, especially for our older clients, the stuttering may never fully go away. Our job then is to help them communicate to their best ability and to help them learn how to handle stuttering and disfluencies when they arise. Take a look at our therapy ideas below. Scroll down to the age group that you are working with and see what we recommend at each of these ages. Or, check out our Full Stuttering Curriculum here. Jump to an Age Group: Preschoolers Elementary School Middle School/High School Stuttering Therapy Techniques for Preschoolers:Many preschoolers go through periods of dysfluency where they will stutter off and on for a while. This happens as their mouths are struggling to keep up with all of the things that their developing minds want to say. For many children, this stuttering goes away on its own. For others, they will develop persistent stuttering that will require more therapy. Here are the “red flags” or warning signs that may indicate that a child is more likely to have persistent stuttering that will require therapy: A parent, sibling, or other family member who still stuttersStuttering starts after age 3 ½Stuttering has been occurring for at least 6 monthsPreschooler is a maleThe child has other speech sound errors or trouble being understoodThe child’s language skills are advanced, delayed, or disordered Source: http://www.stutteringhelp.org/risk-factors Stuttering Therapy Activities for Preschoolers For preschoolers, it’s usually a good idea to begin with indirect therapy as this will promote smoother speech without directly talking about the stutter (which can sometimes upset a child or cause more pressure). If indirect therapy doesn’t work, or if the child is already upset by his/her stuttering, we can move to direct therapy activities. Indirect Therapy: Identify fast vs. slow speech from the therapistPractice using fast and slow speech for the childPractice slow, smooth, exaggerated speech Direct Therapy: Identify bumpy vs. smooth in the therapist’s speechPractice bumpy and smooth speech for the childIdentify the child’s speech as bumpy or smooth during playAsk the child if his speech was bumpy or smoothResponse Contingency: Praise/Reinforce smooth speech and provide immediate, direct corrective feedback for disfluent speech (“Oops, that was bumpy, let’s try it again) Stuttering Therapy Techniques for Elementary Age Children:Once children enter school, if they are still stuttering then we are ready to start addressing the stuttering directly. The stuttering therapy techniques you use at this age will depend on what each child needs. But here are some simple stuttering therapy activities you can use to help children who stutter communicate more easily: Stuttering Therapy Activities for Elementary School Aged Children: 1. Learn About the Respiratory System Start by doing a lesson all about the respiratory system. Use pictures, charts, models, or whatever you have available to you. Practice inhalation and exhalation, as well as deep and shallow breathing with the students. Talk about how we speak on exhalations and practice taking a deep breath in and then slowly exhaling while saying a single word. Gradually increase to speaking in longer phrases and sentences while using gentle exhalations. Talk about breathing timing during conversations (when to take a breath). 2. Practice Smooth, Prolonged Speech while Playing Games Take whatever games you have available and practice using smooth, prolonged speech during those games. For example, you can have children play “Go Fish” and make sure they slow down and elongate their words when asking “Do you have a…”. Or, you can have them take a turn in a board game and use their slow, smooth speech to describe what happened (ex: “I rolled a four. I’m going to move four spaces”). 3. Learn About the Types of Stuttering Help students learn about the different types of stuttering and which ones they do. Help them identify when they have stuttered and what type it was. Practice the different types of stutters to desensitize ...
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