ABSTRACT
This article outlines basic principles for helping school-age children who stutter
to deal with bullying. Bullying may affect children's school performance and feelings
of self-worth and lead to depression and feelings of helplessness and loneliness.
Bullying can also exacerbate stuttering behavior, increase negative emotions and negative
thoughts, and reduce therapy progress. A variety of techniques can be implemented
as part of the overall treatment process to help children deal with bullying. These
techniques can improve children's overall success in treatment by helping them develop
socially appropriate responses to bullying, reduce or prevent negative emotion that
may result from stuttering, and feel more comfortable in applying speech management
skills learned in treatment.
KEYWORDS
Stuttering - bullying - teasing - speech therapy - speech treatment
