Download PDF
Semin Speech Lang 2003; 24(1): 041-046
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37448
Copyright © 2003 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel.: +1(212) 584-4662

Stuttering Treatment in Schools: Developing Family and Teacher Partnerships

Sheryl R. Gottwald1 , Nancy E. Hall2
  • 1Department of Communication Sciences Disorders, University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire
  • 2Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
25 February 2003 (online)

    Permissions and Reprints

ABSTRACT

This article assists school-based clinicians in developing partnerships with the families and teachers of youngsters who stutter. Suggestions for initiating this relationship are provided, and recommendations for the shared roles that families, teachers, and clinicians play are described. School-based clinicians face challenges as they attempt to more actively engage families and teachers, including securing administrative support, developing creative scheduling and service delivery methods, and addressing the feelings of family members and teachers about involvement in stuttering treatment. Strategies for meeting these challenges are provided.

KEYWORD

Stuttering - school - collaboration - fluency disorders

REFERENCES

  • 1 Manning W. Clinical Decision-Making in Fluency Disorders, 2nd ed. San Diego: Singular 2001
    Google Scholar
  • 2 Shapiro D. Stuttering Intervention: A Collaborative Journey to Fluency Freedom.  Austin, TX: Pro-Ed 1999
    Google Scholar
  • 3 Zebrowski P, Cilek T. Stuttering therapy in the elementary school setting: guidelines for clinician-teacher collaboration.  Semin Speech Lang . 1997;  18 329-340
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 4 Conture E, Melnick K. The parent-child group approach to stuttering in preschool children. In: Onslow M, Packman A, eds. A Handbook of Stuttering Intervention San Diego, CA: Singular 1999
    Google Scholar
  • 5 Gottwald S. Family communication patterns and stuttering development: an analysis of the research literature. In: Bernstein Ratner N, Healey E, eds. Stuttering Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum 1999: 175-192
    Google Scholar
  • 6 Crowe T, Walton J. Teacher attitudes toward stuttering.  J Fluency Disord . 1981;  6 163-174
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 7 Lass N, Ruscello D, Schmitt J. Teachers' perceptions of stutterers.  Lang Speech Hear Serv Schools . 1992;  23 78-81
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 8 Yeakle M, Cooper E. Teacher perceptions of stuttering.  J Fluency Disord . 1986;  11 345-359
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 9 Andrews J, Andrews M. Family-Based Treatment in Communicative Disorders: A Systematic Approach, 2nd ed.  DeKalb, IL: Janelle Publications 2000
    Google Scholar
      >