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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37448
Stuttering Treatment in Schools: Developing Family and Teacher Partnerships
Publication History
Publication Date:
25 February 2003 (online)
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
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