After five years of conventional speech therapy, nine-year-old Eli’s struggle with stuttering only got worse. Desperate for answers, his mother, Doreen Lenz Holte, began asking essential questions. Her search led to new insights — now shared in her books and resources to help parents like you.
Note: The terms “stutter” and “stammer” are interchangeable and usage varies across the globe.
Hope, Help, and a Wake – Up – Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter
This change our lives. My son is so much happier and now converses freely. The book changed our attitude. Even though we already ticked all the boxes of standard approach to talking with a preschooler who stutters, this book made us accept his voice for what it was, relax about it and just give him, time, space and freedom to learn his voice.
Enlightening to read as an SLP. It’s changed my practice immensely and helped me focus on the true handicap of stuttering instead of counting speaking errors. It’s also helped me reflect on the mixed messages SLP send kids when telling them: “There’s nothing wrong with your stuttering…BUUUUUUT…I’m going help you stop your stuttering.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As a speech therapist and a parent of a stammering child going through therapy I read it with great interest. Doreen’s experiences and viewpoint resonated strongly with my own and it has helped me enormously with the decision about the next step for my own child.
The Impact of Childhood Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter
This book is a must-read for any speech-language pathologist, teen or adult with a stutter, and parent of a person with a stutter. It clarifies and summarizes so many things you may have difficulty putting into words or knowing how to say, especially in a short amount of time that you may have during a meeting or therapy session. As a speech-language pathologist, I highly recommend this book!
Dori Holte takes an intelligent and empathic look at how stuttering has been historically treated. Sixty personal accounts are presented, raising the question of efficacy and long-term impacts. An important read for parents and adults who continue to stutter, about individual choices in therapy. Highly recommended.
This book will change lives! Parents of children who stutter talk about their own experiences. Thank you a million times, Dori Holte for this eye-opening book! Just as informative as your first!
When we started out I didn’t know anything about stuttering or that there were different approaches. We just did what the therapist said. If parents don’t know what the options are, they’re not going to go looking for them.
I’m a speech-language pathologist and I recommend this book to every single family of children who stutter that I meet. The author clearly explains why traditional stuttering therapy puts the child at risk of severe psychological problems later in life. If you are a parent of a child who stutters, you should read this book BEFORE looking for a speech therapist.
This is incredibly important work. ‘VoiceS Unearthed’ is the wake-up call our field needs and of tremendous value to parents.
Explore practical tips, real stories, and helpful insights for parents navigating childhood stuttering.
These inspirational role models are everyday people who stutter and who are living full and vibrant lives. Professor, doctor, waitress, actor, pilot, teacher, firefighter, the list goes on and on. Their life stories give us all hope and inspiration. Professions represented include educators, doctors, pilots, writers, actors, artists, and many more.
