I Kept Him Fed and Watered…

Good Monday morning.  Had a nicely quiet weekend and up early today with that pesky time change.  Maybe it will become the new normal?  I doubt it…  I will continue to share questions and responses that occurred in response to “The...

Giving Out Stickers Like There’s No Tomorrow…

After reading my ISAD submission, The Right Time to Break Out the Stickers, (see previous blog posting) many graduate students in speech therapy acknowledged that it might not be such a good idea to give rewards to a child for successfully using speech tools, but they...

The Right Time to Break out the Stickers

The Right Time to Break Out the Stickers By Doreen (Dori) Lenz Holte   When our son Eli was around 12, I asked him if he remembered being told that it was okay to stutter. It had been three years since we stopped traditional speech therapy and I was curious as to...

From Dori Lenz Holte at Voice Unearthed… Hello all!  I see I promised back in September of 2012 that I was back to blogging…I lied.  I’ve been having health issues over the past year, so please forgive me for my inconsistent...

“Voice Unearthed” Confuses Parents

Shortly after my book, “Voice Unearthed” was published, a leader in the field of speech therapy for children who stutter expressed concern that my message would “only confuse parents.”  I don’t disagree – and I believe this is a good thing.  We often become confused...