by Dori | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog
Do you have a child whose speech tension persisted into their teen and adult years, even after formal early intervention with speech professionals? Are you an adult who had early intervention with speech professionals but continues to struggle with speech tension? If...
by Dori | Apr 2, 2021 | Blog
Stuttering doesn’t cause disconnection, shame causes disconnection. What do your children look like when they are most connected? Our boys would immerse themselves… Legos, playing “flood the city” in the huge sandbox, playing Pokemon, reading, building forts,...
by Dori | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
A common suggestion made by support organizations and within Facebook groups is “find someone who specializes in stuttering.” Turns out this is not as easy as it sounds. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 146,900 licensed therapists and...
by Dori | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog
A review of posts from the Voice Unearthed Facebook group reveals a common use of terms that few people question. For example: I referred my 7yr old to speech and language My son has had his stutter since he was 4 and we have been receiving treatment since he was 5....
by Dori | Mar 12, 2021 | Blog
I was sitting with a friend about 20 years ago, watching our kids tear around the yard. I had just returned from meeting up with a new speech therapist who felt it was time to introduce our five-year old, who had stuttered since he was 2 ½, to speech tools (turtle...
by Dori | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog
I swear I put more thought into choosing my coffee than I did into choosing speech therapy for our son who stuttered over 20 years ago. (In my defense, those were pre-Internet days.) There continues to be is a seductive simplicity of either/or thinking when treating...
