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Case Study
Jamie was nearly four when Kim, his mother, telephoned to ask for
our help. She explained that he had started to repeat syllables and
words just before his third birthday and that now she was really worried
that his talking didn't seem to be getting any better. The doctor
had told her not to worry because it was just a phase and he would
soon grow out of it. But Kim had had a stammer herself as a child
and remembered very clearly the difficulties that she had faced at
school. She certainly didn't want Jamie to experience the same challenges.
Jamie's stammering was variable and although there were some good
patches when his talking was quite fluent, there were also times when
he became quite upset because of his difficulty with talking. We agreed
with Jamie's parents that he was vulnerable to stammering, partly
because of the family history, but also because it had been continuing
for quite a long time and he was showing some awareness and concern.
Jamie and his parents attended the Centre for Parent-Child Interaction
therapy. The idea behind this is to help parents, through videotapes,
to identify some small but important changes in their interaction
styles which will help their child to become more fluent.
Kim noticed that she was quite a quick speaker compared with Jamie
and she thought that if she slowed down it might be helpful. David,
Jamie's father, noticed that he asked lots of questions and that maybe
reducing these would be worth trying.
Jamie is now at school and there is no sign of the stammering. David
and Kim know that they can come back to us if anything happens which
triggers the stammering again. |
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"Thank
you for all you and your colleagues are doing for my grandson - the
improvement in his speech is excellent..."
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