Top Tips For Teachers Of Secondary School Children

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• Arrange a one-to-one session to acknowledge the problem and to discuss alternative strategies which might be helpful for reducing pressures in areas such as registration, debates, presentations


• Try to be flexible about oral tasks/exams - are there alternatives? Does the task have to be given a time limit? Does it have to be in front of a large group?


• Refer the child to a speech and language therapist if required/requested


• Give the opportunity and the time to speak and finish


• Try to use the same eye contact as you would with a fluent student


• Try not to hurry - speak in a calm manner and try to appear at ease


• Resist the temptation to guess the word or to finish the sentence


• Listen to what the child is saying, not how they are talking