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Can a Speech Impediment get you an IEP?
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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 90644" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>BBK,</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry I missed your question.</p><p></p><p>The reason I was given for interrupting hard stuttering is that it is often accompanied by increasing tension and extra movements (grimacing, hand movements) that are more difficult to get rid of if they are established. I thought of it as interrupting the hard stutter rather than uninterrupting the child--and I tried to be VERY pleasant.</p><p></p><p>The biggest problem that caused emotional reactions in easy child were her word finding difficulties (which I didn't mention above because I was talking about stuttering and cluttering.) easy child would access the right word class, but could not think of the right word. This upset her a lot sometimes. I would supply the correct word for her and just keep on moving (easy child also talked rapidly--so it was easy to move on without comment.) An example of what I mean is while wrapping a package at age 6, easy child would want the word "ribbon," but she would think of the word "string." She knew it was wrong, but techniques that are SUPPOSED to help children with word finding difficulties really made her angry, so I just supplied the word and ignored any reaction--"I think you mean ribbon," if she was reacting--if she didn't care, I would never correct "string." When easy child developed a large reading vocabulary in first grade, most of her word finding difficulties disappeared. I do not know why, but Northwestern S/L Clinic hypothesized that easy child was accessing the correct word through a visual image of it. Made as much sense to me as any explanation because easy child read by sight and was/is generally very visual. On the bright side, she is about 95% compensated and only has WF problems when she is tired (or has had more than one drink)--LOL--she is over 21.</p><p></p><p>All of this is very individual to the child but if you have a child with hard stuttering, I would want therapy ASAP because hard stuttering is not easy to correct in older children, adolescents and adults.</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 90644, member: 284"] BBK, I'm sorry I missed your question. The reason I was given for interrupting hard stuttering is that it is often accompanied by increasing tension and extra movements (grimacing, hand movements) that are more difficult to get rid of if they are established. I thought of it as interrupting the hard stutter rather than uninterrupting the child--and I tried to be VERY pleasant. The biggest problem that caused emotional reactions in easy child were her word finding difficulties (which I didn't mention above because I was talking about stuttering and cluttering.) easy child would access the right word class, but could not think of the right word. This upset her a lot sometimes. I would supply the correct word for her and just keep on moving (easy child also talked rapidly--so it was easy to move on without comment.) An example of what I mean is while wrapping a package at age 6, easy child would want the word "ribbon," but she would think of the word "string." She knew it was wrong, but techniques that are SUPPOSED to help children with word finding difficulties really made her angry, so I just supplied the word and ignored any reaction--"I think you mean ribbon," if she was reacting--if she didn't care, I would never correct "string." When easy child developed a large reading vocabulary in first grade, most of her word finding difficulties disappeared. I do not know why, but Northwestern S/L Clinic hypothesized that easy child was accessing the correct word through a visual image of it. Made as much sense to me as any explanation because easy child read by sight and was/is generally very visual. On the bright side, she is about 95% compensated and only has WF problems when she is tired (or has had more than one drink)--LOL--she is over 21. All of this is very individual to the child but if you have a child with hard stuttering, I would want therapy ASAP because hard stuttering is not easy to correct in older children, adolescents and adults. Martie [/QUOTE]
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