| Does your toddler or young child have problems with | | | | stuttering problem. They have become so good at |
| their speech? | | | | avoiding certain words or by finding alternative words, |
| Are you a child who has a stutter/stammer? In this | | | | that they can make out that they are fluent. This takes |
| article I write about communication and speech | | | | a lot of effort though and it comes as more of a |
| problems in childhood.The type of speech impediment I | | | | shock to people when the person does actually |
| am going to concentrate on is stuttering. I myself had a | | | | stutter.Other people who have a stutter are unable to |
| stutter from the age of four and it was after eighteen | | | | do this and can have what is seen as a more severe |
| years and at the age of twenty-two, that I finally | | | | stutter.A stutter would normally occur more when a |
| managed to overcome it.I was not alone as many | | | | person is:under pressurevery tiredmeeting new |
| children have problems with their speech from an early | | | | peoplespeaking in an uncomfortable situationasking |
| age. It is estimated that one percent of people in | | | | questions, for example asking for directionsintroducing |
| England have a stutter.In most cases people start | | | | peopleStuttering therapy:There are many types of |
| stuttering in childhood, often when they are a toddler. | | | | stuttering therapy or stuttering treatments available |
| This can be a very worrying and stressful period for | | | | these days. Most people would first try a speech |
| parents and the child alike, and where to seek help can | | | | therapist or speech pathologist. Alternatively they can |
| often be difficult to know. To attend speech therapy | | | | attend a speech course which can be in a group or on |
| straight away, can have a damaging affect as it can | | | | a one to one basis.I personally prefer and advise one |
| over-highlight the problem to the child and can make | | | | to one stutter courses as I believe every person who |
| them withdraw into their shells. Parents though in most | | | | has a stutter is an individual and has their own individual |
| cases are not happy to just ignore the problem and to | | | | type of stutter.There are also stuttering self help dvd's |
| hope it goes away of its own accord.Stuttering | | | | or stuttering self help ebooks now available for people |
| affects people in different ways. Some people who | | | | who do not feel they have the confidence to attend a |
| stutter are very good at hiding it and are sometimes | | | | speech course.Stephen Hill helps people to achieve |
| known as a closet stutterer. Many people they mix | | | | fluency. |
| with, may not even be aware that they have a | | | | |