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