What is stigma, and why is it so important in stuttering therapy?Public stigma is what society believes about and how they act toward a particular group of people. This includes stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Self-stigma…
Children who stutter experience bullying more often than other children.1, 2 This presents a significant challenge for children, parents, and speech-language pathologists. Because of their speaking difficulties, children who stutter may also…
Many people have questions about the causes behind their own or their child’s stutter. While the causes of stuttering have been hotly debated, we are converging on a recently updated multifactorial dynamic pathways model.…
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) often work at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), providing short-term rehab care and ongoing treatment for long-term care residents. Some of the SLP treatments most frequently seen in the SNF setting include care…
Stuttering can be confusing. It’s often associated with a range of disfluencies, such as prolongations, repetitions, and blocks. But in some cases, these surface-level disfluencies may not always be present.Researchers Eric Jackson, Robert Quesal, and J…
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