In this video, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark will talk about some ideas that you can use in speech therapy for a preschooler who stutters.

Indirect Therapy:

• Identify fast vs. slow speech from the therapist
• Practice using fast and slow speech for the child
• Practice slow, smooth, exaggerated speech

Direct Therapy:

• Identify bumpy vs. smooth in the therapist’s speech
• Practice bumpy and smooth speech for the child
• Identify the child’s speech as bumpy or smooth during play
• Ask the child if his speech was bumpy or smooth
• Response Contingency: Praise/Reinforce smooth speech and provide immediate, direct corrective feedback for disfluent speech (“oops, that was bumpy, let’s try it again)  http://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/stop-stuttering-preschoolers-current-research-based-methods/

**Always watch students for signs that therapies are making it better or worse and adapt as needed.

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