And then it can change the way they speak. And children pick up on it, almost unconsciously. This is all gonna feel slightly weird at first. So if they say, “I-i-i wwwent to music class t-today a-a-aaand we played the drums!” You would just say “You went to music class today and played their drums?” in a very slow, easy, and relaxed way. Thiiiiiiis will show them that they have more time to speak and get their words out.”Īlso, you can reflect your child’s sentences back to them at a slightly slower speed to show them what it sounds like: “Aaaaaaas you talk sweetly to your child or play with them, stretch out the first word in each sentence. Talk more like this…….with slight pauses sprinkled throughout your speech…….giving it a.….more relaxed, easy, and…….open way about it.”Īlso, slow down your speech at the beginning of sentences, where children who stutter have it the hardest, by consciously stretching out the beginning of the first word in the sentence: “Soinsteadoftalkinglikethisandneverputtinginabreak. You can also slow down your speech by adding more pauses in natural places and holding them a beat longer than you normally would: “Taalk a bit slllower, liike this, taaking a bit more tiime speeaking comfortaably aand slowly.” “Soinsteadoftalkinglikethistellingthemaboutgoingtoseegrandma” Whenever you’re talking around your child who stutters, consciously slow down the speed of your words a notch or two, like you’re plodding through snow as you speak:
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How to do the Slowed-Down Speech Technique: This technique does two things: first, it models for your child what a smoother, more fluent way of speaking sounds like and secondly, it builds more time into the conversation so your child will feel less rushed (and therefore be more fluent). The Slowed-Down Speech Technique (For Parents) These first few are some of the best changes to their environment you can make.
In preschool (ages 2-6), therapy is usually most often about changing the environment around the child who stutters so their brain can figure out to get them more fluent on their own, instead of making a very young child master intricate speech techniques (this is also called indirect therapy).