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This 5 page paper discusses some of the recent opinion on stuttering in children, and possible treatment of the disorder. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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disorder and the treatment options for it. State of the Art The practice of stuttering therapy "continues "to be of great concern in the field fo speech language pathology. Despite
decades of research and clinical practice, stuttering is still treated by ineffective and inefficient means" (Saltuklaroglu and Kalinowski, 2002, p. 786). Treatment modalities include "behavioral, psychotherapeutic and speech motor
paradigms" but stuttering still "defines understanding" and even worse, "regardless of the approach taken, shows a pervasive resistance to treatment" (Saltuklaroglu and Kalinowski, 2002, p. 786). Treatments may induce
"illusory short term relief from the disorder" but most sufferers rarely enjoy long-term improvement, "often generating feelings of helplessness towards stuttering and a general loss of confidence in therapy and
themselves" (Saltuklaroglu and Kalinowski, 2002, p. 786). Some of the problems associated with treating stuttering include the fact that when a person is not speaking, there is no
evidence of the condition; and even when he is speaking, "stuttering is not continuously present" (Saltuklaroglu and Kalinowski, 2002, p. 786). Even in severe cases "stuttering is intermittent, rarely
apparent on every word or syllable" (Saltuklaroglu and Kalinowski, 2002, p. 786). There are, in addition, "countless" reasons for stuttering, which vary with every individual, again complicating treatment and
the success of that treatment (Saltuklaroglu and Kalinowski, 2002, p. 786). Stuttering in Children The disorder appears to be related to the way in which children learn to
form words. The process is complex, "and yet most young children seem to acquire words effortlessly" (Hall, 2004, p. 57). Developing children "rely on processes of comprehension to
store lexical items and on processes of production to retrieve the items, practice using them, and, subsequently, learn more words" (Hall, 2004, p. 57). In order to store and
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