Fluency Shaping and Stuttering with Dr. Joseph Klein (309)
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Joseph Klein joins Peter Reitzes to discuss fluency shaping and stuttering. |
JOSEPH
F KLEIN, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and an
assistant
professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of
Communication
Sciences and Disorders. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook page. Email comments to stuttertalk@stuttertalk.com or call 206-666-5340 |
- Perkins, W. H. (2000, April). Article published in Letting Go, a publication of the National Stuttering Association. (scroll to the bottom of the page for the article)
Posted by StutterTalk at 12/4/2011 11:14 AM 
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Tags: stuttering stammering fluency shaping prolonged speech
I was glad to listen to this. I haven't heard fluency shaping described as this in many years. It might be the goals of some SLPs to encourage fluency every minute at all costs. I haven't seen a published survey so I can't say. I would hope that if a pws comes to a speech therapist and has a goal of improving fluency, their requests will be respected with realistic goals. We all travel our own journey when we stutter. I think it is important to treat each patient in a way that meets their needs. Sine want improved fluency while others want to stutter more easily. Others want both. I often feel it is best to not label fluency shaping vs stuttering mod. This leaves more flexibility to effectively help the pws without judgement. Tks for the episode. Happy holidays.
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Interesting and thank you. Yes, there are drawbacks and limitations to fluency shaping, but also to stuttering modification. The podcast would have been even better if the interviewee was a staunch pro-fluency-shaping expert. Then the debate would have been more fruitful. As it is now, we only heard one side of the story and not the benefits of fluency shaping.
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