Family intervention for stuttering

  Recently, there are more and more children who stutter in the clinic, and there are even very anxious parents who come from Shanghai for treatment. Parents see that their children are about to go to elementary school, but their stuttering is getting more and more serious, and parents are especially anxious because stuttering has affected their children’s learning and life. According to a recent survey, preschoolers are one of the largest groups of stuttering, accounting for 3% to 5%. In fact, stuttering is a speech fluency disorder, commonly known as “stuttering”, which refers to the phenomenon of interruption of words and phrases when speaking from complex, a habitual language defect. It occurs in the age group of 2-5 years old, due to the immature development of language functions, limited vocabulary, not good at quickly selecting words and fluently linking speech and words, then under the influence of certain factors (such as illness, environmental changes, or unexpected events), it is easy to show the phenomenon of hesitation, repetition, and long word sounds. Although the natural recovery rate for stuttering is 80%, if parents do not have knowledge in this area and make some mistakes with their children, it may lead to an increase in the child’s stuttering, so it is important to intervene in the family for children who stutter.  The following are a few of the correct intervention methods for children who stutter.  Parents should not criticize their child for stuttering; they should not say “Say it again”; they should not say “How do you talk like that?” These words will only increase his nervousness and make him stutter more seriously. For children who stutter, we try to use the relaxing atmosphere of games to conduct some training; 5. 9, do not interrupt the speech of children who stutter; 10, to get out of the bad language environment, avoid contact with children who stutter and their families; 11, do some breathing adjustment; 12, have a regular schedule, reduce the pressure to do things p slow down the pace of life of the child.  The correction of children who stutter is not an overnight thing, parents should not be too anxious, especially when the child’s emotions change, the symptoms of stuttering will be repeated or even aggravated, so parents in understanding stuttering, with a correct, positive attitude to face, using the right methods, joint efforts, stuttering to be corrected. For children who stutter severely, if they are not trained in the right way, it can affect them for the rest of their lives. Therefore, for now, stuttering is mainstreamed with speech training, and the sooner you get professional help, the better the results will be. Parents should go to a professional speech training specialist for diagnosis and treatment.