Adults & teenagers
If you stammer, you have probably already worked extremely hard at trying not to stammer. You may have built up some strategies to sound fluent or avoid words or situations that make you stammer — but these strategies may not always work in every situation. Sometimes it can feel as though your stammer can limit what you do with your life — whether it is going for interviews for university or job promotions, giving presentations, or meeting new people in new situations. Jumping out of your comfort zone can feel unachievable.
Having one-to-one treatment for your stammer means that a whole range of approaches are available to you. You will have an experienced therapist on hand who can help you explore your communicative behaviour and look at ways to change your speech and challenge your thoughts and feelings about your speech.
You could learn how to feel confident when talking and experience the freedom to say what you want, when you want. When you are ready for the next step, get in touch via our contact page — we will be glad to hear from you.
School-aged children
School can be an exciting, rewarding and fulfilling experience in lots of ways, but there is no getting away from the world of challenges it can present for a child who stammers: answering the register in the mornings, reading aloud in class, completing oral exams — the list is endless. Unfortunately, few people understand what it is like to stammer, so it becomes difficult for the child to discuss it in an open and honest way. Sometimes the only way out is to start developing a little collection of strategies to cover up their stammer — and this can be how a stammer develops and evolves into adulthood.
Your child's best chance of developing confidence in communicating is through therapy that combines teaching positive communication skills, techniques for reducing the struggle with talking, and giving them space to explore and express feelings about speech and communication.
You want your child to be happy, confident, and with a world of opportunities ahead of them. Reach out via our contact page and we will help you decide what happens next.
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Pre‑school children
If you are worried about your child having a stammer, seeking expert help and advice from a Speech and Language Therapist is the best step you can take.
Many children are dysfluent at some point while developing language, but you might be worried if your child does not seem to be getting more fluent over a period of months — especially if they appear to be aware of being dysfluent and are showing signs of frustration or embarrassment.
The way you, as parents, communicate with your child can make a big difference. Our approach is to work with you to find tools you can use to support your child's fluency, using positive communication and guiding you in the language to use in response to your child's stammer.
