Stuttering therapy

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ABSTRACTS

FRIDA Y, SAL C

MEETING THE STUTTERING CHILD E. L A U L U N D HillerOd, Denmark

A treatment model will be described, which reinforces the self-concept of the child as she develops her communicative capacity. The purpose is preventing stuttering problems from building up. The method is paying attention to the intention of the child rather than how it succeeds. The role of the therapist is to listen, pay attention to, and confirm any communicative activity that the child carries out. In this way, the therapist builds up a relation that, for the child, will become a model of reference. Friday 0900 h-0930 h, Sal C

STUTTERING THERAPY I. M E I R A S~o Paulo, Brazil

The therapy I propose, follows the principles of Human Science. This approach focuses on the awareness of stuttering, formed by the stutterer in his body. It also deals, in an integrated manner, with attitudes and feelings the stutterer developed related to his stuttering, how speech therapists can deal with stuttering using bodywork, and, also, the stutterer's feelings and attitudes, emphasizing the differences in therapy directed toward the stutterer and therapy directed toward the stuttering. For stuttering, the emphasis is in bodywork, and for the stutterer the emphasis is in Rogers's and Carkhuff's approach. Friday 0930 h-1000 h, Sal C