- The child should get plenty of sleep and rest, he should not feel too tired in playing or working.
- Encourage the child to speak normally, e.g. talk to him, encourage social activities with other children, encourage him to tell stories.
- Avoid such situations at home and outside where the child has to compete for love and attention, compete scholastically or in any other area with other children.
- Avoid any kind of direct reference to child’s speech difficulty in his presence, unless he recognizes the problem and questions you about it.
- The child should be praised at home as well in the school for his achievements in order to build up his self-confidence. Listen to the child with interest.
- When the stutterer has blocks while speaking, do not supply the word to him. Let him try to break his own block. Be a patient listener.
- Do not make the stutterer conscious of his speech by telling him to talk slowly, to keep calm, to take a deep breath or to think before speaking or to stop talking or to repeat when he has difficulty.
- The elders at home should talk in a slow & gentle manner but should not make the stutterer conscious of his speech by telling him to talk slowly, to keep calm etc.
- When the stutterer has blocks, do not supply the word to him. Make normal eye contact. Let him try to break his own block, Be a patient listener.
- Avoid any kind of direct reference to the child’s speech difficulty in his/her presence, unless the child recognizes the problem and questions you about it.
- Avoid situations where child has to compete for love and attention with other children.
- Encourage the child to speak normally-talk to him/her, encourage social activities with other children, encourage to tell stories, so that the avoidance behavior does not creep in the child.
- Make sure the child gets plenty of sleep and rest.