- Be interested in the stutterer as in individual. Take time to listen to him. Listen particularly to what he says, not to his stuttering/stammering nor the way he speaks.
- Encourage him to talk and express his ideas, beliefs and feelings. If he is shy, ask him informal questions about his interest to bring him out.
- As he is talking, give all the time he needs to talk. Do not interrupt him. Create speaking and oral reading situations in class and in extra-curricular activities.
- Ask him to recite in class as often as every other student.
- Do not, help a stammerer by asking him to take a deep breath, slow down, start over and repeat the word, or by filling in the word you think he wants to say. These techniques are not really helpful and tend to add more pressure and tension to his speaking.
- In a speech therapy program, the goal is to reduce the symptoms both in amount and in severity; not control nor to hide them.
- We state with confidence that one need not surrender helplessly to the stammering problem because one can change the way he talks. One can learn to communicate with ease rather than with effort. We offer a logical and scientifically based program which will help even the severest stammerer.
- By placing himself in the care of a speech specialist, the person stands a chance of a complete cure. There is no magic involved here whatsoever.
- The road is often long and ardous, needing much sweat and toil, a great deal of patience and effort. But the end product of improved speech is worth it a thousand times.