{"id":4493,"date":"2013-06-17T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summit-education.com\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2013-06-17T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T21:02:46","slug":"self-help-is-valuable-tool-for-stuttering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/blog\/general\/self-help-is-valuable-tool-for-stuttering\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Help is Valuable Tool for Stuttering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Christopher Aubert, age 12, began speech therapy, his clinician recommended participating in the local chapter of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westutter.org\/\">National Stuttering Association (NSA)<\/a> in addition to his regular speech therapy sessions.\u00a0 His mother, Martha, credits the self-help group with helping to start his transformation.\u00a0 &#8220;The first few meetings gave him a new perspective on stuttering from hearing the experiences of others,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He&#8217;s made a lot of progress and is gaining self-confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4497 alignright\" alt=\"111\" src=\"http:\/\/summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>The NSA uses &#8220;self-help&#8221; groups, which differ from traditional support groups.\u00a0 Traditional support groups are run by professionals who help people with a particular disorder, while self-help groups are run by the members themselves in a peer-counseling environment in which the experts are group members.\u00a0 This group dynamic is especially powerful for people who stutter, who often had never talked with another person who stutterers about stuttering until they attended a self-help group.<\/p>\n<p>Combining therapy with self-help groups helps speech-language pathologists address some of the most difficult aspects of stuttering therapy: the role of counseling; motivating clients to make documentable change in their communication ability; and maintaining change after successfully completing traditional stuttering therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Self-help, when used correctly, does not replace traditional stuttering therapies but serves as a valuable adjunct to traditional therapies in motivating progress, developing healthy attitudes and maintaining long-term change.\u00a0 Read the full Advance Magazine article <a href=\"http:\/\/speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com\/Features\/Articles\/Support-for-Stuttering.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever participated or recommended a self-help group? 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