Planning a teacher in-service for stuttering disorders.
This article addresses the need for teacher in-service presentations about stuttering disorders as a means of changing the negative perceptions teachers (and others) may have toward people who stutter. Strategies for in-service planning include keeping the program simple while one engages, encourages, and empathizes with teachers. The agenda for the program includes three key areas: content, experience with children who stutter, and classroom adaptations. Ongoing follow-up with teachers also helps to shape teacher beliefs about stuttering. The article concludes with a discussion about the special challenges faced by the speech language pathologist working in the public schools and ideas about how clinicians can work to overcome these potential barriers.
Bennett
Ellen M
EM
College of Health Sciences, El Paso, Texas 79902, USA. ebennett@utep.edu
D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012572:School Health Services; D013342:Stuttering / Q000628:therapy*; D013663:Teaching