Stuttering treatment in schools: developing family and teacher partnerships.
This article assists school-based clinicians in developing partnerships with the families and teachers of youngsters who stutter. Suggestions for initiating this relationship are provided, and recommendations for the shared roles that families, teachers, and clinicians play are described. School-based clinicians face challenges as they attempt to more actively engage families and teachers, including securing administrative support, developing creative scheduling and service delivery methods, and addressing the feelings of family members and teachers about involvement in stuttering treatment. Strategies for meeting these challenges are provided.
Gottwald
Sheryl R
SR
Department of Communication Sciences Disorders, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA. SGottw9893@aol.com
Hall
Nancy E
NE
D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D012572:School Health Services; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000628:therapy*; D013663:Teaching