school needs to hurry and start

[Donna]

and the year hasnt even ended yet. I finally have Chris' IEP for speech in place here when he starts kindergarten in the fall. He has recently (like the past 1.5 months) started stuttering REALLY bad. It's not just certain words or anything either. It's EVERYTIME he starts a new sentence. I feel so bad for him. I can see the frustration on his face when he is trying to get through it to say what he wants.

[eelo]

Originally Posted by Donna and the year hasnt even ended yet. I finally have Chris' IEP for speech in place here when he starts kindergarten in the fall. He has recently (like the past 1.5 months) started stuttering REALLY bad. It's not just certain words or anything either. It's EVERYTIME he starts a new sentence. I feel so bad for him. I can see the frustration on his face when he is trying to get through it to say what he wants.

School needs to START? Hush yo' mouf, you speak craziness!!!!! I am SOOOOOOOOO counting days.......

Is his stuttering from frustration? Maybe get him interested in something (baseball? soccer? aquariums? frogs? a musty sneaker collection?) that he can speak about comfortably and enthusiastically, without feeling like he's on display or having to perform?

Dependingon his age and his temperament/aptitude, maybe get him interested in cooking. I suggest that because it's pretty size-friendlyl; that is, you wouldn't end up with a living room full of quesadillas if he likes cooking, but you can only handle so many shelving units if you get him nterested in screw-it-yourself furniture).

The thing about cooking (and you can extrapolate this to a lot of things) is that it requires him to read, and to convert that reading into a physical skill. It could be a real confidence-builder for him.

[*~Robyn~*]

Poor Mr Chris. Poor you. So much going on.

[Donna]

Originally Posted by eelo School needs to START? Hush yo' mouf, you speak craziness!!!!! I am SOOOOOOOOO counting days....... Is his stuttering from frustration? Maybe get him interested in something (baseball? soccer? aquariums? frogs? a musty sneaker collection?) that he can speak about comfortably and enthusiastically, without feeling like he's on display or having to perform? Dependingon his age and his temperament/aptitude, maybe get him interested in cooking. I suggest that because it's pretty size-friendlyl; that is, you wouldn't end up with a living room full of quesadillas if he likes cooking, but you can only handle so many shelving units if you get him nterested in screw-it-yourself furniture). The thing about cooking (and you can extrapolate this to a lot of things) is that it requires him to read, and to convert that reading into a physical skill. It could be a real confidence-builder for him.

He is 4.5. At first the stuttering was a rare thing. But now, it doesnt matter what is going on. How excited he is or calm he is. It's a constant thing now. It will be just him and I talking and no one else home and it's REALLY bad. Out in public, it isnt as bad. But I can see him really thinking about it what he is going to say before he says it.