| There are numerous forms of therapy for people | | | | horses for courses. What suits or works for one |
| who have a stutter or stammer. In this article I | | | | person does not necessarily work for another. |
| will be writing about these types of therapy. | | | | We are individuals at the end of the day and have |
| The regular starting point for the majority of | | | | to find a form of stuttering therapy that suits our |
| people who have a stutter would be to book | | | | need/character. |
| themselves into some form of speech therapy | | | | As well as the more traditional forms of speech |
| class. In the UK these classes which can be on a | | | | therapy there are also the more specialised |
| group or one-to-one basis are free from charge. | | | | stuttering therapies. These are stuttering classes |
| This is why it is always worth giving this form of | | | | which are normally organised by people who have |
| stuttering treatment a go. | | | | previously experienced life with a stutter and who |
| From my personal experience of speech therapy | | | | are likely to have now managed to achieve |
| I have to admit that I do not have anything | | | | fluency. The cost of these stuttering courses |
| positive to report back. The speech therapists | | | | vary, however any success is only achieved |
| themselves were very nice and educated people | | | | through hard work. |
| however their therapy did not prove to be of use | | | | For people who do not feel that they have the |
| to me. To put it quite simply, I attended speech | | | | confidence to attend a speech therapy course |
| therapy for fourteen years and by the end of | | | | there are now a number of home-based therapy |
| that period the stutter had not improved, in fact | | | | products which are available. These include DVD's, |
| it had become even worse. | | | | audio books and e-books. |
| I suppose it is a bit like the horse racing analogy; | | | | |