Question
Do you think there is a relationship between over-scheduling children and fluency?
Answer
Disfluencies in young children often erupt between the ages of 2-6 yrs of age. Many times children experience spontaneous recovery. Children who continue to stutter, in my judgement, appear to respond favorably to a calm and structured environment and reduced chaos and over-scheduling. Fluency enhancing activities by parents and clinicians are recommended as well. The Color Me Fluent program contains extensive information for parents and SLPs of preschoolers, as well as over 50 activities for the older child. We must be ever aware of the many facets of cognitive, language, communication & social skills that emerge during those early years and be sensitive to each child's threshold.
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Alice Anne G. Farley is a board recognized fluency specialist. She is currently in private practice in Columbia, South Carolina, where she is also involved in teaching and training clinicians in the Color Me Fluent methodology. The Color Me Fluentï " proram is the culmination of her experiences as a person who stutters and as a clinician for over forty years.
To learn more about the Color Me Fluent program, go to: www.colormefluent.com