Fluency

Fluency


Fluency is the flow of speech. Fluent speech is smooth, forward-moving, unhesitant and effortless speech. A "dysfluency" is any break in fluent speech. Everyone has dysfluencies from time to time.

Strategies for Home:

  1. Provide a slower rate of speech,

  2. Allow child longer amount of time to respond verbally

  3. Ask questions that can be answered with few words

  4. . Help all members of the family to take turns talking and listening.

  5. Focus on what is being said, not how it is said

Websites:

https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/stuttering-therapy-activity-ideas/