This area of speech is also referred to as speech fluency. Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is interrupted by repetitions (li-li-like this), prolongations (lllllike this), or abnormal stoppages (no sound) of sounds and syllables. There may also be facial and body movements associated with the effort to speak. Many young children go through a period of normal disfluency, but if it persists for more than a year, the child may need the services of a speech-language pathologist.
Goals will be different depending on the unique needs of each child as well as their age. Students may work on: building awareness of their stuttering, learning about the speech mechanism and normal speech fluency, learning fluency techniques, building self-advocacy skills, or improving attitudes and emotions around stuttering.
This timely video from Stuttering Therapy Resources helps parents of school-age children who stutter understand what to focus on during this uncertain time when they are home from school.