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So what is stuttering?
Stuttering Strategies
Facts/Myths about stuttering
Feelings/Attitudes about stuttering
Components of stuttering
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What is speech fluency?
the flow or rate of speech production
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What is slowed speech?
speaking slowly, making it easier for others to understand you and reducing stuttering behaviors by relaxing the muscles involved in speech production
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True or false: People stutter because they are nervous. Explain why.
False. Nervousness may worsen stuttering but does not cause it.
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True or false: People who stutter often fall victim to bullying in schools.
True
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What are the 3 components of stuttering?
core behaviors, secondary behaviors, feelings/attitudes
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What are disfluencies?
interruptions in the natural flow of speech
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catching a stuttering event, finishing it, and repeating what you wanted to say in a more relaxed manner
What is cancellation?
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True or false: Stuttering is caused by bad parenting. Explain why.
False. Stress related to parenting may affect stuttering but does not cause it.
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True or false: Only negative feelings arise out of stuttering.
False
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What are the different types of core behaviors?
repetitions, interjections, blocks, repetitions
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What is stuttering?
Stuttering is when the parts of your body involved in talking don't work together
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What is easy onset?
relaxed and produced initiation of speech, starting a sound, syllable, or word at a slow, smooth rate by stretching the duration of each syllable within a word for up to 2 seconds
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True or false: There is no cure for stuttering. Explain.
True. Although there are strategies to manage stuttering, there is no known cure for stuttering.
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Name three common negative feelings someone with stuttering might feel.
shame, embarrassment, fear, self-consciousness, spite, guilt
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What are secondary behaviors?
behaviors learned in order to deal with core behaviors of stuttering, they only happen during disfluent speech
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True or false: Your brain, lungs, vocal cords, lips, and tongue all work together to allow you to talk.
True
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What is pull-out?
catching a stutter in the middle of a word, phrase, or sentence and restarting what you were saying with relaxed speech
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Stuttering happens more in boys than girls.
True
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Name 3 positive feelings someone may feel about their stuttering.
self-confidence, pride, self-acceptance
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What are the types of secondary behaviors associated with stuttering?
motor behaviors, avoidance, expectancy, physiologic
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Why do people stutter?
There is no single reason why people stutter.
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What is the difference between speech modification and stuttering management strategies?
Speech modification strategies change the way you speak by reducing disfluencies; stuttering management strategies accept stuttering behaviors and talk around them
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True or false: If you speak more than one language, you will only stutter in your first language. Explain.
False: People who stutter will stutter in whatever language they speak, although how much they stutter will vary.
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What is the difference between feelings and attitudes?
Feelings are immediate emotional reactions, attitudes are longterm feelings
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What is avoidance?
staying away from specific words, people, or situations in order to avoid stuttering