Childhood Stuttering-Never wait!
Posted On: January 12th, 2012

I remember sitting in speech therapy at the age of 5 wondering why I was there. I remember the speech therapist asking me to put on a play for my parents. I am still not sure why, but I knew even at that young age I was not going to stutter. It was embarrassing and humiliating to…READ MORE…

How Do We Define Success-Some Personal Stories
Posted On: December 15th, 2011

Happy Holidays to all!!  It is often asked how we define sucess with stuttering therapy?  Is it based upon how fluent one is?   Is it defined as how courageously we stutter? OR Is Success different to different people? This is how success is defined by many of my clients: 1 A 16 yr old who…READ MORE…

Online STUTTERING THERAPY
Posted On: November 28th, 2011

CAN IT BE DONE? OF COURSE.  MANY STUDENTS, TEENS AND ADULTS REPORT SUCCESS WITH ONLINE STUTTERING THERAPY, ARTICULATION ISSUES, AND FLUENCY THERAPY. ONLINE STUTTERING THERAPY DONE THROUGH ICHAT OR SKYPE. I WOULD RECOMMEND ONLINE STUTTERING THERAPY  HIGHLY IF YOU CANT COME TO MY OFFICE. CALL ME ABOUT ONLINE STUTTERING THERAPY. WE COULD SET UP A…READ MORE…

Elementary school aged children-stuttering
Posted On: November 27th, 2011

Some suggestions for this age group: 1. If your child is receiving therapy in school, please check the frequency of therapy, the children they are grouped with (are they the only child who stutters in a group?) and the type of therapy provided?-Is the speech pathologist trained in stuttering therapy? 2.  It is best at…READ MORE…

Great article Lidcombe StutteringTherapy-please read
Posted On: November 10th, 2011

http://www.stammering.org/lidcombe_info.html Hi everyone-PLease note that stuttering in Britain is called stammering.  I hope this helps. I just discnarged another six year old who is now stutter free.  This program cannot be done in the schools as it requires parent involvement and must be done not only by a lidcombe trained SLP, but one who specializes in…READ MORE…

Facebook and Stuttering-
Posted On: October 15th, 2011

Hi everyone- I haven’t posted in a while.  I have been busy working and getting my older dtr with college applications. I am trying to post more information on my FB account- pls like -All Island Speech and Stuttering Therapy.  There are some interesting articles on my FB account. tks Lori Please follow me on…READ MORE…

Please don’t wait-Early Intervention is powerful-stuttering
Posted On: September 23rd, 2011

Lori, I just have to say how thrilled we are with Braden’s progress through the Lidcombe program. Braden began speaking at a very young age, so you can imagine our concern when he also developed a stutter before he turned 2.  Everyone told us “don’t  worry, he’ll grow out of it”… but he didn’t grow…READ MORE…

Speech Struggles: Stuttering and what to do about it?
Posted On: September 22nd, 2011

http://www.parentguidenews.com/Catalog/SpecialNeeds/SpeechStruggles This is a new article I have coming out in Oct.1 I am sorry I haven’t posted as much lately as I have been busy treating many people who stutter. It was a great summer seeing many preschoolers either eliminate stuttering or decrease it tremendously.  This was effective for many age groups.  Communication is…READ MORE…