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Expert Q&A
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| By Mindy Hudon Speech and Language Pathologist | ||
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A boy in my class stutters, and this is making it hard for him to learn his letters and their sounds. What should I do?
It is difficult to answer your question without more information. First, how old is your student? If he is an elementary school student, is he being serviced by a speech-language pathologist? If so, he/she may be better able to assist you with strategies that are being used in treatment for your student's fluency disorder. If not, I would refer him/her to a speech-language pathologist for evaluation. It is unclear from your question if the student is having difficulty saying the sounds due to his/her stuttering or actually learning sound-letter relationships. Your school's speech-language pathologist should be able to do testing that will rule out an underlying impairment, such as phonological awareness skills or language delay, that may be impacting your student's ability to learn sounds.
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