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Posted by Andy Floyd
on August 21, 2009, 10:55 am
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Hi everyone - in the recent American Journal of SLP, there's an article on preschool stuttering and I thought I'd share some info:
In the intro, the authors cite past research saying:
- school-age children who stutter are perceived negatively by their peers, less
likely to be perceived as leaders and are more likely to be categorized as
"bully victims."
- 29% of parents of preschoolers who stutter reported that their kids changed
the way they talked to peers after stuttering, such as talking less, being less
assertive during the play, ect.
- 23% of those parents reported that their children withdrew from social
interactions
- normally fluent children as young as 3 recognize stuttering in their peers.
- children evaluate stuttering negatively by age 4.
- at age 4 (and above), they prefer fluent speakers as friends.
As for the actual study, it was only done with 4 children - but the authors concluded that the children did experience negative social interactions from their peers due to their stuttering and that the "study suggests that children who are identified as experiencing or being at risk for negative social consequences of stuttering may need to be treated earlier rather than later."
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