Stuttering Modification Strategies

What are Speech Modification Strategies?

• strategies that target tension

• strategies that target fluent speech

• strategies that target articulation

• strategies that target reducing rate of speech

Answer explanation

Remember, Speech Modification Strategies change the way speakers stutter. They encourage reduced tension and the speaker to stutter in a more relaxed way.

What is a Pull-Out?

• Reducing tension before a stutter

• Reducing tension during a stutter

• Reducing tension after a stutter

• Anticipate a stutter

What is a Preparatory Set?

• Reducing tension before a stutter

• Reducing tension during a stutter

• Reducing tension after a stutter

• Anticipating a stutter

What is a Cancellation?

• Reducing tension before a stutter

• Reducing tension during a stutter

• Reducing tension after a stutter

• Anticipate a stutter

What is Easing-In?

• Reducing tension before a stutter

• Reducing tension during a stutter

• Reducing tension after a stutter

• Anticipate a stutter

What is Sliding?

• Reducing tension before a stutter

• Reducing tension during a stutter

• Reducing tension after a stutter

• Anticipate a stutter

Why do we teach Voluntary Stuttering?

• Reduces length of speech therapy

• Reduces stress in voice for stuttering

• Reducing tension for stuttering

• Reduces fear of stuttering

What does Catching the Stutter promote awareness of?

• Muscle Strength

• Reduced tension

• The occurence of stuttering behavior

• The fear of stuttering

True or False; Stuttering Techniques and Fluency Enhacing Strategies should not be used in conjunction with one another?

• True.

• False.

Answer explanation

It is common to use Stuttering Modification Strategies and Fluency Enhancing Techniques in therapy. We rarely use a single approach when targeting stuttering behaviors.

Why do you think Stuttering Modification Strategies should be taught to our students?