This
is the final post for this blog as I close my speech therapy business. It's
been interesting to watch the field of stuttering treatment change over the
decades. I appreciate that ASHA (1) has added a few new resources, and I
appreciate the hard work of researchers and clinicians. Thank goodness
treatment has emerged from the darkness of blaming the client for failure.
Fluency used to be the goal. Now the goal of therapy is a combination of
cognitive, affective and behavioral changes. It's been refreshing, though I'm disappointed there is no cure.
In
the book Show Your Work!, Author
Austin Kleon quotes C.S. Lewis: "The fellow-pupil can help more than the
master because he knows less. The difficulty we want him to explain is one he
has recently met. The expert met it so long ago he has forgotten." All my
credentials are red flags that I've been doing this work long enough.
It's
time to become an amateur at something new. I’m going to develop my interest in
literacy. A summer course by The Grimes
Reading Institute (2) will soon complement my training in Reading with TLC (3) and
Orton-Gillingham (4). But, alas, I collect more credentials!
I'm
also gradually developing an online store at Teachers Pay Teachers
Books Too. (5)
Thank
you for reading.
Find
your voice,
Judy
(1)
www.asha.org
(2) (broken link)