What is the Plus and Why Parents?

Anxiety associated with the fear of stuttering is at the core of most stuttering and can be paralyzing, especially for teens.  This leads to less talking, more tension in stuttering, and less interacting with others.  For one teens response to what he fears about stuttering click here.

Teen: Learn to say what you want to say when you want to say it.

Parents: Become empowered to help your teen overcome their fear and regain a joy of talking.

Contact:

Kevin Eldridge, PhD, CCC-SLP

Phone:  815.308.5477

Email: keldridgephd@gmail.com

or

Michael Retzinger, MS, CCC-SLP

Phone 920.683.2266

Email: docmike@lakefield.net

The Plus is 16 additional treatment sessions using web-based teleconferencing (such as SkypeTM), which are typically provided over an eight month period of time.

Stuttering is not only the speaker’s problem.

A knowledgeable parent is the best hope for a teen who stutters.

While the teens are working with each other to better understand their own communication difficulties, parents will be working together to better understand stuttering in general and their teen’s communication difficulties in particular.