HI. My adhd/anx.dep 8 year old son had a stutter as a small child and the speech path, didn't think it was sign. either.
Now that he is older, it's not such a stutter, but the fact that he can't get his thoughts into words and say something in detail without stopping every few seconds and starting up again with ums and ands and you-knows ect... and then by that time you just say forget it becuase you have no clue what he is talking about... it's frustrating for me and probably super frustrating for him.
Another example is when you're in a group setting and someone asks a question, like... what's your favorite thing to do at camp and he raises his had for the answer or to say something he hesitates for several seconds and then out comes well, and um, and then he says something or just forgets all together and I tell him to forget it.
As you can tell, i'm a little frustrated today. Would speech therapy help this sort of thing of what?
I would imagine a speech pathologist would be able to help. Below is some info on speech pathologists. I am really looking into this as something that maybe the school can provide when my son goes back to public school next year. He also has a stuttering problem and repeats his questions.
SPEECH PATHOLOGISTJOB DESCRIPTION
Overview
Speech pathologists (technically called speech-language pathologists, and sometimes, less appropriately, called speech therapists) assess, diagnose, and treat persons with communication disabilities (e.g., stuttering, impaired language, articulation problems). They often work in medical settings in which they serve as members of a team of allied health professionals, e.g., with physicians, psychologists, social workers, physical therapists, and audiologists. Speech pathologists also can be found in schools, nursing homes, community mental health/health centers, and private practices.
Some speech pathologists are also certified to practice audiology, which involves the identification, assessment, and rehabilitation of hearing disorders. Audiologists may prescribe and fit hearing aids, provide training in speech reading, or serve as consultants in business/industry regarding environmentally-induced hearing loss.
Typical Job Duties
helping individuals who stutter increase their fluency assisting people who have had strokes or brain injuries to regain lost language and speech designing and implementing training programs for children and adolescents with speech/language disorders counseling individuals and families to better understand and deal with speech/language disorders serving as a consultant to educators of persons with speech/language problems assessing the relationship between psychological and social factors and speech/language problems School speech departments are under the state jurisdiction. At least in Texas they are. I've been told that they only take the most severe speech needs due to the state guidelines. It was suggested to me to seek help from an outside speech provider. This can be costly, though as I have found out. My son is 5 and he stutters when his trying to get something out fastly, but its not bad enough to see a speech person i don't think he will grow out of it eventuallyMy eldest (9 years old) (ADHD/Tourettes Syndrome) stuttered when he was young (4, 5). Doctor was not concerned. It went away on its own. He has trouble communicating now, though. Just can't seem to get the words out... hard to explain. It wouldn't hurt to have someone assess your child. Hopefull, though, it will go away on its own. You didn't say how old your child was. Good luck.I don't know if this helps, but my oldest had a stutter. He was in speech at school and it went away. I think speech therapy is a good idea, but it may disappear on it's own too. My oldest was VERY high strung. He wasn't ADHD, but has inherited my anxiety problems. Get a Dr.'s refferal school responds to this alot better than us parents. This also is a vialation if not taken seriously. Good luck with getting private most ins. companies no longer pay for this unless there is aloss of speech. Ours won't apy private unless you have a hmo. Does anyone have a child with ADHD that stutters? My little guy has a bit of a stutter but the speech path at school said it was not " significant" enough and he did not qualify for therapy. I am planning on taking him to a private SLP for an eval/observation.My father stuttered as a child - he recalls the time as humiliating and as holding him back socially.
Children can be awfully cruel. For that matter adults too. As long as you support your child totally (as I know you will) the statistics show that most children's stuttering goes away naturally. It appears to have a biological aspect but is triggered much like Tourette's can - anxiety and stress.
You can check with a speech therapist but honestly they show that unless it progresses to adulthood that stuttering must simply be allowed to vanish with time.
I do feel sympathy for your child. My father can hardly speak of his childhood problem and it must be very difficult as a child to have that problem.