A fluency disorder is a disruption in the flow of speech. This disruption can be characterized by the following:
**Helpful Tips**
~Be patient
~Encourage child to slow down
~Refrain from finishing child's thoughts
~Use a more relaxed, slow (but steady) pace when speaking to your child
~Don't be afraid to acknowledge your child's dysfluent moments
(but avoid doing so in crowds ,around new listeners ,or making a it a big deal)
- Repetitions (I am ggggggoing home)
- Blocks (____ I am going home)
- Interjections (I, um, am going home)
**Helpful Tips**
~Be patient
~Encourage child to slow down
~Refrain from finishing child's thoughts
~Use a more relaxed, slow (but steady) pace when speaking to your child
~Don't be afraid to acknowledge your child's dysfluent moments
(but avoid doing so in crowds ,around new listeners ,or making a it a big deal)