I bought the book, tried to do the exercises, and wasn't helped a bit. Hopefully you'll have better luck. For treating children ages 2.5 to 7 years old. Research and clinical practice increasingly favor direct stuttering therapy for children, after or instead of the old indirect methods. Indirect stuttering therapy included changing the parents' speaking rate or modifying the child's environment.
Direct therapy begins by teaching the child to speak fluently.
If a child exhibits negative feelings or frustration in response to stuttering, the speech pathologist directly addresses these problems. For example, the speech pathologist may model the child's struggle behavior, and then discuss with the child whether the struggle behavior makes it easier or harder to talk. She is supported by her parents, speech pathologist, and teacher. In Mary Marony Hides Out , Mary's favorite author comes to talk to her school. She is torn between her desire to talk to the author and her fear of speaking in the school assembly.