A child who stammers at school

Setting: Children’s communication clinic

Jamie, eight, attends with his father, Rob. Jamie sometimes abandons stories when asked to repeat them fluently at dinner; his father worries about teasing but has not yet explored Jamie’s school experience.

Task

Explore parental beliefs about repeating or slowing speech.
Ask how correction affects the child’s willingness to speak.
Explain listening and time to finish under the family plan.
Explore school experience and offer liaison with consent without promising a cure.

A child who stammers at school consultation plan

The supplied family plan prioritises listening to the child’s message and allowing time to finish.
The parent is not asked to demand repeated fluent versions of every sentence.
The clinician will explore the child’s experience and agree an individual support plan.
School liaison is available with parental consent; no guarantee of eliminating stammering is offered.
Jamie, eight, attends with his father, Rob. Jamie sometimes abandons stories when asked to repeat them fluently at dinner; his father worries about teasing but has not yet explored Jamie’s school experience.

Fictional scenario information supplied for this examination exercise; not medical guidance for real patients.