What is the scientific method to correct children’s stuttering?

When a child stutters when speaking, parents usually become very nervous, which is the worst thing, because the parents' nervousness will be passed on to the child, making the child nervous as well, and nervous children cannot speak well. Therefore, parents must avoid this situation, create a relaxed speaking environment for their children, and then take some scientific methods to help their children slowly correct their stuttering.

What are the scientific methods to correct children’s stuttering?

Parents should create a pleasant and stable environment for children who stutter, eliminate their mental burden, and reduce stuttering in children. When a child stutters, parents should not imitate or laugh at the child, nor draw undue attention to the child's speech defects. Parents should not show impatience or rudely interrupt the child's speech. Parents should give more comfort and encouragement, pretend that nothing happened, guide the child to slow down and lower the volume when speaking, speak calmly, and guide the child to build confidence in overcoming stuttering.

1. Let your child slow down his or her speech, which can reduce stuttering and make it easier for others to hear. When the child no longer stutters, slowly increase his or her speaking speed.

2. Ask your child to lower his voice when speaking, because speaking softly can prevent stuttering.

3. For the first word of each phrase, slowly and gently induce its sound speed, and then gently slide to the second word. This is because most children who stutter find it difficult to pronounce the first word of a phrase. If the pronunciation is too quick or too heavy, stuttering is bound to occur. Therefore, this is a key point.

4. Talk more and practice more. Take every opportunity to talk and practice with the child who stutters. Do not interrupt or give up halfway. Let the child sing more, recite nursery rhymes, tell stories or retell personal happy things to practice speaking coherently to help correct stuttering. You can also correct a child's stuttering by changing the language. For example, if a child originally speaks Shanghainese, you can ask him to speak Mandarin, change his language habits, and force him to use his brain and think before speaking.

In short, as long as you avoid imitation, eliminate the child's nervousness when speaking, and strengthen training, stuttering can be corrected after the child's nervous system gradually develops and matures.