Specialist Stammering Services
At London Speech Therapy, we provide Specialist Speech and Language Therapy services to adults and children with dysfluency.
We offer specialist assessments and therapy from our speech therapy clinics, online or from your home.
Children’s Assessment and Therapy
We’ll sit down with you and discuss your child’s case history. We’ll ask questions like:
- When did your child start stammering?
- Is there any family history of stammering?
- When is your child’s speech smoothest and when is it most ‘bumpy’?
- What seems to help already?
We will assess your child’s receptive and expressive language skills, and depending on their age and ability, we may ask them some questions about their stammer.
All this will help us build a picture of what your child needs and then we’ll put together a plan moving forward.
Therapy Approaches
You as a parent/carer will be the key player in therapy. We’re experts in fluency, but you’re the expert when it comes to your child. So, we’ll work together on developing a tailored therapy approach that works for your family.
Lidcombe and Palin PCI have been shown to be very effective with little ones. Older children may work on therapies such as fluency-shaping and we will explore feelings associated with stammering. The key is to make it fun and engaging, and to understand your stammer!
Age Ranges
We’ll typically see children from around 3 years old. Depending on their age it may be a case of giving you, the parents, some strategies and pointers to use at home, to support your family’s communication environment at home.
Adult Stammering
Therapy Approaches
Therapy is, of course, tailored to you as an individual. Our stammering specialist, will take your current strengths and challenges into account and, in agreement with you, will set clear therapy goals.
A typical course of therapy will take into account the following:
- • Stammer identification: We’ll examine what happens when you stammer. Everyone’s stammer is as unique as them, and we’ll pick apart what’s going on – both physically and psychologically – when you hit that block.
- • Desensitisation: We’ll look at the feelings or behaviours associated with your stammer. This is particularly useful for covert stammerers (those who have a stammer but conceal it).
- • Fluency modification: We’ll then look at fluency shaping and block modification methods.
But that’s not all there is to it. Stammering is a hugely complex condition that affects each of us differently, and we’ll address all the factors associated with you stammer.
We aim to make you more effective communicators – don’t forget that fluency is just one part of that
Where Does Therapy Take Place?
We can see clients at either of our clinics in Stratford London, 10 Harley Street, online or alternatively, at your home or place of work.
What We Offer
- Specialist Speech and Language Therapy for adults and children
- Assessments delivered in clinic, online or at home
- Evidence based fluency intervention
- Individualised therapy programmes for all ages
- Support with emotional and physical aspects of dysfluency
- Flexible locations including Stratford, Harley Street, online, home or workplace
At London Speech Therapy, we provide specialist assessment and therapy for adults and children with dysfluency. Sessions are available from our clinics, online or from your home, giving you flexible access to high quality fluency support.
Children’s Stammering Support
We begin by taking time to understand your child’s communication profile in depth. This includes gathering a full case history, exploring when their speech flows smoothly and when it becomes more bumpy, and learning what already helps. We then assess receptive and expressive language to understand whether any underlying language needs may be influencing fluency.
Depending on your child’s age and confidence, we may also gently explore their own thoughts about their stammer. Together, this information helps us build a clear, supportive and informed plan that suits your child and your family.
Adult Stammering Support
Adult stammering therapy is shaped entirely around your experiences, goals and communication needs. We explore your stammer in a way that is respectful, collaborative and grounded in what matters most to you. Through identifying what happens during moments of dysfluency, we gain a clearer understanding of both the physical patterns and the emotional responses that may be involved.
Therapy may also include desensitisation, fluency modification and space to consider the impact stammering has on confidence and communication day to day. Our aim is to help you feel more in control, more informed and ultimately more effective as a communicator, recognising that fluency is only one part of communication.
Frequently Asked Questions
We sit down with you to discuss your child’s history and ask questions such as:
• When did your child start stammering?
• Is there a family history of stammering?
• When is their speech smoothest or most bumpy?
• What already seems to help?
We assess receptive and expressive language skills and, when appropriate, ask your child about their experience of stammering. This helps us build a clear picture of their needs and make a tailored plan going forward.
Therapy is a partnership between you and your therapist. Lidcombe and Palin PCI are highly effective for younger children. Older children may use fluency shaping techniques and explore the feelings linked to stammering. The overall focus is to make therapy playful, engaging and meaningful so your child can understand their stammer and feel more confident.
We typically see children from around three years old. For younger children, therapy may centre on giving parents practical strategies and environmental adjustments that support fluency at home.
Therapy is tailored to each individual. A typical programme may include:
• Stammer identification exploring what happens physically and psychologically during a stammer
• Desensitisation addressing any feelings or behaviours linked to the stammer, especially helpful for covert stammerers
• Fluency modification working on fluency shaping and block modification
Because stammering is complex and unique to each person, we consider all contributing factors. The goal is to support you to become a more effective communicator overall.
We offer therapy at our Stratford clinic, 10 Harley Street, online or at your home or workplace.
