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Stuttering Therapy - Our Therapy Approach
   

Therapy SessionAn Effective & Caring
Stuttering Therapy Approach
for Children, Teens & Adults  

Developed by People Recovering
from Stuttering

Dr. Peter Ramig has used and refined this therapy approach over more than 30 years of helping people who stutter make lasting changes in their speech and their lives. He and his associates are the only stuttering therapists in Colorado who provide this combination of clinical, research, and counseling training and expertise with experience in stuttering recovery.

 leaf1.gif (1342 bytes) Our treatment philosophy represents the integration of two approaches often thought to be separate: fluency shaping and stuttering modification. The way these approaches are used differs for each client, based upon the client's age, needs and stuttering behavior.

Fluency shaping therapy, based upon operant conditioning principles, first establishes fluency in a controlled stimulus situation. This fluency is reinforced and gradually modified to approximate normal conversational speech in the therapy room. This speech is then transferred to other situations either directly or with the help of stuttering modification techniques.

Stuttering modification techniques involve a more holistic approach, looking at the individual and characteristics of the dysfluency when planning treatment. We consider possible contributing factors to dysfluency, such as weaknesses in physiological, cognitive, and social/emotional processes which may underlie the symptoms. When these "processes" are strengthened, fluency is facilitated.

For more information, read about the therapeutic principles behind the application of our approach, or read our articles for parents, teachers, and people who stutter.

Peter R. Ramig, PhD
& Associates

Certified
Speech-Language Pathologists


3 Convenient
Locations
on the Colorado
Front Range

Boulder / Longmont

South Metro Denver
(Greenwood Village)

Ft Collins

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Speech therapy services provided at all locations:

Fluency Consultation

Evaluation, assessment, and differential diagnosis

Therapy for Fluency (stuttering & cluttering), articulation, language, and voice.

SpeechEasy®
Fluency Device
Evaluation, Fitting,
and Follow-up.


   
 
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Associated Stuttering Treatment Clinics
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