The child stutters at the age of three. The child began to stutter: causes and treatment. Correct parenting behavior

Dear parents, hello! Who among us is not happy with the success of children? We are with early childhood teach them everything. Attending matinees, with tears of joy, we watch how the child mint a poem in front of the Christmas tree. When studying at school, we hone the skills of public speaking so that the student is interested in listening.

But it also happens: during a conversation, children swallow not only syllables, but whole words, they can stumble and hang on some sounds, they just can't get to the end of the phrase. In such cases, and there are about 1% of them among the inhabitants of the planet, they talk about the presence of stuttering.

Why does the child stutter: either nature does not want the baby to speak beautifully, or the body has embarked on the path of resistance and rebel, is it a life-long sentence or a fixable matter, is there parental fault or it cannot be avoided? Many questions? Let's look for answers to them!

Lesson plan:

Stuttering stuttering strife!

For us, ordinary people, stuttering comes down to one thing - at such moments we want to help the stutterer quickly say what he is trying to do. And we are not comparing how one stutters is more different from the other. Stuttering is also stuttering in Africa.

Depending on the different reasons and the severity of the symptoms of the disease is different. The forms of speech pathology are:

clonic, when a child, due to intermittent convulsive movements of the respiratory organs, repeats syllables, usually the first. "In-ceiling" - this is how the word will sound approximately in this case,
tonic, when, due to the tension of the muscles of the mouth and tongue, some sounds are stretched and pauses are created. For example, like this: "S ... a dog."
mixed, combining both: "Z ... zz-stuttering."

All these forms are considered by physicians to be clinical manifestations.

In addition to them, stuttering is different due to the nature of the pathology:

wavy - it comes and goes, but at the same time does not completely disappear,
constant - as it came, it remains,
recurrent - it happens, everything is fine, but it happens, it manifests itself again.

The etiology, or cause and condition of occurrence, divides stuttering into:

neurotic, which arose under the influence of external factors, for example, due to psychological trauma,
neurosis-like, independent of the external environment, for example, as a result of damage to the cerebral cortex or inherited.

Where to look for the causes of stuttering?

Most often, stuttering, or in a medical logoneurosis, is noted in preschool children, and children under five years of age are usually prone to pathology with speech. At this age, active speech development... If a child began to stutter at the age of 7, then this is a rare precedent. In any case, there are reasons for all of these disorders.

As doctors say, everyone stutters in their own way. The usual explanation for this pathology among the people is fear, but it is worth noting that it occurs only in half of the cases. 15 percent falls on heredity, and all the rest must be looked for in unfavorable emotional circumstances that trigger the process so that an already grown-up child begins to stutter.

These are the main reasons that serve as an impetus for a child to start stuttering.

Physiology

Birth trauma, heredity and neuroinfection can cause stuttering. Physiological provocations of the body are directly related to the depletion of the child nervous system... Such a shift may occur due to the transferred serious diseases, among which doctors note measles and scarlet fever.

Psychology

A sudden strong emotional shock is a direct path to stuttering. At the same time, you should not reduce everything only to fright, when, for example, a dog attacked.

By the way, inappropriate behavior of any animals is the most common reason children's fears. Among the reasons for the disorder of the speech apparatus is the unfavorable environment at home. Do you like to break the dishes in the kitchen, loudly proving your case? Think about possible consequences!

By the way, the pressure on the part of teachers can also become an impetus for speech impairment.

Social environment

Great mental stress and overload of the child's brain speech lessons, for example, in foreign languages, can cause the children's speech apparatus to fail with the task at hand.

Sometimes psychologists note that absolutely healthy children begin to stutter when imitating and copying a stutter in their circle. In addition, one of the impetus for the appearance of pathology is the retraining of left-handers.

Provocateurs

Stuttering attacks can be noted as single. I think you have sometimes come across that with excessive excitement, for example, when performing in front of a large audience, the child suddenly starts to "echo and back", although at home he rehearsed with enviable clarity.

Interestingly, some experts noted among the provoking factors even an excess of protein foods in the children's diet. So we follow the diet. And they also believe that the weather can provoke an organism prone to overexcitation and stuttering: it smoothes out in spring and summer, and increases in autumn and winter.

Four steps for logoneurosis

What does the process of pronouncing words look like? Two muscle groups work in concert: when some contract, others relax. In a stutter, this work loses its coherence and as a result we hear either clonic repetitions, or tonic spasms occur. The formation of persistent reflex stuttering is like a ladder with only four rungs.

On the first step, stuttering appears in episodes. Difficulties arise with the first words in sentences and with short parts of speech - conjunctions, prepositions. At the same time, the child is not yet shy, but communicates on an equal footing.
At the second step, the initiative of communication is replaced by silence, as stuttering becomes chronic. Fluent speech is rarely heard, and polysyllabic words do not give in the first time, especially if you try to speak them quickly.
On the third step, muscle cramps become fixed, but the child is already beginning to notice that his speech is very different from what others say. Difficulties with words are already clearly visible. A young stutterer begins to look for a replacement for difficult words, up to gestures.
Having passed to the fourth step, the child sharply perceives the differences in his speech, he expects a stutter and internally prepares for it. Convulsive manifestations in the speech apparatus always occur, not only in exciting situations.

Digression from the topic

The boys were not lucky in this matter: they have more chances to become stutterers. Why? It's simple. Who if not the male sex is especially active, energetic and often gets into stressful situations. Of course, restless boys! Yes, and the demand from them is greater, there is less lisp, and therefore neuroses are more common. Cuddled girls are more psycho-resistant, so they are in no hurry to stutter.

The child stutters: what to do?

Logoneurosis is a functional disease that depends on the characteristics of the children's nervous system. Therefore, before looking on the Internet for advice on how to treat, you need to understand what to treat. Where to go if a child's speech is "broken"?

If your family has such a problem, then you should plan a trip to:

a psychotherapist who, together with you, will find the reason why the child began to stutter, and again will fight this reason together with you,
a neurologist - he will prescribe a course of sedative medications that can strengthen the shaky children's nervous system,
speech therapist - the doctor will select corrective classes for the rhythm and tempo of speech, which you will regularly practice yourself and in special lessons with a specialist.

Do not rush to shift everything onto the shoulders of doctors! A lot depends on you at home too!

Agree, nothing difficult. No need to watch from the sidelines as the child climbs the stuttering ladder to the last step. Measures should be taken immediately, then the results of treatment will not be long in coming!

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Good luck to you and calm, clear, smooth speech!

Evgenia Klimkovich.

It happens like this: one fine day, for no reason, for no reason, your two-three-year-old toddler begins to say in a strange way: “I don’t want porridge!”. The heart becomes anxious, because each of us has come across stuttering people, we can imagine the limitations that this ailment imposes on normal verbal communication. Still, you don't need to panic. Stuttering is very often confused with the so-called "stuttering" (physiological iterations) even speech therapists who have worked for more than one year. Both the one and the other speech deficiency are very similar in manifestations: they are related by the disturbed rhythm of speech. It is necessary to be able to distinguish stuttering from stuttering, because the content of correctional work will depend on this.

Stuttering- This is a violation of the tempo and rhythm of speech in the convulsive state of the muscles of the speech apparatus. Convulsions are of different localization: voice, articulatory, respiratory.

Physiological stutters (iterations)- a frequent phenomenon in the speech of children 2-5 years old, which requires a different correction than stuttering and usually occurs when the development of the baby's thinking is ahead of his speech capabilities. Often accompanied by good development, both mental and physical. There is a great risk of stumbling in children who are emotional, very developed, impressionable. Usually mothers start to panic, expecting the worst - stuttering. Remember that stuttering has little to do with stuttering. However, if you do not pay attention to the repetitions of syllables and words in speech in time and do not take preventive measures, then the risk of stuttering is quite high.

As soon as you hear "stumbling" in your baby's speech, try to determine if it is stuttering or stuttering.

When stumbling, as a rule, there are no cramps in the mouth, neck, etc. as opposed to stuttering.
Notice how your child responds to requests to speak better, slower, and smoother. If the baby has a stutter, then his speech after this request will only be worse, and the baby with stuttering - better. Stuttering is characterized by a painful fixation on their defect, and this leads to an additional deterioration in speech.

3. Analyze the reasons for the "unexpected" violation of the rhythm of speech in the child. The roots of the baby's problem with stammering go into the field of emotions, features of the nervous system, problems of parent-child relations; hesitation is often a symptom of neurosis. It happens that they appear when the child is especially tense (says something long, new, difficult), is excited, etc. At such moments, some of the kids begin to wind their hair on their finger, bite their nails, even blush, and the children with hesitation begin to repeat the first syllables or words. Stuttering, on the other hand, is a neurological problem and is more difficult to correct than stuttering. It is believed that stuttering is always of hereditary origin (great-grandfather could have stuttered, and his great-grandson had a tendency to stutter).

If the originality of speech does not disappear within two to three weeks and even tends to deteriorate, it is time to take action. Visit a speech therapist and neuropsychiatrist. Both will help with the diagnosis, that is, they will reveal stuttering (sometimes it is called logoneurosis). The neuropsychologist will prescribe medications that it makes sense to take if the baby really has moderate or severe stuttering. When he stumbles, medications are not needed, except in situations when they were caused by severe stress. When correcting hesitation, do the following:

We consult and work with a child psychologist. A psychologist will help eliminate the cause of the stumbling. Various methods of child psychotherapy help well: fairy tale therapy, sand therapy, art therapy. Check if the psychologist has certificates of completion of refresher courses in these areas of psychocorrection.
We are working with a speech therapist. Speech therapist in game form teaches the kid the tricks breathing exercises, relaxation, control over the fluency of speech.
We conduct a course of relaxing massage.
We spend a lot of time in the water. It is best if you take your child to the pool, but in case of somatic weakness, regular water play at home is fine. There is a rule: the more excitable the baby, the more water he needs.

When correcting stuttering, we do this:

We visit and follow all the recommendations of the neuropsychiatrist.
We work with a speech therapist regularly and systematically. Stuttering has an unpleasant tendency to come back, especially in the face of stress. So, having eliminated stuttering before school, you need to be especially careful when the baby goes to grade 1. School adaptation and neuro-emotional stress associated with this can provoke speech impairment.
We conduct a course of relaxing massage, and more than one.
We are working with a psychologist.

Tips for parents every day.

You should reconsider your behavior in relation to raising a baby: excessive demands, alienation, criticism, ridicule, irritation - all this can provoke hesitation.

Watch how - quickly or slowly - you speak to your child and how loudly: if hesitation appears, then you need to speak more quietly and slowly.
Convince yourself: stumbling is not a sentence, but a symptom of a deeper problem, usually of a psychological and pedagogical nature. If you worry too much, the baby, looking at you, will literally intuitively feel: "Something is wrong with me"; nervous tension is growing.
Make especially serious demands on your daily routine. It is necessary to limit watching TV and playing computer games to 15-20 minutes a day.
Before bed, turn on quiet instrumental music, an adaptation of classics for children. Such musical compositions have a good psychotherapeutic effect.

If your toddler stumbles due to intellectual overload, such as at school early development, then you need to "slow down" educational process... Let the baby not do anything for a month or two, beat the thumbs up, do nothing.

In no case should the child's attention be fixed on the originality of his speech. That is why it is better not to require him to repeat the word correctly and in general to give any assessment to the statements. If the child begins to stutter strongly during the conversation, just tell him: "Let's try to sing this word" or: "Let's say this word in a whisper." Show him how to do it. There is usually no hesitation when using these techniques.

When communicating with a child with hesitation, let him feel that no one is rushing him to say that everyone will always wait for the end of his thought. This means that you do not need to adjust it when answering, or suggest a word, do not use impatient gestures. Wait in silence while he chooses the words and the correct grammatical form for the statement.

If stutters in a child's speech appear infrequently, do not affect the quality of communication in any way, do not strain the child himself, then apart from a consultation with a speech therapist, nothing needs to be done. With the correct psychological and pedagogical approach, all this goes by itself.

Ecology of life. Children: Abnormalities in pronunciation often cause ridicule from other children, lead to a decrease in self-esteem, reluctance ...

Beautiful and intelligible speech is an important element in the successful socialization of a child. Deviations in pronunciation often cause ridicule from other children, lead to a decrease in self-esteem, and an unwillingness to communicate with others.

Approximately the same consequences leads stuttering in children, the causes and treatment of which are most often determined by a neurologist and speech therapist.

Is stuttering a disease or an abnormality?

Changes in the rhythm, fluency and tempo of speech are called stuttering. This condition is caused by the spasm of the muscles involved in the pronunciation of words. Stuttering appears for the first time in children preschool age at about 2-3 years. During this period, there is an active development of speech, any deviations make themselves felt.

Girls have better developed emotional stability, therefore, such speech impairment occurs in them 4 times less often than in boys.

It is very important to identify the incipient deviation as early as possible and begin treatment before it is fixed.

Classification

Stuttering is divided into 3 forms:

organic;
functional;
mixed.

Defects in brain development lead to to organic form.

Injuries, neuroinfections disrupt functions cause delay mental development... Such children stutter constantly, the reason is articulatory cramps.

If neurotic reactions join, then the form becomes mixed.

Only a consultation with a neurologist will help answer the question of whether it is possible to cure stuttering in a child.

Functional form appears in children with peculiarities of the nervous system, prone to neuroses, mentally vulnerable. It often happens after a traumatic situation. They are characterized by cramps of the respiratory and vocal muscles. Children with this type of stuttering try to overcome the ailment, sometimes excessively. Increased speech load has a negative effect.

According to the severity, they are divided into 3 forms: light, medium and severe.

Its definition is influenced by the degree of socialization - with a mild type of stuttering, it is almost invisible, and with a severe type of stuttering, communication is very difficult.

The course of the disease can be:

permanent when symptoms do not diminish and bother all the time;
undulating: periods of deterioration and improvement alternate;
recurrent: symptoms during the period of remission practically disappear and again exacerbate under the influence of stress.

Why does stuttering appear?

The exact causes of stuttering in children 3 years of age and older are difficult to establish. Usually there are predisposing and provoking factors.

Stuttering can be caused by:

Birth injury.
Exposure to toxic substances during pregnancy: smoking, alcohol, occupational hazards.
Hereditary predisposition.
Head trauma.
Diseases of the organs of speech.

Provoking factors:

Social reasons: lack of parental attention, attention deficit disorder, excessive severity, speech overload, change of residence or kindergarten mimicking a stuttering family member.
Psychological: fear, jealousy and resentment, stress, emotional stress, childhood fears, retraining from left-handed to right-handed.

The combination of predisposing and provoking factors answers the question of why children stutter.

Symptoms

The manifestations of pathology depend on the cause, severity:

1. Speech cramps, which can be clonic, tonic and mixed. In the first version, they are manifested by the repetition of the first letter (k-k-cat), in the second - by the appearance of a pause in the word (k ... oshka).

2. Change in breathing: children breathe shallowly, without the participation of the diaphragm. Gradually, it weakens, and the defect is fixed.

3. Violation of intonation: speech is monotonous, expressionless.

4. Psychosomatic reactions: enuresis, sweating, facial flushing, phobias, nervous tics, mood swings, hyperactivity.

Treatment methods

Qualitative diagnostics and examination will determine how to cure stuttering in children.

Neuropsychiatrist will identify psychological problems, possible traumatic situations.

Brain examination, the study of the anamnesis will reveal the organic causes of the pathology, which can be influenced by medication.

How to treat stuttering in a 5-year-old child does not differ from the methods applicable to younger students. Used by breathing exercises, which trains the diaphragm and respiratory muscles.

Exists special computer programs for treatment... The bottom line is to reproduce speech with a delay, which is spoken into a microphone. Children try to adapt to their own voice, synchronization occurs and stuttering is eliminated.

Stuttering medications in children, they belong to the group of nootropics, sedatives that bring the nervous system into a balanced state. Sometimes herbal teas and decoctions are enough.

How to Help: Tips for Parents

Parents should know how to cure a child from stuttering and what needs to be done to help him:

no need to interrupt and adjust during a conversation;
repeated repetition of the word on which he stumbled can only worsen the condition;
you need to talk in a measured, calm voice, avoid loud cries, sudden movements;
in the family you need to create a calm atmosphere;
simultaneously with the above, there should be no privileges to the stutter due to his condition;
for the duration of treatment, you need to refuse to attend circles and sections, public events;
it is useful to observe the daily routine;
TV, computer games should be limited as much as possible, especially before bedtime;
small children should not be loaded with new fairy tales and books, read better for a long time familiar and small in volume;
lessons in singing and music are useful, and it does not have to be lessons with a teacher, it is enough just to sometimes sing familiar songs together;
for every small success you need to praise, criticize less;
you should not focus on pathology, talk in the presence of the baby about his stuttering.

Treatment for stuttering is long, it is important not to try to speed up the process, to put pressure on the preschooler in order to have time to recover before school. For some, it gradually disappears after overcoming adolescence. published

Stuttering is a violation of the tempo, rhythm of speech, breathing during speaking, caused by overstrain of the muscles of the speech apparatus. In speech, it manifests itself as sudden hesitation and repetition of individual syllables. Most often, stuttering is manifested in children 3 years old - with the onset of a period of active development of speech. Boys are more prone to stuttering than girls because they are less emotionally stable.

The child began to stutter at 3 years old: reasons

Physiological... Stuttering is not inherited, but predisposition is possible. Also, speech problems can be caused by birth trauma, organic disorders in the structure of the speech centers of the brain, as well as infectious diseases - measles, whooping cough, typhus and diseases of the organs of speech - the larynx, nose, pharynx.
Psychological... Stuttering of a neurotic nature is called. It can be triggered by sharp emotional upheavals, childhood fears, and sudden fright. This is due to the fact that when a child is worried, his speech does not keep up with the brain, and hesitation occurs.
Social... This group of reasons is sometimes the most difficult to identify, since at this age children are very impressionable and susceptible to influence. For example, they can unconsciously copy the speech of stuttering peers. Often stuttering occurs when a three-year-old is overloaded with speech material, for example, when studying several languages at the same time. Also, the cause of stuttering at 3 years old can be excessive strictness of parents and an unfavorable psychological atmosphere in the family.

In addition, there are a number of provoking factors that can contribute to the manifestation speech disorders, for example, fatigue, tooth growth, the predominance of protein foods in the child's diet, adenoids that cause breathing disorders.

Stuttering in children 3 years old - treatment

Stuttering treatment consists in a set of measures prescribed by a speech therapist. In this case, it is important to establish trusting relationship between the child's parents and the professional in order for the therapeutic interaction to be most effective. If a child stutters at 3 years old, first of all, the following recommendations should be observed:

adherence to sleep and wakefulness. At the age of 3 to 7 years, a child needs at least 10 hours of sleep at night and 2 hours of sleep. Daytime sleep is simply necessary, since it has a positive effect on the psycho-emotional state of the baby;
attention should be paid to educational games, reading children's books, minimizing watching cartoons and television programs;
in no case should you ignore walks, the minimum duration of a daily walk for a 3-year-old baby is 2 hours;
creating a favorable environment in the family, conflicts and clarification of relationships should be minimized. Also, one should not focus on the problem of the child's stuttering, discuss it with strangers with him, and, even more so, laugh;
communicate with the child correctly. In daily communication, the child should hear beautiful, fluent speech that meets lexical norms.

Today, there are the following methods for treating stuttering in a child.

Hello dear readers. Today we will talk about what to do if the child starts to stutter. As you know, this condition must be preceded by some reason. This is what we will try to figure out, as well as find out how to behave, what to do in the current situation.

Types of ailment

For most parents, stuttering is a single form of the disease. However, they do not know that they exist. various forms this ailment.

Based on the cause of the disease, the following types of stuttering are distinguished:

neurotic - is a consequence of external factors, in particular psychological trauma;
neurosis-like - it develops regardless of environmental factors, most often it is a consequence of damage to parts of the brain or occurs against the background of a genetic predisposition.

According to the type of the course of the disease, the following forms are distinguished:

constant - persists for life;
recurrent - passes, but may reappear;
undulating - it does not completely go away, the symptoms either worsen or subside.

Based on how speech manifests itself, there are:

tonic type - it is characteristic of stretching some sounds and creating a pause in words, which occurs due to the tension of the muscles of the tongue and mouth, for example, "m .... machine";
clonic type - there is an intermittent movement of the respiratory organs of a convulsive nature, which leads to the repetition of syllables, usually the first, for example, "te-te-TV";
Mixed type - a combination of the above two options is characteristic, for example, "with ... co-co-dog."

Stuttering stages

The initial stage of the disease is characterized by the repetition of conjunctions or the first words of sentences. The kid does not notice deviations in his speech.
At the second stage, the child tries to be silent for more time, because stuttering is increasingly common in his conversation. Words with many syllables do not lend themselves to a baby, especially with a fast speech rate.
The third stage is characterized by the consolidation of muscle cramps. The kid begins to pay attention to the fact that his pronunciation of words is significantly different from other children. Difficulties with pronunciation are clearly visible. Increasingly, the child's words are replaced by gestures.
At the fourth stage, the child stutters strongly, characterized by an exacerbated perception by the toddler of differences in his speech from other children. The kid begins to internally prepare for the approaching stuttering, awaits him with fear. At this stage, a stuttering attack is observed not only during a period of increased emotionality.

Causes

If the child began to stutter, this state was preceded by some event, the ailment arises under the influence of certain factors, both external and internal.

Pathology in intrauterine development, trauma during childbirth;
Diseases of an infectious nature, such as typhoid, whooping cough or measles.
Pathologies of a non-infectious type, for example, rickets.
Brain infection, traumatic brain injury.
Endocrine system pathologies.
Surgical intervention for excision of the adenoids or glands.
Diseases of ENT organs.
Sluggish diseases of the internal organs.
Congenital pathology of the components of the speech apparatus.
Lack of physical development of the baby.
Increased exactingness of parents to the little one or, on the contrary, spoiledness.
The presence of constant quarrels and scandals in the family of a child who is only 2 years old can often cause the development of an illness.
Increased affection of the baby to the mother.
Lack of contact with parents.
Retraining left-handers to right-handers.
Lack of daily routine.
Loads of an intellectual nature that does not correspond to the age of the child. This is often observed in children 3 years of age and older, when parents try to put in their heads as much as possible more information, want to teach how to count and read.
Genetic predisposition.
Late development of speech.
Disturbances in the work of the central nervous system.
Accelerated speech rate.
Psychological trauma, severe stress or fear.

Signs

There are cases when, after severe stress or obvious fright, a child withdraws into himself,. After some time, the baby is likely to start talking, but quite often this process is accompanied by stuttering. You need to know that with timely access to a specialist, you can manage to avoid stuttering.

except this case the main features also include:

the appearance in the baby's speech of vowel sounds at the beginning of some words;
the baby falls silent in the middle of a spoken phrase or even a word;
the child repeats words or whole phrases at the beginning of his conversation;
it is difficult for the baby to start talking.

Additional symptoms include:

increased nervousness, tension;
well-developed facial expressions, sometimes nervous tics are observed;
difficulties during communication;
aggressiveness;
isolation;
lack of adequate sleep;
, tearfulness;
the occurrence of phobias of a different nature.

Stuttering in most cases provokes the development of logoophobia, which consists in the fear of communicating with other people. The child is afraid of being misunderstood by others due to problems in the pronunciation of words.

Diagnostics

The specialist conducts an initial examination of the child, identifies visible problems.
Sound pronunciation test.
Determination of the lexical and grammatical content of the child's speech.
Phonemic hearing test.

If neurological pathologies are suspected, the following will be prescribed:

Electroencephalogram;
MRI of the brain;
rheoencephalography;
EchoEG.

When to see a doctor

There are a number of signs indicating the need for urgent consultation with a doctor.

There is a systematic stability of repetitions of words and even whole phrases.
The child began to duplicate syllables in words more often.
The lengthening of words appeared.
It is difficult for a child to reproduce speech.
When the baby speaks, his facial muscles are very tense, and articulation muscles are constrained.
During a conversation, the child changes the intonation of his speech.
The kid is often silent, tries not to talk.

Care features

Emotional calmness:

it is necessary to restrict access to television programs that do not correspond to the child's age, as well as overload his nervous system;
watching TV before going to bed is unacceptable; it is also necessary to limit the time spent in front of the screen;
restrict access to newfangled gadgets or minimize their impact;
never tell your child scary tales before bedtime;
limit communication with peers and relatives, if necessary, temporarily stop attending kindergarten.

Features of speech pronunciation:

Become an example for the child, speak clearly and slowly;
deliberately slow down your pronunciation so that the baby tries to repeat after you;
do not speak syllables in front of a child, especially if he has a clonic type of stuttering;
let the baby communicate with children who already speak well;
make sure that the little one talks as little as possible, distract him with games, offer to help in the kitchen;
tell your baby fascinating stories, now it is important that the child listens more than speaks.

Features of physical development:

gymnastics;
outdoor sports;
swimming;
physical exercise;
massage;
engage in the development of fine motor skills: board games, modeling from plasticine, playing with sand, drawing.

Singing: vocal lessons develop a sense of rhythm and teach correct breathing. In addition, in the song, in fact, each word is a continuation of the previous one, practically without stopping the voice. All the child's efforts are aimed at the correct reproduction of the melody, also the rhythm, he does not think about the pronunciation of words, which helps to recover from stuttering if the cause was psychosomatics.

Treatment methods

The following specialists will help the child:

Psychotherapist - will help to deal with the cause of stuttering and begin to fight with it.
Neurologist - will prescribe sedatives that will help strengthen the child's nervous system.
Speech therapist - will show you exercises to adjust the tempo and rhythm of speech, teach breathing exercises.

On the way to recovery, the following methods of treatment can be used:

medication method of taking medications;
traditional - undergoing physiotherapy, breathing exercises, massage of the collar zone and facial muscles, exercise therapy;
non-traditional - traditional medicine, acupuncture;
multimedia complexes on electronic media;
copyright - techniques developed by psychologists, defectologists or psychiatrists.

Treatment games:

inflation balloons or soap bubbles promotes training in correct breathing;
show your child how to imitate the rustling of leaves, the noise of the wind, the sound of a train.

Massage

The procedure is effective way improving the condition of a stuttering child. You can make an appointment with a specialist. It is not recommended to carry out these exercises on their own; parents may, due to inexperience, injure the muscles of the child's larynx. In addition, it is advisable to make an appointment not with an ordinary massage therapist, but with a person who specializes in the treatment of speech disorders.

Procedure rules:

the masseur must have warm hands;
the presence of calm music that allows the child to relax;
slow pace of movement;
creating a comfortable environment for the child.

Stages of the procedure:

neck area;
shoulders (upper area);
facial muscles;
the area around the lips;
larynx.

The main goal pursued by the masseur is to relax tense muscles that are in constant tone in a stuttering baby. The course of treatment consists of 12 sessions. Sometimes a second course can be prescribed two weeks after the previous one.

With pathologies of the nervous system, in order to increase the effectiveness of massage and corrective exercises, a speech therapist can prescribe drug therapy.

Folk remedies

Doctors can prescribe drugs traditional medicine, in particular herbs that have a calming effect. The kid will be helped by:

motherwort;
nettle juice;
valerian;
viburnum berries;
herbal collection of mint, chamomile, nettle and valerian;
goose cinquefoil;
collecting heather and hops;
rinse your throat with a decoction of fragrant rose and white ash;

The main thing is that parents understand that traditional medicine is an auxiliary therapy, and not the main one.

What not to do

To make fun of the child, to make fun of him.
Asking your baby a lot of questions.
To ask him to start retelling his proposal.
Look at the little one with contempt and irritation.
Help complete a word or phrase.
Stop when the child tries to say something.
Asking the baby to start speaking at a slower pace.
Instead of a child, choose words.
Ask for a deep breath.

Forecasts

Once you see a doctor, you will not be able to get an accurate answer to the question about the prognosis of stuttering treatment. The results of therapy will depend on many factors, including the form of the disease, the patient's age, and the individual characteristics of his body.

If we consider the forecasts in general, then the following can be observed:

timely treatment significantly increases the chances of a full recovery;
if there is a pathology of the speech apparatus of an innate nature, then there is practically no chance of a favorable outcome;
respiratory cramps respond much more quickly to therapy than tonic ones;
treatment started at 5 years of age is more effective than that started at a later age.
under the influence of external psychological factors, a relapse of the disease may occur after complete recovery.

Preventive measures

Avoid family quarrels. There should be peace and comfort in the house.
Do not show your child films or programs with scary content.
Don't tell horror stories at night.
Do not let us watch TV before bed, even if cartoons are shown, especially for children under 4 years old.
If a child has a phobia, do not exacerbate it. For example, if the baby is afraid to stay in the dark, you cannot close him in a dark room, you need to leave the light on.
Not to show excessive demands on the child, but also not to pamper him too much.
Protect the toddler from psychological trauma.
Stay awake and sleepy.
Read books, play educational games.
Take a walk every day, at least two hours.
Avoid quarrels and conflicts in the family.

Now you know the answer to the question "why does the child stutter?" It is important to follow all the recommendations and instructions of specialists to restore the normal function of the speech apparatus. The main task of parents is to remain completely calm and not worry ahead of time. Quite often, this condition is reversible and treatable.