Nursery World - Speech & Language: Part 6

Stammering is common in young children, and early intervention is key to helping them. Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni explain the causes and explore some strategies

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QUESTION…

I am working with a young boy who is four years old. For over six months, I have noticed he finds talking difficult. He often repeats words when starting a sentence or sometimes when he starts to speak no sound comes out. I am wondering if he has a stammer and, if so, what I can do to help him.

Stammering, also called ‘stuttering’ or ‘dysfluency’, is when a child or adult struggles to talk and say words fluently. It is very common especially in young children. Around 5 per cent of children will stammer at some point and more than 150,000 children and young people in the UK have a stammer.

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