Freedom to Speak, Honeoye, NY (2025)

Freedom to Speak arose from a local outcry of parents who contacted Susan Cochrane for help with their children who stutter. As word spread, adults who stutter discovered that they too were and are able to make permanent and positive changes to speech production that is disrupted by stuttering. Recent improvements in brain imaging equipment confirm that stuttering develop from neurological differences in the developing brain. As children experience struggle with speaking, they begin to react to the difficulty by avoiding talking and/or exerting effort to speak making the problem worse. Thoughts and feelings about themselves, because of this difficulty serve to increase the complexity of treating the stuttering syndrome. People can learn new behaviors and over time, create new neurological routines that over power the old, non-serving behaviors. Through identification, modification and practice, Susan works with her clients to establish a new speech pattern that is conducive for communication and creating relationships!

09/07/2025

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08/16/2025

Parenting Style and a Child’s Success in Stuttering Treatment
Multiple variables impact treatment outcomes for children who stutter. Some of these variables include therapeutic alliance, the therapist him/herself, treatment approaches and strategies, delivery styles, client’s desire, practice, belief, trust, learning styles, cooperation and compliance. Especially in the early years of development; preschool, elementary and early teens, parenting styles influence results of stuttering therapy.
Four main parenting styles have been identified:
1. Authoritarian-This style is characterized by high control and low warmth. Authoritarian parents set strict rules, expect obedience, and are less responsive to their children's needs or emotions. They may use punishment to enforce rules.
2. Authoritative-This style combines high control and high warmth. Authoritative parents set clear expectations and boundaries, but they also explain the reasons behind rules and are responsive to their children's feelings. They encourage independence and open communication.
3. Permissive- This style is characterized by high warmth and low control. Permissive parents are very responsive to their children's needs and desires, but they don't set clear boundaries or expectations. They may avoid confrontation and discipline.
4. Uninvolved-This style is marked by low levels of both warmth and control. Uninvolved parents are often emotionally detached and don't set rules or expectations for their children. They may not be actively involved in their children's lives.

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Research suggests that children with authoritative parents tend to have the most positive outcomes, including high self-esteem, social competence, and academic success. Characteristics of authoritative parenting, include high parental responsiveness and high parental demands. This style of parenting emphasizes open communication, active listening, and focusing on the message rather than the delivery, which can reduce anxiety and improve communication confidence.

05/21/2025

Working with Susan has been life-changing for our family. She not only gave us the tools to help our daughter significantly reduce her stuttering, but also empowered us to support her with daily, focused practice at home. .com

10/15/2023

I-I-I-I-I-I-I AM A PERSON WHO STUTTERS

7.8 billion people, world-wide; 2% of the adult population and up to 5% of children, stutter. Stuttering is distributed evenly across cultures, races, socio-economic backgrounds and levels of intelligence. It does, however; discriminate with regards to gender. By age 12 years, four males for every female stutter. Ongoing research in the field of fluency disorders (stuttering), continues to offer new information for people who are afflicted with this devastating disorder. In the area of genetics, scientists have identified stuttering genes, confirming that stuttering is often inherited. In the area of physiology, brain imaging studies show salient differences in brain functioning of people who stutter and those who do not. Stuttering characteristics do not seem to result from one cause, but rather from several interacting factors including: genetic, neurologic, environmental and cognitive, as well as personality. Clinical research has proven that there is no cure for stuttering, however for the very young, effective therapy often results in normal fluency which continues for the remainder of one’s life.

Quality treatment for people who suffer daily with this disorder has, in the past, and in some current cases been misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated. Demands for change from this underserved population have been answered. In the year 2000, the governing body of Speech and Language Pathologists (American Speech/Language/Hearing Association, ASHA) established a subdivision that was charged with creating standards and criterion for specialists in treating stuttering and other disorders of fluency. Individuals who can meet and maintain these high standards are designated as “Board Recognized Specialists in Fluency Disorders”.

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Honeoye, NY
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+15853290616

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http://www.stuttersolutions.com/

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