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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 232S1010.8.0 STAMMERING THERAPY(Slide 305)%u2022 Early intervention is important in supporting children to never see their stammer as a problem.%u2022 There is no cure for stammering, therefore it is essential that therapy will support and empower children to communicate to their full potential and say what they want to say, when they want to say it whether they continue to stammer or not.%u2022 Stammering therapy for children between the ages of 3 and 5 is often %u2018indirect%u2019. This means we work more with the child%u2019s parents/carers and others within the child%u2019s environment for example their nursery or school. %u2022 Therapy, whether indirect or direct is stammering affirming, promotes positive attitudes to stammering and prevents the development of negative attitudes towards communication.10.8.1 Indirect Therapy%u2022 Ouline Indirect therapy and refer learners to the handout for details.%u2022 Indirect therapy involves creating safe, stammer friendly environments for children.%u2022 This might be advice/training for people within the environment, including parents/carers/peers for e.g. in parent groups. It will include supporting their knowledge and understanding of stammering, dismantling myths around stammering and providing advice about how to create a stammer friendly environment.%u2022 Therapy may also include reducing demands or %u2018pressures%u2019 in the child%u2019s environment (demands and capacities model) or interaction based therapy such as Palin PCI (Parent Child Interaction).