Needs of Children Who Stutter

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  • Iimura Daichi
    Department of Rehabilitation, Fuke Hospital Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba Domo-Work (Specified Nonprofit Corporation)
  • Ishida Osamu
    Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba Saitama Municipal Nakamoto Elementary School

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  • 吃音のある児童が学校・家庭で周囲に求める対応や支援に関する要望について
  • —An Investigation of the Support Required at Home and Elementary School—

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<p>Children who stutter (CWS) face many difficulties and need environmental support in school or home activities. However, few studies have investigated the needs of CWS within the context of their environment. The present study aimed to elucidate the needs and requests for accommodation of CWS. Twenty-five CWS completed a free-description questionnaire about "the difficulties they experience," "what they want people in their environment to do," and "why they want such supports," with reference to their friends, schoolteachers, and parents. The data were analyzed using the KJ method and categories were identified. In all situations, "waiting until they start to speak" and "treating them as other children are treated" were extracted. However, the participants' support needs from schoolteachers and parents differed. Specifically, they wanted schoolteachers to "provide information about stuttering to other children in their classroom," while they wanted parents to "speak slowly and listen patiently." Additionally, they reported facing difficulties with "making a presentation" and "oral reading." In this regard, they wanted those around them to make some accommodations because "they wanted to speak by themselves" and "these accommodations enabled them to speak smoothly and comfortably." The results also suggested that CWS from middle or higher grades wanted more accommodations and their needs were more diverse as compared to those of CWS from lower grades.</p>

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