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Creative Therapy Tools: Hedbanz

Hedbanz is an exciting game of asking questions to guess what is pictured on the card on your head! Our speech-language pathologists use this game the most because it has an abundance of speech and language targets within it. During any session, this is a great warm up game to get to know each other. During speech sessions this is a great game to work on formulating, asking questions, and answering questions. The game could be changed slightly so that participants give clues

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Stuttering

What is "Covert Stuttering?"

Covert Stuttering occurs when people who stutter pretend or act like they do not stutter even though they do. People who stutter, (and who are also covert), usually avoid saying certain words that they know they will stutter on. It is common for covert stutterers to order something at a restaurant that they actually do not want because they want to avoid stuttering. If they order what they actually want to eat, then they run the risk of openly stuttering. As a person who stut

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Stuttering

Why is National Stuttering Awareness Week so Important?

I grew up being quiet more often than speaking up because the best way to avoid stuttering is to not talk at all. Speaking has always been something that I have been super aware of. I grew up avoiding the words that I knew I would stutter on so that I wouldn't make others feel uncomfortable. I wanted to blend in like everyone else. In order to fit in, my normal way of life became suppressing what I wanted to say, and avoiding speaking situations at all costs. As a freshman in

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