Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP)

The Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP) provides a practical, hands-on approach to stuttering therapy. It is a program of doing. not one of philosophizing about, theorizing about, nor debating about, stuttering.

The underlying rationale for this program is that secondary stuttering is a unique communication disorder of presently unknown origin or origins, and it cannot be cured-not unlike many other human ills. The stutterer can, however, learn to manage his stuttering and his speech so that he can communicate as a stutterer in any situation without undue stress and strain to himself or his listener. The clinician will guide and execute this therapy program, but it is the responsibility of the stutterer to accept not only the fact that he is a stutterer, but also the responsibility for changing his way of communicating to one that is much more socially acceptable and effective.