The effectiveness of your life is determined by the effectiveness of your communication - Earl Nightingale

F.A.S.T. Fluency is an acronym for Family And SLP Treatment for Fluency. This program was designed by Tim Mackesey in 1997, and has been improving every week since. It is a team approach that intimately involves the parents. It is personalized to address the unique needs of your child. Nearly 160 children have graduated from this program with stuttering resolved. F.A.S.T. Fluency will prove to be at the cutting edge of fluency treatment for years to come.

We offer you a unique, highly effective direct approach that aims to resolve stuttering in preschool children. Realize that the symptoms of stuttering (i.e., tight lips, eyes blinking, facial grimaces, tense repetitions, avoidance etc.) are a sign that your child is trying to stop herself from stuttering. This struggle and force response is age appropriate. Recall when young children yank stuff out of a drawer or tug on a "pull toy" wrapped around a chair leg -- their motto is "when stuck, use force." The best window of opportunity to resolve stuttering is when it is only a behavior. That is, before emotions, cognitions (limiting thoughts), and the identity of a stutterer is established...more