If the stutter is severe or seems not to improve, you can bring your child to a polyclinic and ask for a referral to SGH or KK speech therapist. Be prepared to go through an ENT or psych doc first.


To help the child, -assuming he/she is fairly young:
1) don’t draw (too much) attention to the stutter
2) do not make fun or if anyone makes fun of him -take the necessary actions. e.g. Friends or not -they have to be told off.
3) encourage to child to slow down or repeat the phrase in a good and friendly manner. For eg. say, that was a bumpy sentence. Let’s say it again together. After saying out together, let the child say it naturally and without any tension
4) Take note of tension and especially hard use of articulators -the child will not be aware & it is unhelpful to be too technical towards him at this stage.

The key thing is not to make him/her self-conscious. That would lead to an almost impossible-to-break vicious cycle of stuttering.

Hope these help.

PS. make sure other family members to do not tease or draw attention to stutter.