“My son stutters with certain letters, how do I help him?”

You can find good information on stuttering from The Stuttering Foundation: stutteringhelp.org. There is a video and book for parents of the preschool child who stutters with god information there. I recommend accessing those resources before you look for a speech therapist (speech-language pathologist). Its helpful if you wait when your child is speaking to give them time to finish what they are saying without feeling pressured or like they will be interrupted, but dont allow them to interrupt you if youre talking. Healthy turn taking when talking is important to establish. Try to make time to talk with your child dailyand listen patiently. But if you cant listen, its okay to tell them its not a good time (when youre driving, cooking, or doing a task that requires your undivided attention). Also, if you can model slow, relaxed speech with lots of pausing, that will help your child speak more easily (but please do not ask them to slow down, take a breath, think about what they are going to say). Try to limit too many questions and any language performance demands right now. Be comfortable being together without needing to talk. Enjoy being together doing relaxed activities as much as you cangoing for a walk outside, spending time in the garden, drawing/doodling together or even watching a show (one that isnt over-stimulating). And it might be good to slow the overall pace of your life right nowdont sign up for too many extracurricular activities, so no to any over scheduling right now, and allow extra time to transition from activity to activity so there is no rushing around if you can. I would not recommend starting therapy unless its with a speech-language pathologist who specializes in stuttering therapy. And I definitly wouldnt start therapy focusing on bumpy and smooth unless its Lidcombe therapy. If you live in California, I can do virtual therapy on zoom with you if you would like. But maybe try these changes I suggest first and see how it goes. I hope this is helpful.

Yes, many times there are certain letters/sounds that a person who stutters struggles with. Speech therapy can help work on strategies to decrease the stuttering

Yes, Speech Pathologists are uniquely qualified to diagnose and treat fluency disorders.

Yes

Yes, a speech-language pathologist (SLP) specializes in helping individuals with speech sound errors that are not age-appropriate. SLPs also specialize in treating speech fluency disorders.

Yes! A speech-language pathologist will evaluate your son's articulation, expressive language, and receptive language in order determine how best to help your son.

Many children go through stages of dysfluency that is typical until the age of six. This happens off and on because of rapid speech sound and growing language acquisition. I would say if others have difficulty understanding him, his dysfuency continues for more than 6 months straight, it worsens, or his is becoming aware and sensitive to saying those words and sounds because of the difficulty; your should seek out help. Yes, this is an area that speech therapists are trained, though some more than others.

Yes, this is within the scope of practice for an SLP. He can be seen by his school SLP for a screen or a local outpatient center or private practice.