Abstract
I have been conducting outreach classes in schools as a speech therapist since 2017, as a result of which my understanding of stuttering has evolved. From my experience doing this, I perceived a serious risk of children being unintentionally misled by being instructed by teaching staff who didn’t have a proper understanding of how to best deal with children who do stutter. As a result, I considered that it would be better if professionals in the field of stuttering create a guideline for instructing teachers how to best deal with this condition when it occurs with their students. The target of these outreach classes is not only children who stutter but all children. This is because I believe that if everyone involved in guidance had a better understanding of this condition, the disorder of stuttering could be reduced or even eliminated. I hope that in the future, educators and medical care personnel will work together to develop better education for understanding not only speech disorders but all disabilities. It is necessary for the people, both counselors and those being counseled, to connect with each other without bias or prejudice, an inclusive concept that is much needed today. My goal is to build a symbiotic society where stuttering is not perceived as a problem or a negative characteristic, but just another difference inherent in all members of society, in which baseless assumptions and interpretations are eliminated.
