Abstract
This study reports on a course of speech therapy conducted for a seven-year-old boy with severe stuttering which began to develop at the age of four years, six months. With the participation of his mother, the therapy was conducted through controlling his environment and introducing play as an important part of the therapy. In the play portion of the therapy he was encouraged to speak slowly, rhythmically, softly, and in a relaxed manner by likening such behavior to that of the movement of animals. As a result of this process of speech therapy, his stuttering improved remarkably over the course of a year.
