This video is a story about a young boy winning the battle against stutter monsters. This book was written by Elijah Silberman and his Speech Therapist, Nancy Barcal M.A. CCC-SLP.
This book is about how Elijah fought the stutter monsters. At first Elijah feels his stuttering is choking his throat. His words feel blocked and won’t come out. He repeats sounds many times before he is able to talk. Elijah is getting very frustrated. He doesn’t know how to stop his stuttering. He decides to go on a quest. He learns skills with the help of his Speech Language Pathologist, Nancy Barcal. In the book, “My battle against the stutter monsters” Elijah protects his smooth speech behind the walls of his castle. He does his best to keep the stutter monsters out of the castle by practicing therapy techniques. He earns his many weapons to protect him from the assault of the stutter monsters. He earns a shield, armor, a sword, cannon, cannon balls, a bow and arrows, He uses these weapons to shoot at the stutter monsters and destroy their power over him. He takes control and practices many hours to beat them. In the end he discovers that he is powerful. Elijah learns that even if a few stutter monsters sneak into his castle he is still in control and doesn’t let it bother him. He says what he wants and doesn’t let stuttering stop him from talking. He has a positive attitude and knows how to stand up to teasing and is proud of conquering his fear of stuttering.
