Stuttering Monitoring Notebook:
what is it for and how to use it?
Complete presentation of the DYNSEO tool, detailed structure and concrete usage modes to track the evolution of stuttering between sessions and enrich speech therapy care
Stuttering fluctuates. There are excellent days and difficult days. Situations that trigger blocks and others where speech flows. This variability, while a source of hope, is also a source of disorientation — for the person who stutters, for their family, and even for the speech therapist who sees the patient only one hour a week. The DYNSEO stuttering monitoring notebook is the tool that gives this variability therapeutic meaning — by documenting it, revealing its patterns, making progress visible when it seems invisible. This complete guide presents the tool and how to use it.
1. Why keep a stuttering monitoring notebook?
🎯 The 4 essential reasons
1. Reveal patterns: The notebook shows that stuttering is more intense on certain days (fatigue, stress), in certain contexts (phone, strangers) — valuable information for identifying triggers and working on them in sessions.
2. Make progress visible: The subjective perception "I stutter as much as before" is often false. The notebook objectively shows that there are fewer blocks, or that blocks last less time — even when the subjective impression remains negative.
3. Enrich sessions: In 10 seconds, the speech therapist accesses a week of concrete data on fluency — infinitely more valuable information than "how did it go this week?".
4. Develop metacognition: The act of observing one's stuttering and writing it down develops a different relationship with it — less shame, more detached and analytical observation.
2. The DYNSEO stuttering monitoring notebook: structure
Daily Journal
Daily entry with date, contexts, level of stuttering, and techniques used
Fluency Scale
Scale 1-5 to rate the intensity of stuttering each day — visualization of evolution
Difficult Contexts
Identification of triggering situations — phone, strangers, stress, fatigue
Techniques Used
What strategies were practiced during the day — breathing, gentle starts on the first word
Free Observations
Space for free reflection on emotions, victories, difficulties of the week
2.1 Example of a notebook entry
📔 Example Entry — Monday, May 14
Stuttering Monitoring Notebook — Free DYNSEO
Daily tracking tool to document the evolution of stuttering and enrich speech therapy care. Available for immediate download. No registration required.
Download for free →3. How to use the notebook in practice
3.1 For the person who stutters
Choose a fixed time each day
The evening before sleeping is the ideal time — the day is fresh in memory. 3 to 5 minutes are enough for a complete entry. Create a ritual: notebook placed on the nightstand, pen next to it.
Observe without judging
The notebook is a scientific observation journal, not a court. Note "level 4 — many blocks" with the same neutral tone as "level 1 — fluid day". The practice of observation without judgment is itself a valuable therapeutic skill.
Bring the notebook to each session
The notebook has value only if it is used in sessions. At the beginning of the session, read together the last 3-4 entries — it immediately repositions the speech therapist in the real experience of the week.
Look at the trend, not the peaks
Do not look at difficult days in isolation — look at the trend over 4 to 6 weeks. The overall trend line gives a much more accurate picture of progress than daily fluctuations.
3.2 For the speech therapist
- Introduce the notebook from the 2nd or 3rd session, after explaining its usefulness
- Check the notebook at the beginning of the session — 5 well-invested minutes that guide everything else
- Analyze patterns: which contexts trigger blocks? Which technique helped the most?
- Use positive entries ("fluid day") to identify favorable conditions to reproduce
- Track the evolution of the fluency scale on a monthly graph to visualize progress
For teenagers: Offer a digital version — notes on the phone, journal app, voice message. What matters is the regularity of observation, not the medium. A daily voice message of 1 minute is often richer than a forced written entry.
“In 15 years of practice, I have offered the monitoring notebook to all my patients who stutter. The most valuable observations do not come from my clinical assessments — they come from their notebooks. That’s where I discover that stuttering worsens on Friday evenings (fatigue from the week), that phone calls with strangers are the worst situation, and that reading aloud is always better than spontaneous speech.”
— Speech therapist specialized in stuttering and fluency disorders4. The DYNSEO Stuttering Ecosystem
🧰 Complementary DYNSEO Tools — Stuttering
Breathing Relaxation Sheet — Free Complementary Tool
The notebook tracks the evolution of stuttering; the breathing relaxation sheet provides techniques to practice daily. Together, they constitute a complete working protocol between sessions.
Access the sheet →CLINT Application
CLINT maintains cognitive functions and emotional regulation of adults between speech therapy sessions.
Cognitive Tests
The DYNSEO cognitive tests objectify anxiety and attention functions associated with stuttering.
Observe to Progress: the notebook that makes stuttering intelligible
The DYNSEO stuttering monitoring notebook is the first tool that transforms the confusing and emotional experience of stuttering into clear and actionable data. Free, immediately usable, valuable at any age and at any stage of care.
Download for free →Breathing Relaxation Sheet
FAQ — Stuttering Tracking Notebook
Q1 How often should the tracking notebook be filled out?
Ideally every day — but consistency matters more than frequency. It's better to have 4 reliable weekly entries than 7 entries where some are filled out retrospectively at the end of the week. For those who struggle to maintain consistency, switching to 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) with more detailed entries is often more sustainable. Discuss the ideal rhythm with your speech therapist according to your profile and therapeutic goals.
Q2 Is the tracking notebook suitable for children?
Yes — with adaptation. For children aged 8-12 years, a simplified version with smileys for the fluency scale and checkboxes for the techniques used is more accessible than a text format. For teenagers, the standard notebook is suitable. For younger children (6-7 years), it is the parent who keeps the observation notebook. In any case, the speech therapist adapts the format when introducing the tool in the session.
Q3 How to interpret weeks with many entries at level 4-5?
An isolated difficult week is often linked to temporary contextual factors (work stress, exam week, illness, lack of sleep). If several consecutive weeks show a worsening, it is a signal to analyze in session: have there been any lasting stressful life events? Have the techniques not been practiced? Has a new stressful context emerged? The notebook transforms this question into a factual discussion rather than a subjective impression.
Q4 Can the notebook be shared with relatives or colleagues?
It is a personal decision of the person who stutters. The notebook can be shared with a life partner or a parent to improve the consistency of support at home. It can also be shared with a manager as part of a workplace adjustment. However, the notebook contains personal observations and should not be shared without the explicit consent of the person. For minor children, parents have access to the notebook as partners in the care process.
Q5 How does the tracking notebook fit into stuttering acceptance approaches (ACT)?
The notebook is particularly compatible with acceptance approaches as it develops the key skill of ACT: detached observation of experience (stuttering) without judgment. Keeping a notebook means learning to observe "I had blocks on words starting with P" with the same neutrality as "it rained today." This detached observability gradually reduces cognitive fusion with stuttering — the child does not "become" their stuttering, they "observe" their stuttering.
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