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Setting A Foundation For Therapy & Packing The Stuttering Toolbox

presented by J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA

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Financial Scott Yaruss is an employee of Michigan State University. Scott Yaruss is the owner of Stuttering Therapy Resources, Inc. (Royalties, Ownership) and receives royalties for the following books: Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES) School-Age Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide Early Childhood Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide Stuttering: How Teachers Can Help Minimizing Bullying for Children Who Stutter Scoot Yaruss receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course Non-financial Scott Yaruss performs volunteer consulting and serves on the advisory board of the National Stuttering Association

Satisfactory completion requirements: All disciplines must complete learning assessments to be awarded credit, no minimum score required unless otherwise specified within the course.

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Treatment for school-age children who stutter can involve strategies for modifying the impairment (that is, the observable disruptions in speech). Before introducing these strategies, however, clinicians should first lay a strong foundation for both speech and stuttering modifications by helping the child learn about the speech mechanism and about stuttering. Part two of this three-part course describes the processes for developing this strong foundation and for teaching strategies that help students modify their stuttering and improve their speech fluency.

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J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA

J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA, is a Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University. A board-certified specialist in fluency disorders, Dr. Yaruss has served on the board of directors for the National Stuttering Association and as Associate Coordinator for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Special Interest Division for Fluency Disorders. His…

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1. Building a Strong Foundation: Learning about Speaking and Stuttering

Unless children understand how their speech works (and how it does not), they will have difficulty making the types of changes required in stuttering therapy. Chapter 1 will describe strategies for educating children about the speech mechanism and stuttering.

2. Packing the Speech Therapy Toolbox: Strategies for Modifying Stuttering

Chapter 2 will describe strategies for helping children modify the moment of stuttering so it is less severe and less disruptive to communication. This will be accomplished through a discussion of stuttering modification strategies, such as cancellation, pullout (easing out), and preparatory set (easing in). In addition, this chapter will include a review the purpose and benefits of voluntary stuttering and pseudostuttering exercises.

3. More Tools for the Speech Therapy Toolbox: Strategies for Modifying Fluency

Chapter 3 will describe strategies for modifying speech timing and tension to enhance fluency. These strategies, including reducing speaking rate, implementing pausing and phrasing, using light contact, and employing easy starts, will be presented as a way of increasing fluency while maintaining naturalness of speech.

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