Stuttering CEU Courses for SLPs

This course provides speech-language pathologists with the basics needed to get started with stuttering intervention. The importance of acceptance of stuttering is discussed, and service recommendations, including treatment protocols and specific activities, are described for preschool-aged, school-aged, and adult clients.

The rationale and methodology for assessing six core areas in school-aged stuttering children are described in this course. These areas include stuttering-related background information; speech, language, and temperament; speech fluency and stuttering behavior; reactions of the speaker and of people in the environment to stuttering; and adverse impact of stuttering.

The traditional framing of stuttering from an observer’s viewpoint is evolving to instead be viewed through the lens of a speaker’s lived experiences. Strategies for writing evidence-based practice (EBP)-supported goals in a Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound (SMART) format, along with clinical scenarios demonstrating practical application to assessment and treatment, are presented in this course.

New information is emerging about how cluttering may impact those living with it. Evidence about the importance of cluttering awareness and client perspectives for providing effective services, and treatment strategies such as interactive listening, as well as clinical application of these findings, are discussed in this course.

Aspects of motor speech include timing, sensory-motor integration, and motoric divergence that are inherited. This course discusses the motor speech components of stuttering. Planning assessment and treatment with preschoolers, school-aged children, teens and adults based on motor speech components is also described.

The ways in which cultural and linguistic diversity impacts service delivery for stuttering in children are discussed in this course. A review of the research on this topic is provided, along with a discussion of how diversity affects the presentation of stuttering, and best practices for providing a culturally-responsive stuttering assessment for children.

This course presents the most up-to-date evidence regarding the identification and management of atypical disfluency. It discusses types of atypical dysfluency as well as application of current findings to assessment and treatment, including treatment strategies.

This course presents the most current findings regarding cluttering management. Findings related to client awareness, cluttering life impact, and differential diagnosis and treatment are applied to clinical practice across the lifespan.

This course challenges participants to think beyond typical speech fluency goals in stuttering treatment and to engage clients in goal setting. It will discuss treatment goals and techniques that are aimed at improving quality of life by increasing clients' autonomy and participation in all aspects of life.

This course explores emotional intelligence (EQ) and how to "plug in" and use it in situations that go awry with parents of clients. Specific strategies for handling difficult situations and de-escalating arguments are discussed.