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Chronic communication disorders, such as stuttering, have associated emotional components that affect treatment outcome. As SLPs, developing counseling skills must be an integral part of our training. Therapy approaches must integrate cognitive and emotional components to create an effective treatment model. Counseling plays a key role in this process. Families are instrumental in providing support to children and adults who stutter. They also bring complex emotions to the therapeutic process that must be integrated into the therapy dynamics.Cognitive behavior therapies have become more integrated into treatment protocols. In particular, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has become a crucial component to guide clinicians in helping the client understand and navigate the complex emotions that accompany stuttering and the treatment of stuttering. This course will discuss protocols to help clients become agents of change in their communication while effectively addressing their thoughts and feelings about their chronic speech disorder.
Related Courses:
Stuttering Conference Part 1: Treating Children, Teens, and Adults Who Stutter From a Holistic Perspective
Stuttering Conference Part 2: Counseling Principles: Integrate Emotional/Cognitive Components to Stuttering Tx
Stuttering Conference Part 3: Community-Centered Stuttering Assessment and Treatment
Stuttering Conference Part 4: Breaking Away from the Fluent Lens: Using Scaling & Challenges to Empower Kids
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MS, CCC, BCS-F
Rita Thurman has worked in the schools and in clinical settings in Utah, Idaho, Illinois, Montana and North Carolina since 1977. Her private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina and Bozeman, Montana focuses on the evaluation and treatment of children, teens and adults who stutter. She was awarded the Clinical Achievement Award by the NC Speech Language Hearing Association in 2012 and the Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association in 2015, both for her contributions to diagnosis and treat people who stutter. She is a National Stuttering Association Adult and TWST Chapter leader, and sponsors an annual Friend’s Workshop in NC. She is the Chair of the Executive Board of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
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| 15 min: Introduction and disclosures. ASHA guidelines for counseling |
| 30 min: Developing a Therapeutic Alliance |
| 30 min: Language- Thinking: how this impacts emotions |
| 15 min: Questions & Answers |
| Financial | Rita D. Thurman received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist. |