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This presentation will provide an overview of community-centered stuttering assessment and treatment for children. The presentation will focus on helping participants identify ways to educate families and other members of the community, while working toward other more direct measurable treatment outcomes. Particular emphasis will be placed on practical therapy approaches to target all aspects of stuttering, such as the affective, behavioral, and cognitive components.
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 4: Breaking Away from the Fluent Lens: Using Scaling & Challenges to Empower Kids
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-F
Craig Coleman is an associate professor at Marshall University and Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Craig is a Board-Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders. Prior to joining the Marshall faculty, Craig spent over twelve years serving as Clinical Coordinator and Co-Director of the Stuttering Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Craig is a former Coordinator of ASHA Special Interest Group-4 (Fluency and Fluency Disorders) and former two-term President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In 2011, Craig was awarded the Clinical Achievement Award of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA), and was awarded Honors of PSHA in 2015. Craig is co-director of the Stuttering Academy and Stuttering U.
PhD, CCC-SLP
Mary Weidner is an Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Edinboro University. Her research focuses on measuring and improving children's attitudes toward peers with communication disorders. She developed the Attitude Change and Tolerance program (InterACT), an educational program that teaches children about human differences and how to interact with others who are different.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
| Timeline |
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| 20 min: Overview of Stuttering |
| 30 min: Community-Centered Stuttering Assessment |
| 30 min: Treatment for Preschool Children who Stutter |
| 30 min: Treatment of School-Age and Adolescent Children who Stutter |
| 10 min: Questions & Answers |
| Financial | Craig Coleman is an author on the S and T versions of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES) and receives royalties through Stuttering Therapy Resources.
He also receives compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |
| Financial | Mary Weidner received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |