School-Age Stuttering Series

Do you search social media and teacher sites for stuttering assessment and therapy activities? Do you feel unorganized, and find yourself grabbing whatever is easy, free, and quick - without knowing the principle behind the practice? Do you wonder how to adapt your stuttering therapy to align with neurodiversity principles? This course will help with that! Nina and Scott will describe the changing roles of SLPs, and the changing goal focus of disability-informed stuttering therapy.

Stutter Stories

The best way to learn about the experience of stuttering is to hear from people who stutter! In this course, the presenter (who stutters) will share her personal stuttering journey, including how stuttering has impacted her life, therapy experiences, and how speech-language pathologists can better support clients who stutter.

Are You the One?

This session chronicled the lessons of the seven decade life of a stutterer who has experienced both the hardship and joy of living in a world that does not understand stuttering. The presenter highlighted several of his interactions with speech-language pathologists along the path toward coming to terms with - and embracing -his communication difference.

You Want Me To Do What? Building Trust with Students and Caregivers

To be successful in stuttering therapy, students need to be able to take risks and try new approaches for coping with stuttering. To help students accomplish these necessary goals, clinicians need to be able to build trust with students and caregivers alike. This presentation will review key counseling skills for listening and responding to students in order to build a strong therapeutic alliance and develop trust as a foundation for every aspect of therapy.

I Can Do That! Helping Students Overcome Challenges

Guiding students through the process of stuttering therapy requires that clinicians understand how people face challenges and make changes in their lives. This presentation will describe a broad model of the process to help clinicians see how to incorporate problem-solving skills, creativity, and new ways of thinking into therapy, so that their students will be better prepared to face the many challenges associated with stuttering.

Stuttering Therapy in a “Neu” Era: How Do The Strategies Fit In?

No longer do students who stutter need to conform to societal expectations of fluent speech. Neurodiversity-informed therapy shifts the focus away from fluency - and toward acknowledging and accepting stuttering as a natural communication difference. Where does this leave the “tools?” Are they still a part of therapy? This session will explore the new role of communication strategies and how they fit into stuttering therapy.

Taking Skills on the Road

So, great therapy is happening, and now what? How do we get to the next level? How can we solidify skills learned inside of the therapy room and take them to the classroom, home and beyond? This session explores 3 concepts that support systematic transfer and generalization of student-adapted skills into the real world.

What Do I Say Now? Answering Tough Questions From Caregivers

Many speech language pathologists feel less than comfortable collaborating with parents, teachers, and other caregivers who impact the environment of students who stutter. This session provides concrete, “use-on-Monday” frameworks for how to confidently respond to challenging questions from caregivers.