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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.

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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.

Presenters

  • Caryn Herring

    M.S., CCC-SLP

    Caryn Herring, M.S., CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist, and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Her research interests include the process of desensitization, exposure therapy, and the impact of voluntary stuttering. She is involved in stuttering support organizations as a co-host of the podcast: StutterTalk and the Chairperson of Friends – The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.

Learning Objectives

Describe three ways that stuttering may impact a person's life.
Describe two consequences of reinforcing fluency strategies.
Explain how the experience of stuttering is more than observable disfluencies.

Agenda

Agenda

5 minutesIntroduction
10 minutesDescription of stuttering, covert stuttering, the impact of early therapy, being ready to make a change, and coping during school-age years
10 minutesDescription of stuttering, the long-term impact of being covert, finding support, and therapy during adulthood
5 minutesEffective communication, changes over time

Disclosures

Disclosures

Speakers - FinancialCaryn Herring is receiving compensation from Bright Ideas Media for this presentation.
Speakers - NonfinancialCaryn Herring is the Chairperson of Friends - The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.
Course - ContentCaryn Herring has no relevant content information to disclose.
Course - Financial Support & In KindThis course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit and Stuttering Therapy Resources Inc.

ASHA

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs, Introductory Level, Professional Area

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Stutter Stories
$10.00
The best way to understand stuttering is through the voices of those who live it. In this course, a presenter who stutters shares her personal journey, therapy experiences, and offers insights on how SLPs can better support clients who stutter. Includes access to the recorded course and optional ASHA reporting.