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.

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Presenters

Nina Reeves
M.S. CCC-SLP BCS-F
Nina Reeves is a board-certified specialist in fluency differences, and co-owner of Stuttering Therapy Resources. She specializes in stuttering therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults. Nina is an author of practical clinical materials and presenter of over 500 professional development workshops for speech-language pathologists. Nina also has decades of experience in the stuttering support community. For her contributions as a career-long public school speech-language pathologist (SLP), Nina has received the the ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Excellence Award for outstanding contributions to public schools, the ASHA-Foundation Van Hattum Award, and is an ASHA Fellow.
J Scott Yaruss
PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF, F-ASHA
J. Scott Yaruss is a Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University and President of Stuttering Therapy Resources. His research, funded by NIH and NSF, examines ways of reducing adverse impact experienced by people who stutter. He has published more than 400 articles, books, and other resources, and given more than 1000 presentations for audiences around the world.

Learning Objectives

Provide answers to 2 questions related to recovery from stuttering.
Provide answers to 2 questions related to handling bullying of students who stutter.
Provide answers to 2 questions related to how caregivers can help in and out of the academic setting.

Agenda

20 minutes	Will they get better? and other questions on recovery and therapy outcomes
20 minutes	The other kids are .... How do we handle that?
20 minutes	What can we do to help?

Disclosures

Speakers - Financial	J. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves are co-owners of Stuttering Therapy Resources, Inc., which publishes books and other materials related to stuttering. They hold intellectual property and receive royalties for these materials. J. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves are receiving an honorarium for this presentation.
Speakers - Nonfinancial	J. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves have no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Course - Content	J. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves have no relevant content information to disclose.
Course - Financial Support & In Kind	This course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit and Stuttering Therapy Resources Inc.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area

To earn ASHA CEUs you must complete the courses by viewing them, provide course feedback, pass the exams with a score of 80 or more, provide your ASHA credentials, and confirm submission.

What Do I Say Now? Answering Tough Questions From Caregivers: $25.00
Many SLPs feel uneasy collaborating with parents, teachers, and caregivers of students who stutter. This session offers practical, ready-to-use frameworks to confidently address challenging questions and improve collaboration starting Monday. Includes access to the recorded course and optional ASHA reporting.