Setting A Foundation For Therapy & Packing The Stuttering Toolbox
Presented by J. Scott Yaruss
Meet your instructor
J. Scott Yaruss
J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA, is a Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University. A board-certified specialist in fluency disorders, Dr. Yaruss has served on the board of directors for the National Stuttering Association and as Associate Coordinator for the American…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Building a Strong Foundation: Learning about Speaking and Stuttering
Unless children understand how their speech works (and how it does not), they will have difficulty making the types of changes required in stuttering therapy. Chapter 1 will describe strategies for educating children about the speech mechanism and stuttering.
2. Packing the Speech Therapy Toolbox: Strategies for Modifying Stuttering
Chapter 2 will describe strategies for helping children modify the moment of stuttering so it is less severe and less disruptive to communication. This will be accomplished through a discussion of stuttering modification strategies, such as cancellation, pullout (easing out), and preparatory set (easing in). In addition, this chapter will include a review the purpose and benefits of voluntary stuttering and pseudostuttering exercises.
3. More Tools for the Speech Therapy Toolbox: Strategies for Modifying Fluency
Chapter 3 will describe strategies for modifying speech timing and tension to enhance fluency. These strategies, including reducing speaking rate, implementing pausing and phrasing, using light contact, and employing easy starts, will be presented as a way of increasing fluency while maintaining naturalness of speech.
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