Understanding Counseling and the Process of Change
Presented by J. Scott Yaruss
Non-Financial: Scott Yaruss has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
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. What is Counseling and How Does it Relate to Stuttering?
Chapter One introduces the topic of counseling and discusses how it relates to the field of speech-language pathology in general, and the disorder of stuttering specifically.
2. Is Counseling Within Our Scope of Practice?
Chapter Two addresses the question of whether counseling is within the scope of practice for speech-language pathologists.
3. How Does Counseling Relate to Stuttering?
Chapter Three briefly introduces the specific topic of stuttering and highlights the reasons that counseling skills are particularly important with people who stutter.
4. How Does Counseling Help People Change?
Chapter Four introduces the concept that it is possible for people to make changes in their lives, e.g., to overcome the burden of stuttering or other communication disorders. The conclusion highlights the fact that simply knowing about how to make changes is not sufficient. We also need to learn specific skills for people to move through that process. Part 2 will introduce such skills and show how they relate back to the process of helping people who stutter.
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