Dr. Scott Yaruss - Practical Treatment Strategies For Preschool And School-Age Children Who Stutter

Practical Treatment Strategies for Preschool and School-Age Children Who Stutter (2-day workshop)

J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA

Workshop Description

Numerous surveys have shown that speech-language pathologists are generally less comfortable treating stuttering than other disorders, even though most clinicians already possess many of the skills and much of the knowledge they need to be effective stuttering therapists. This two-day workshop is designed to help clinicians become more comfortable with their ability to appropriately diagnose and effectively treat both preschool and school-aged children who stutter, so they will feel more confident with their clinical skills and, ultimately provide better service to children who stutter. The workshop will begin with a brief overview of current understandings of the cause of stuttering, with special consideration of the reasons that many clinicians view stuttering as “too difficult.” Next, participants will discuss various options for diagnosing and evaluating stuttering, with guided practice in identifying important risk factors and behaviors that indicate the need for treatment and differentiate stuttering from normal disfluency. The majority of the time in this workshop will address specific treatment strategies for working with preschool and school-aged children who stutter, including analysis of the goals of treatment and guided practice with techniques for helping children improve their speech fluency and their communication attitudes. Particular attention will be paid to the critical transition between early stuttering and more advanced stuttering which often occurs for children who stutter in the early school-age years. Throughout the workshop, an emphasis will be placed on capitalizing on clinicians’ existing skills and abilities for working with other speech and language disorders and on recognizing clinicians’ strengths for helping children who stutter.

Educational Objectives

Following this presentation, participants will be able to (repeat for both preschool and school-age)

1. Select and utilize 3 specific treatment approaches for increasing fluency, reducing stuttering, and improving communication attitudes in preschool and school-age children.

2. Describe 3 techniques that help children express their concerns about stuttering

3. Implement 3 strategies for helping parents of children contribute to their children’s success in treatment.

Agenda

Day 1

9:00 – 10:00 Demystifying Stuttering: An Overview of the Disorder

10:00 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 13:00 Comprehensive Diagnostic Strategies Treatment Recommendations and Eligibility Considerations Timing Treatment for Success

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Treating Stuttering in Preschool Children Overview and Strategies Working With Families and Children

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 18:00 Transitioning from Preschool to School-Age Stuttering

Day 2

9:00 – 10:00 Treating Stuttering in School-Age Children: Overview and Strategies

10:00 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 13:00 Treating Stuttering in School-Age Children: Addressing Changes in Speech and Attitudes

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Special Topics in Treatment (Goal writing, Bullying and Teasing, Involving Teachers and Families)

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 18:00 Preparing for the future and specific discussions

Registration:

www.speechcare.pt

geral@speechcare.pt

9h-18h (2 days – 16 hours)

Early Bird Price: 280 €

After April 19th - 300 €

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Yaruss is a Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University. In addition to conducting research on the development of stuttering in young children, Yaruss has extensive experience working with children and adults who stutter in a wide variety of clinical settings. He has been a member of the board of directors for the National Stuttering Association and served on the steering committee of ASHA's Special Interest Division for fluency disorders. Yaruss has presented more than 400 workshops on effective stuttering therapy strategies at local, national, and international conferences. His primary goal is to help clinicians become more comfortable with their ability to help children and adults who stutter speak more easily and communicate more effectively. He is also the author or co-author of numerous chapters, papers, tutorials, and books designed to help clinicians improve their success in working with people who stutter, including School-Age Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide, Early Childhood Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide, Minimizing Bullying for Children Who Stutter, and the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES), all published by Stuttering Therapy Resources, Inc. Practical Treatment Strategies for Preschool and School-Age Children Who Stutter J. Scott Yaruss, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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