children who stutter

18 May 2014

When Speech Therapy Falls Short for Children Who Stutter (Ep. 451)

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Nina Reeves, MS, CCC-SLP BCS-FD

Nina Reeves joins Peter Reitzes to discuss some ways that stuttering treatment often falls short or fails children who stutter. They discuss reasons these issues exist and practical and optimistic responses.

NINA REEVES, MS, CCC-SLP BCS-FD is a Board Certified Specialist and Mentor in Fluency Disorders. Ms. Reeves is a speech-language pathologist in the public schools and in private practice in Texas and California and has authored a number of publications including School-Age Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide.

On today’s episode, Ms. Reeves is asked to discuss the following issues:

  1. When preschoolers who stutter are treated without regular parent participation.
  2. The common belief that there is such a thing as “normal stuttering.”
  3. When speech-language pathologists (SLPs) identify stuttering and then do not offer treatment because of the determination that the child is managing stuttering just fine (the child is never asked how they manage stuttering or how they feel about stuttering).
  4. The common goal of 80% fluency given to many children who stutter.
  5. When fluency is the goal and stuttering is wrong.
  6. The common question, “Is it safe to talk to a child about stuttering?”
  7. Parents who feel their child is not trying hard enough in speech therapy and are not using speech tools enough.
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21 Nov 2012

Working with Children Who Stutter and the Clinician’s Acceptance of Stuttering (375)

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Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD

Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss working with school age children who stutter and preschoolers who stutter and the clinician’s acceptance of stuttering. Craig is asked about a journal he plans to launch which will focus on case studies and about an online support group for teens and children who stutter he is working on with the National Stuttering Association. Mr. Coleman authored (with J. Scott Yaruss and Robert Quesal) a letter to the editor in which they responded to a recent editorial written by Marilyn Nippold. StutterTalk covered this topic during episodes 372 and 373 and Mr. Coleman is asked at the top of the show to weigh in on the editorial and response letters. The episode concludes with Craig being asked about why he does not regularly adopt Lidcombe and other response-contingency approaches into treatment.

Craig Coleman is an assistant professor at Marshall University and a Board-Recognized Specialist in fluency Disorders (BRS-FD). Craig is currently serving his second term as President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association and also serves on the Scientific and Professional Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). For twelve years, Craig was a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he served as a Clinical Coordinator in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and Co-Director of the Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania Craig is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University. Craig Coleman was second author (with Scott Yaruss and Bob Quesal) in responding to the Marilyn Nippold editorial that StutterTalk has been covering.

References:

  • Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C., & Hammer, D. (2006). Treating preschool children who stutter: Description and preliminary evaluation of a family-focused treatment approach. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 37, 118-136.
  • StutterTalk episode 372
  • StutterTalk episode 373
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