Course Title

Fluency Disorders Practicum

Course Number

7241312

Instructor Name

Tala Nazzal

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Second Semester 3

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This course provides instruction and exploration of current research, theories, etiologies, methods of examination, diagnosis, treatment of stuttering and other fluency disorders in preschoolers, elementary school children, teenagers and adults. The ethical, cultural and professional issues associated with fluency disorders are also addressed. 

• The student will identify normal speech disfluency and factors that interfere with it from stuttering, cluttering, neurogenic disfluency, and psychogenic disfluency.
• The student will devise a working theory of stuttering that can be used when consulting with parents/caregivers of children who stutter, as well as the client who stutters about the disorder after examining the various theoretical models of the etiology of stuttering and the development of the disorder as well as variables that contribute to its maintenance. 
• The student will create an assessment plan for evaluating and measuring relevant aspects of the stuttering disorder (including surface features, as well as aspects of the client’s feelings and reactions to stuttering), and be able to integrate assessment information to provide an appropriate diagnosis, prognosis, developmental/treatment level, and recommendations for individual clients. 
• The student will employ counseling skills needed to interact with the parents/caregivers of children who stutter, as well as the client who stutters. 
• The student will evaluate a variety of evidence-based treatment procedures, approaches, and programs for the treatment of stuttering with consideration to age and cultural issues and prepare individualized treatment plans/programs by integrating elements from different approaches as appropriate for each client (including affective, behavioral, language, and cognitive elements). 
• The student will differentiate the varied treatment approaches for those children who stutter and present with concomitant speech and/or language disorders. 
• The student will practice stuttering treatment techniques and simulate “real- world” situations, to be better able to understand the client’s perspective with regard to stuttering and treatment techniques. 
• Students will recognize current contemporary professional issues in the management of stuttering. 
•  Students will demonstrate ethical conduct regarding stuttering assessment in invention for children and adults