Fluency Disorders

Catalog description

This course will provide a study of fluency and its disorders. Diagnosis and management of children and adults who demonstrate fluency disorders (e.g., developmental stuttering, cluttering, neurogenic stuttering) will be explored. Differential diagnosis of stuttering and cluttering (a language-based fluency disorder) will be particularly helpful to the school-based clinician who is treating school-age children with a variety of speech and language problems. Counseling strategies for clients and families will be addressed. Cultural and linguistic differences among individuals will be discussed.