This is a presentation I created in collaboration with Natalia Nuutinen, Alison Cabelli, Sofia Capdevila, and Kelsi Branson for my Fluency Disorders course. This project reviews the subtypes, etiology, and characteristics of acquired stuttering. It also contains assessment measures, treatment approaches, and a case study. This assignment contributed to my learning about fluency disorders while emphasizing that stuttering can occur at any stage of life and that treatment should utilize a person-centered approach.  

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Gooch, E. A., Horne, K., Melzer, T. R., McAuliffe, M. J., MacAskill, M., Dalrymple‐Alford, J. C., Anderson, T. J., & Theys, C. (2023). Acquired Stuttering in Parkinson’s Disease. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice (Hoboken, N.J.), 10(6), 956–966. https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13758

Marshall, R. C., & Neuburger, S. I. (1987). Effects of delayed auditory feedback on acquired stuttering following head injury. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 12(5), 355–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/0094-730X(87)90032-5

Roth, C. R., Cornis-Pop, M., & Beach, W. A. (2015). Examination of validity in spoken language evaluations: Adult onset stuttering following mild traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation (Reading, Mass.), 36(4), 415–426. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-151230

Schnellbacher, S., & O’Mara, H. (2016). Identifying and Managing Malingering and Factitious Disorder in the Military. Current Psychiatry Reports, 18(11), 105–105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-016-0740-z

This is a reflection of the Stuttertalk podcasts I listened to for my Fluency Disorders course. The first podcast is about Camp SAY (Stuttering Association for the Young) West Coast. Camp SAY offers a safe and fun environment by providing children with a community of support in their journey of self-discovery as stutterers. This podcast highlights the importance of the SLP role in counseling and advocacy for individuals with fluency disorders. As a big sister of little ones who stutter, I enjoyed learning about the impact organizations like Camp SAY have on empowering children to pursue their dreams! 

In the second podcast, stutterers share their experiences as black professionals. They discuss the exhaustion and pressure of stuttering and code-switching their dialect. The podcast also mentions hot topics like microaggression, overt versus covert racism, and riots being the voices of the unheard. I learned that like stuttering, checking biases starts with awareness, and it is my job to educate myself so I may better understand and support individuals who differ from me.

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This is a personal reflection of my experience leading a fluency group at LADD Lane Elementary. I learned about fluency shaping and fluency modification techniques for school-aged stutterers. After building rapport with this group, I integrated techniques including slow rate, gentle onset of phonation, light articulatory contact, and stuttering cancellation (Healey & Scott, 1995).  

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Healey, E. C., & Scott, L. A. (1995). Strategies for Treating Elementary School-Age Children Who Stutter. Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, 26(2), 151–161. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461.2602.151