Nature of Stuttering Core

Continued from Developmental Stuttering Curriculum Outline (Click Here to Return)

A. NATURE OF STUTTERING CORE:
    1. Etiology of stuttering
        a. Variability / individual differences
        b. Impact on how People Who Stutter (PWS) think about, feel about, react/respond to stuttering
            i. Developmental
           ii. Social
          iii. Emotional
          iv. Vocational
           v. Self-Concept
          vi. Family Dynamics

RESOURCES:

Streaming Videos:

The ABCs of Stuttering

Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids 2.0

For Kids, By Kids: All Grown Up

Straight Talk for Teens (multiple authors)

If You Stutter: Advice for Adults (multiple authors)

Choose the Career You Love or Love the Career You Choose (Vivian Sisskin)

Alan Rabinowitz: Stuttering and the Big Cats

David Seidler: We Have a Voice

Hope and Healing in Telling and Hearing Stories of Stuttering (Kenneth O. St. Louis)

Podcasts:

Research Update: Contextual Variability and Anticipation of Stuttering (Rick Arenas)

Panels of PWS Telling Their Stories:

Panel Part 1: Our Stories (multiple authors: Megan, Heather, Jack, Emily, Courtney)

Panel Part 2: Our Stories (multiple authors; Spring, Eugene, Cara, Dillon, Sara)

Panel Part 3: Our Stories (all 10 authors from Parts 1 and 2)

What Would Stuttering Be Like If We Wanted to Stutter? (Christopher Constantino)

     2. Nature of Stuttering
         a. Characteristics
         b. Levels of analysis: Genetic, Neurobiological, Psychological (cognitive and emotional)
         c. Fluency vs. disfluency
         d. Compare and contrast stuttering with other speech disorders
         e. Loss of control; Involuntariness
    3. Theories/Models/Conceptual Framework
        a. Historical perspectives: 1850’s to present
        b. Psycho-linguistic, Psycho-behavioral, Psycho-emotional, etc.
        c. Neurodevelopmental pathways

RESOURCES:

Streaming Videos:

A Multidimensional Approach to Assessment and Treatment (E. Charles Healey)

Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Stuttering (Edward G. Conture)

3Es: All-Inclusive Stuttering Therapy Tool (Katie Gore and Courtney Luckman)

    4. Scientific findings regarding stuttering:
        a. Genetics
        b. Neuroanatomy & neurophysiology
        c. Language
        d. Speech motor control
        e. Emotion & temperament
        f. Cognition & intelligence
        g. Psychosocial factors
        h. Medication and devices

RESOURCES:

Streaming Videos:

Stuttering: A Clinical Review of the Evidence* (Joseph Donaher)

Understanding New Genetic Findings in Stuttering* (Dennis Drayna)

Neurophysiology of Stuttering (Martin Sommer)

Neural Modeling and Imaging of Stuttering (Frank H. Guenther)

Neurological Insights into Disfluent Speech Production (Martin Sommer)

Brain Functions for Language in Children Who Stutter (Mandy Hampton Wray)

Scanning and Stimulating the Brain in People Who Stutter (Kate Watkins)

Temperament, Stuttering Frequency and Impact in Preschool Children Who Stutter (Sarah Delpeche)

Ehud Yairi: Career Retrospective

Edward Gage Conture: Retrospective of a Career Well Spent

New Frontiers in Stuttering Research: A Doctoral Student Panel Discussion (Courtney Byrd and guests)

Podcasts:

Why Stuttering Occurs: The Role of Cognitive Conflict and Control (Evan Usler)

Research Update: Genetics and Stuttering (Dennis Drayna)

    5. Development of Stuttering
        a. Incidence and prevalence
        b. Developmental trajectories (recovery and persistence)
        c. Risk factors
            i. Age at onset
           ii. Time since onset
          iii. Sex
          iv. Temperament
           v. Language
          vi. Speech motor control
         vii. Speech sound production skills
        viii. Stuttering severity

RESOURCES:

Streaming Videos:

Evaluating a Young Child Who Stutters’ Chances of Persisting: What We Know and What We Can Do* (Cara Singer)

Emotional Regulation in Children Who Stutter* (Kurt Eggers)

Podcasts:

Research Update: Disfluency Characteristics of 4- and 5-Year-Old Children Who Stutter and Their Relationship to Stuttering Persistence and Recovery (Bridget Walsh)

Research Update: Clinical Characteristics Associated with Stuttering Persistence (Cara Singer)

Research Update: Neural Processes Underlying Nonword Rhyme Differentiate Eventual Stuttering Persistence and Recovery (Mandy Hampton Wray)

        d. Reactions to Stuttering
        e. Covert Stuttering
        f. Desensitization

RESOURCES:

Streaming Videos:

Covert Stuttering: Transitioning from Covert to Overt* (Vivian Sisskin)