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

C. ASSESSMENT CORE:

1. Goals of assessment
a. Purpose of assessment [why is the client/family coming to you?]
b. Generating diagnostic questions [what do you want to learn from the client/family?]
2. Interviewing/Case history
a. Key questions [Eliciting the client's/family's narrative/story]
b. Fundamentals of counseling during interviewing
3. Assessment measures/tools
a. Pre-assessment measures
b. (Non)Standardized assessment

RESOURCES [see others in Treatment Core]:

Streaming Videos:

Assessing Preschoolers for Stuttering (Ellen M. Kelly)

Moving from Assessment to Intervention Planning (Sheryl Gottwald)

Scoring Disfluencies* (Diane Parris)

Making Evaluations Easier: Combined Child Fluency and Language Assessment Using Free FluCalc and KidEval Software (Nan Bernstein Ratner)

Insurance Reimbursement for Stuttering Therapy: Dos, Don'ts, and Give It a Shots (Katie Gore)

Podcast:

Using the Vanderbilt Responses to Your Child's Speech (VRYCS) to Learn How Parents of CWS View Their Interactions (Cara Singer and Ellen Kelly)

c. Assessment of related areas/concerns/developmental milestones/abilities
4. Differential diagnosis
5. Prognosis
a. Readiness for change
b. Support networks
c. Preschool prognosis for recovery vs. persistence
6. Recommendations
a. Next steps for client/family
b. Referrals
7. Follow-Up

Streaming Video:

Stuttering Therapy: What Needs to Change and Who Decides? (Patricia Zebrowski)