Nature of Stuttering Core
Continued from Developmental Stuttering Curriculum Outline (Click Here to Return)
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:
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)
Hope and Healing in Telling and Hearing Stories of Stuttering (Kenneth O. St. Louis)
Podcasts:
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)
New Frontiers in Stuttering Research: A Doctoral Student Panel Discussion (Courtney Byrd and guests)
Podcasts:
Research Update: Genetics and Stuttering (Dennis Drayna)
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: 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)
A Fresh Look at Stuttering (Vivian Sisskin and guests)
Understanding and Influencing the Stigma of Stuttering* (Michael Boyle)
Findings and Clinical Implications of a Global Collaborative to Understand Negative Public Attitudes Toward Stuttering (Kenneth O. St. Louis)
Podcasts:
Covert Stuttering: Understanding the Path to Change (Caryn Herring and Sara MacIntyre)