Interventions for Early Childhood & School-Age Stuttering

About this Certificate Program

Although many clinicians are uncomfortable with stuttering, you can master your fears about working with people who stutter! This certificate program includes a comprehensive set of courses designed to help you treat preschoolers, school-age children, and adolescents who stutter. Key topics include conducting targeted assessment of speech behaviors and the impact of stuttering on people’s lives; making appropriate treatment recommendations and setting meaningful, measurable, and objective goals; and developing individualized treatment activities that address all aspects of the stuttering disorder. Special topics include reducing negative reactions to stuttering and minimizing bullying of children who stutter.

Target audience

Speech-language pathologists in private practice, schools, and outpatient settings who work with children and teens ages 2 to 18.

Goals & objectives

• Describe the components of a comprehensive evaluation for preschoolers, school-age children, and adolescents who stutter

• Make appropriate treatment recommendations based on current evidence about who needs treatment and when

• Develop meaningful treatment goals that address each client’s individual needs in therapy

• Describe methods for minimizing bullying of children who stutter

• Conduct individualized treatment that helps people who stutter improve their communication and reduce the impact of stuttering on their lives