Fluency 1
Name one characteristic of stuttering
What is excessive amount of disfluencies?
When is the typical period of stuttering?
What is ages 2.5 – 3.5 years?
Case History
Parent/Caregiver Behaviors
Analyze Speech
Conversation
Reading Aloud
Assess Feelings about Stuttering
What are the components of a stuttering evaluation?
Should you tell a person who stutters to "slow down and say it again"?
What is NO you should not?
Name another aspect of stuttering
What is excessive duration of disfluency?
Should you call attention to dysfluencies during the typical period?
What is no you should NOT?
Common techniques: prolonged speech, light articulatory contacts, gentle onset of voicing, pausing/chunking
What are techniques of shaping fluent speech?
What should you avoid doing when speaking to a person who stutters?
What is avoid finishing sentences and avoid supplying words?
Name another characteristic of stuttering
What is involuntary repetitions or prolongations (audible or silent)?
When upset, tired, emotional, etc.
Child does not react to disfluency
What is Phase 1-Episodic?
Modify stuttering moments
“Stutter better”
Less avoidance, struggle, tension, & effort through desensitization
Pull-outs (aka stretch-out)
Cancellations
Preparatory sets
What is modification therapy?
What should you do when speaking with one who stutters?
What is maintain normal eye contact and wait for them to complete their conversational turn?
What accompanies stuttering?
What is accessory movements?
eye blinking, jaw jerking, and head or other involuntary movements.
Child recognizes self as person who stutters
Little concern about stuttering
Happens more when excited or talking fast
What is Phase II-More Chronic?
Fears words/sound & situations
Frequent substitutions
Avoids situations
Feels embarrassed, afraid, hopeless
Late adolescence/adulthood
What is Phase IV- Fearful Anticipation?
Name a famous person with a history of stuttering
Who is Joe Biden, James Earl Jones, etc.?
What are some feelings associated with stuttering?
What are feelings of shame, fear, embarrassment, tension, and excitement?
Some words/sounds more difficult
Avoids those or substitutes others
What is Phase III-Varies Situationally?
The term that means say it again with an easy voice after a stutter has occurred
What is cancellation?
What were some helpful techniques used by famous people to decrease their stuttering?
What is singing, rapping, reading poetry, speaking in a foreign accent, etc.?