Date: May 26th, 2020
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Presenter: Elyse Lambeth, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-F
Abstract:
Stuttering can be a challenging disorder to treat. This presentation will provide strategies to overcome some of the common roadblocks in stuttering therapy including: answering questions about what causes stuttering, working on attitudes and emotions, taking into account the lived experience of stuttering, increasing carryover, working on atypical stuttering, and creating functional goals. The presenter will describe Fluency Lanes, a helpful framework for stuttering therapy. The presenter will then discuss addressing parent and client questions regarding what causes stuttering. The pitfalls of common speech-language pathologist and parent suggestions will be discussed with alternative approaches suggested. Practical activities for addressing attitudes and emotions will be discussed. The presenter will provide two methods of increasing carryover by creating functional goals that align with the client and family values and goals. Finally, ways of address atypical fluency will be outlined. Helpful handouts will be provided to assist participants with applying the new tools in their therapy sessions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe options for problem-solving common roadblocks in stuttering therapy.
2. Participants will be able outline several strategies for addressing attitudes and emotions towards talking and stuttering.
3. Participants will set goals for small ways that they will begin implementing these tools to improve their own treatment sessions.
4. Participants will commit to listening to the perspective of someone who stutters through one of the venues suggested.
Elyse Lambeth, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-F, received a master’s degree in communication disorders from University of Redlands in 2006. She received her board certification in fluency disorders in 2017 and currently serves on the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorder board. Elyse runs the fluency clinic at Seattle Children Hospital, co-facilitates the annual Seattle Stuttering Camp for Teens at the University of Washington, and has coordinated FRIENDS workshops, a support group, and a stuttering workshop.
Disclosures:
Relevant Financial Disclosures: Salaried speech-language pathologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She receives salary and grant funding through the Childhood Communication Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital to run the Summer Seattle Stuttering Camp for Teens at the University of Washington Speech and Hearing Clinic
Relevant Non-Financial Disclosures: Board member for the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. She is a Clinical Associate in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington and is a Volunteer for FRIENDS workshops.
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This course is offered for 0.1
ASHA CEUs, (Intermediate level, Professional area).
OSPI Clock Hours of 1.0 hours will be offered
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Slides and Handouts:
Overcoming Roadblocks to Stuttering (Slides)
