ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FLUENCY DISORDERS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Communication Sciences and Disorders MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall features of typical linguistic and speech fluency Audience: Graduate 2. Explain and demonstrate various fluency treatments including counseling approaches. Audience: Graduate 3. Thoughtfully respond to tough clinical questions related to fluency disorders Audience: Graduate 4. Critically evaluate how to assess and treat fluency disorders in children and adults with varying linguistic, dialectical, and cultural backgrounds using quality evidence, resources, and foundational knowledge. Audience: Graduate 5. Distinguish how treatment and assessment differ for adolescents and adults very young children who clutter or stutter. Audience: Graduate 6. Differentiate between cluttering and stuttering and methods of assessing and treating both conditions. Audience: Graduate 7. Identify and describe fluency disorders, their severity, and impact on clients and their family’s lives by integrating information from assessments/observations. Audience: Graduate 8. Analyze the importance of client and family-centered care and how your own background and beliefs may shape your approach to clinical care of persons with fluency disorders. Audience: Graduate 9. Identify evidence and rationales for or against treatment or assessment techniques/approaches depending on clients’ presenting characteristics and/or fluency disorder diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 10. Describe considerations when assessing and treating a client for/with fluency disorders and associated co-occurring conditions. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall features of typical linguistic and speech fluency Audience: Graduate 2. Explain and demonstrate various fluency treatments including counseling approaches. Audience: Graduate 3. Thoughtfully respond to tough clinical questions related to fluency disorders Audience: Graduate 4. Critically evaluate how to assess and treat fluency disorders in children and adults with varying linguistic, dialectical, and cultural backgrounds using quality evidence, resources, and foundational knowledge. Audience: Graduate 5. Distinguish how treatment and assessment differ for adolescents and adults very young children who clutter or stutter. Audience: Graduate 6. Differentiate between cluttering and stuttering and methods of assessing and treating both conditions. Audience: Graduate 7. Identify and describe fluency disorders, their severity, and impact on clients and their family’s lives by integrating information from assessments/observations. Audience: Graduate 8. Analyze the importance of client and family-centered care and how your own background and beliefs may shape your approach to clinical care of persons with fluency disorders. Audience: Graduate 9. Identify evidence and rationales for or against treatment or assessment techniques/approaches depending on clients’ presenting characteristics and/or fluency disorder diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 10. Describe considerations when assessing and treating a client for/with fluency disorders and associated co-occurring conditions. Audience: Graduate