For School-Based SLPs
Internet Resources for School-based Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Children Who Stutter
ABOUT THIS SITE: The information below was extracted from the Stuttering Home Page in 2008 by the SID4 Schools Task Force (Susan Cochrane (chair), Kristin Chmela, Leslie Furmanski, Nancy Ribbler, Glenn Tellis, and Vickie Williams) and Judy Kuster as links especially relevant to school-based speech-language clinicians serving children who stutter and their families. Additional materials and information is available on the Stuttering Home Page. This page maintained by Judy Kuster.
Important: all dead links were deleted on February 14, 2018 - check extensive additional stuttering resources which is part of Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted For Therapy
Van Riper's Guest Editorial: To Our Clinicians
ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS
Reviewed by Nancy Ribbler, 11/6/2008
Reviewed by Judy Kuster, 2/14/2018
- Stuttering and Your Child" Help for Parents Stuttering Foundation (SF) full-length video online.
- Stuttering Prevention - a Manual for Parents Starkweather, Gottwald, Ridener, Halfond
- A Child Who Stutters: A Parents' Guide Massuca Peter
- To the Parents of the Nonfluent Child Ramig
- Information for Parents of Young Children Who Stutter Yaruss, Coleman
- Some Suggestions for Families of Young Children Who Stutter Yaruss
- Speech Pathologists Can Help Children Who Are Teased Because They Stutter Murphy
- A Guide for Parents National Stuttering Association
- Seven Tips for Talking with your Child Stuttering Foundation
- Goals for Parents of Children Who Stutter Murphy and Gulker
- What Parents Can Do For Your Child When He Is Being Teased For Stuttering Gail Lew
ESPECIALLY FOR TEACHERS
Reviewed by Nancy Ribbler, 11/6/2008
Reviewed by Judy Kuster, 2/14/2018
- Teacher Checklist for Fluency Reardon-Reeves
- Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers Stuttering Foundation
- The Child Who Stutters: Notes to the Teacher Stuttering Foundation
- To the Teacher of the Nonfluent Child Ramig
- Stuttering at a Glance: Information for Teachers The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania
- Fluency Information For The Teacher Eckhardt
- Some Suggestions for Teachers for Managing Students Who Stutter Poulos
ESPECIALLY FOR CLINICIANSASSESSMENT INFORMATION
compiled by Judy Kuster
Reviewed by Judy Kuster, 2/14/2018
- SCWP's Diagnostic Intake Form for Preschool and School-Age Children
- SCWP's Diagnostic Intake Form For Teens Who Stutter
- Janice Westbrook's Parent-Clinician Fluency Assessment
- Risk Factors Chart
- Dean Williams' Suggested Diagnostic Methods
- SCWP's Disfluency Count Sheet
- Sampling Speech Behaviors
- A-19 Scale) and form
- Erickson S24 Scale and Erickson S24 Scale Answers
- Situational Fears/Avoidance
- Situational Anxiety Hierarchy
- Connie Dugan's Teasing Inventory
- Rating of Stuttering Scale
- Cluttering assessment information from the Clinical Issues Committee of the International Cluttering Association
- David Daly's Cluttering Inventory-R (2006)
- Computer Aided Assessment of Cluttering Severity by Klaas Bakker, Florence Myers, Larry Raphael, and Kenneth St. Louis
- On-line stopwatch
THERAPY INFORMATION
Reviewed by Susan Cochrane - November 8, 2008
Reviewed by Judy Kuster, 2/14/2018
- Treating School-Age Children Who Stutter- Objectives & Activities - Aspects that may be included in treatment; how to document them and do them (Coleman, Roccon, & Zerhusen)
- My Story - A Power Point Teaching Tool - A framework that allows children of different ages to write about their "stuttering story" and share it with others; examples are provided (Games).
- Stuttering Jeopardy - An interactive game to help children learn about stuttering (Kuster).
- Stuttering: Fact or Fiction - A great activity that sets up a debate based on statements presented about stuttering; A way to learn myths and realities about the disorder (Wollman & Zeit).
- Stuttering for Kids, by Kids - A videotape featuring many different children who stutter; children give kids who stutter advice (SFA).
- Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teens - A videotape that teaches teens about stuttering (SFA).
- Using the Internet with Children Who Stutter - Ways a clinician can use the internet as a helpful tool in stuttering therapy (Shields).
- Self and Double Charting: A Self-Monitoring Strategy for School-Age Children Who Stutter A paper regarding the use of a self-monitoring strategy for therapy. This strategy may be utilized in individual or group treatment (Chmela).
- Stuttering Awareness Games - A collection of True/False statements and other games to teach facts about stuttering (Bryant & McMillin)
- Treating the School-Age Stutterer - A collection of therapy strategies that may be part of school-age stuttering therapy and activities to execute those strategies (Ramig et al.)
- Fluency Yahtzee - A creative game that provides children with the opportunity to make choices about practicing various skills or drills that increase desensitization (Bennett).
- Teasing from Kids for Kids A variety of activities to help children cope with and understand teasing, bullying, and the best ways to react to it (Kuster).
- Speech Pathologists can help children who are teased because they stutter - Ideas that will help the clinician help the child who stutters who is being teased (Murphy).
- Teasing Inventory - A checklist the clinician can use with a child who stutters weekly or monthly to "check-in" about teasing situations (Dugan).
- Trouble at Recess - A book written by an 8 year old child who stutters(SFA).
- Helping Children Who Stutter Become Their Own Advocates - Reproducible pictures that help children teach others about stuttering and the best ways to react to their stuttering (Roberts & Kuster).
JUST FOR TEENS
Reviewed by Glen Tellis 8/27/2008
Reviewed by Judy Kuster, 2/14/2018
- Learning about Stuttering
- An online Stuttering Awareness Game can be used by teens who stutter to learn facts about stuttering (Stuttering Home Page).
- Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teens - podcast
- Been There Done That - This is a place for those who are no longer teens to offer encouragement or advice about anything in particular - such as starting college, dating, getting a job, deciding on a career, finding a mentor, sticking it out in therapy - or quitting, etc.
- Books about Stuttering
- Books about Stuttering There are several books about stuttering for teens of all age groups.
- Famous People who Stutter - A listing of famous people who stutter is provided.
- The Real World
- The Real World of Jobs - This section provides stories and information about occupations of persons who stutter (Stuttering Home Page).
