For SLPs Who Work with Preschoolers
Internet Resources for Working With Preschoolers Who Stutter
ABOUT THIS SITE: The information below was submitted to the Stuttering Home Page by the SID4 Schools Task Force (Nina Reeves (chair), Leslie Eckenthal, Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs, Sandra Garzon, and Lisa Cameron) as links especially relevant to speech-language clinicians serving preschool children who stutter and their families. Additional materials and information is available on the Stuttering Home Page.
Important: any 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 CLINICIANS
ON ASSESSMENT
from Nina Reeves, September 14, 2009
- Dean Williams' Suggested Diagnostic Methods - Older but useful look on how to view a child's stuttering samples
- SCWP's Diagnostic Intake Form for Preschool and School-Age Children - intake and questionnaires about children's stuttering
- Janice Westbrook's Parent-Clinician Fluency Assessment - intake and questionnaires about children's stuttering.
- Rating my child's stuttering - qualitative scale for parents
- Risk Factors Chart - SFA info about risk factors for CWS
- Teacher Checklist-Fluency - Designed by Nina Reardon, 1999, the checklist is a tool to facilitate information sharing and consultation with teachers and SLP's.
- Information on Stuttering - The NIDCD's definition and general information regarding the disorder of stuttering. Great resource!
ON THERAPY from Leslie Eckenthal and Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs, September 14, 2009
- SCWP's Diagnostic Intake Form for Preschool and School-Age Children - intake and questionnaires about children's stuttering
- Risk Factors Chart - SFA info about risk factors for CWS
- What To Ask When Evaluating Any Treatment Procedure, Product or Program - from ASHA (accessible to ASHA members only)
- Early Intervention With Childhood Stuttering Revisited - ISAD paper by Richard Curlee
- Parents as Partners in Young Children's Stuttering Treatment by Anne Cordes Bothe, ISAD paper
- Treating Young Children Who Stutter: A Holistic View - ISAD paper by Donna Cooperman and Charleen M. Bloom
- Our First Talk About Talking - Story for children: 6 pages of illustrations about talking
- Special Education Law & Children Who Stutter - info regarding eligibility, screening, evaluation and IEP info
- 7 tips for talking with your child - PDF downloadable brochure
- Direct Intervention with Preschool Children:Altering the Child's Talking Behaviors from an ISAD paper by Judith Eckhardt
- Fluency Enhancing Therapy for preschool Children from an ISAD paper by Judith Eckhardt
- Therapy Plan for Many Preschool Children: Stuttering Plan Other Speech and Language Problems - from an ISAD paper by Judith Eckhardt
- Therapy Plan for Many Preschool Children Who Stutter - from an ISAD paper by Judith Eckhardt
- Encouraging Spontaneous Speech from a Dysfluent Child - Super Duper hand out
- Manual for the Lidcombe Program -- Early Stuttering Intervention
- The Lidcombe Programme - Description of the Lidcombe Program for the Treatment of early stuttering
- Talking to parents about Stuttering - What to say to parents and how to say it, by Woody Starkweather.
ESPECIALLY FOR TEACHERS
from Sandra Garzon, September 14, 2009
- Notes to the Teacher: The Child who Stutters at School - Includes 8 tips for talking with CWS. Provides guidelines and answers to teachers about stuttering in general. Although more info. Is toward school-aged children, it provides insights for pre-school kids.
- Questions teachers may have about stuttering - Suggestions for teachers to apply for CWS in classroom speaking situations. Helping the child be a good communicator. Suggestions include broad range of pre-school and school aged children.
- Great resources for teachers - List of resources on stuttering therapy, teasing, building self-esteem in children. Includes resources for teachers, parents and SLP's.
- 7 Tips for Talking with the child who stutters - Provides 7 tips to enhance communication with pre-schoolers.
- Teacher Checklist-Fluency - Designed by Nina Reardon, 1999, the checklist is a tool to facilitate information and consultation with teachers and SLP's.
- The stutterer in the classroom: a guide for teachers - A guide published by the Stuttering Resource Foundation.
ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS
from Lisa Cameron, September 14, 2009
- Parent Practice for Easy Talking - lists of suggestions for parents to reduce speaking rate of children
- Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents - video from the SFA: things parents can do to help their child
- Stuttering Prevention: A Manual for Parents - Manual for Parents
- If You Think Your Child Is Stuttering - Discusses the difference between stuttering and normal language development
- Risk Factors - Discusses risk factors for persistence in stuttering
- Information for Parents of Young Children Who Stutter -Overview of definition, cause, therapy, parent suggestions, things to watch for, ISAD paper by Greg Coleman
- Video: Stuttering and your Child: Help for Parents - Provides video example of children stuttering, Parents share their experiences, Experts discuss general stuttering info
- 7 Ways to Help the Child Who Stutters - focuses on parent/child/family interactions
- Ten Suggestions to Caregivers of Children Who Stutter by Gerry Johnson, Discusses the nature of stuttering, differential diagnosis, parents feelings about stuttering and treatment
Communication Within Your Family/Your Child's Environment
- Suggestions for Families of Children Who Stutter - Suggestions for reducing stressors a child feels when communicating (includes speaking/listening suggestions, and family routine)
- 101 Ways to Praise a Child - Lists 101 different ways to verbally praise a child (could relate to communication, actions, behaviors, etc)
- Environmental Reorganization for Children Who Stutter by Gerry Johnson, Provides a list of suggestions to help support a healthy home environment
- Parent Information for Preschool Children Who Stutter - from an ISAD paper by Judith Eckhardt, Covers environmental stress and communicative pressure
Info On Therapy for Parents
- Stuttering Therapy for Children - Provides an overview of when to consider therapy, choosing an SLP, therapy expectations
- Lidcombe Parent Brochure - Brief Overview of the Lidcombe Program
- The Lidcombe Program - Link to Australian Stuttering Research Centre, more specific information and links on Lidcombe
- Special Education Law and Children Who Stutter - Discusses process of screening, evaluating, and qualifying for services in the schools.
- Find a Specialist - List of board-recognized specialists in fluency disorders
Resources
- Check Your Public Library - Lists of stuttering materials found in public libraries
