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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Special Education & Communication Disorders

College of Education & Human Sciences

Fluency Center for the Clinician

Healey & Doc Students

General assessment tools for children and adults who stutter



* Rating the Child's speech-forms for child
* Rating the Child's speech-forms for parent
* Erickson S24 Scale
* Erickson S24 Scale Answers
* Revised Willoughby Questionnaire for Self-Administration
* Erickson and Willoughby Questionnaire Scoring Procedures

The CALMS model


* CALMS Model


Supplemental Materials for the CALMS Rating Scale
* True False Test for Facts About Stuttering
* Feelings About My Stuttering (Affective Component)
* Social Component Questionnaire
* A Continuum of Linguistically Simple to Complex Speech Tasks


Treatment for children who stutter


* Stuttering Programs
* Desensitization
* Class Visits
* How Do People Talk?
* Example of Manipulating Semantic Context in Therapy
* Treating children who stutter with concomitant disorders
* Clinical Applications of a Multidimensional Approach For The Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering (abstract)


SpeechEasy Device


"Those Who Stutter Find Hope" from USA Today
"Those Who Suttter Find Hope" .pdf version
Discussion about SpeechEasy

Brain Imaging


Brain activity comparison - stutterer vs. non stutterer



Articles


Articles on Stuttering, Apraxia, Tourette's Syndrome, and ADHD (SID4 Newsletter, Sept. 2006).



Recent Presentations and Publications by Dr. Healey


* 2008 SID 4 Conference Presentation
* A Multidimensional Approach To Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering in School-Aged Children (presentation) (publication)
* Forecasting the Future of Stuttering Therapy
* ADHD and Stuttering: Issues & Strategies for SLPs
* Treating Children Who Stutter With Co-Existing Learning, Behavioral, or Cognitive Challenges
* Stuttering in Children with Intellectual Disabilities

 



Websites and Organizations about Stuttering


Resources


ADHD and Stuttering brochure from the Stuttering Association of America


Books, videos, pamphlets and a book series about stuttering which are available at the UNL Fluency Center and the Stuttering Foundation of America.
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