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What Do I Say Now? Answering Tough Questions From Caregivers

What Do I Say Now? Answering Tough Questions From Caregivers

SLP

Many speech language pathologists feel less than comfortable collaborating with parents, teachers, and other caregivers who impact the environment of students who stutter. This session provides concrete, “use-on-Monday” frameworks for how to confidently respond to challenging questions from caregivers.

Presenters

  • Nina Reeves

    M.S. CCC-SLP BCS-F

    Nina Reeves is a board-certified specialist in fluency disorders and co-owner of Stuttering Therapy Resources. She is staff fluency specialist for Frisco ISD and specialist consultant for San Diego Unified Schools. Nina is an author of fluency disorder clinical materials and presenter of professional development workshops. She a recipient of the ASH-F Van Hattum Award and the 2019 ASHA Award for outstanding contributions to public schools.

  • J Scott Yaruss

    PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA

    J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, is a professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University and president of Stuttering Therapy Resources. A National Institue of Health (NIH)-funded and National Stuttering Foundation (NSF), he has published over 115 peer-reviewed manuscripts and over 300 other papers on stuttering, as well as several clinical resources, including the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES), Early Childhood Stuttering: A Practical Guide, School-Age Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide, and the Minimizing Bullying program.

Learning Objectives

Provide answers to 2 questions related to recovery from stuttering.
Provide answers to 2 questions related to handling bullying of students who stutter.
Provide answers to 2 questions related to how caregivers can help in and out of the academic setting.

Agenda

Agenda

20 minutesWill they get better? and other questions on recovery and therapy outcomes
20 minutesThe other kids are .... How do we handle that?
20 minutesWhat can we do to help?

Disclosures

Disclosures

Speakers - FinancialJ. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves are co-owners of Stuttering Therapy Resources, Inc., which publishes books and other materials related to stuttering. They hold intellectual property and receive royalties for these materials. J. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves are receiving an honorarium for this presentation.
Speakers - NonfinancialJ. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves have no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Course - ContentJ. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves have no relevant content information to disclose.
Course - Financial Support & In KindThis course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit and Stuttering Therapy Resources Inc.

ASHA

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area

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What Do I Say Now? Answering Tough Questions From Caregivers

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One time fee
$25.00