CSD 620 - Fluency: Diagnosis & Treatment

This course is designed to provide the master’s level student In speech-language pathology with an understanding of successful evaluation and treatment of disorders or fluency. This course will address the nature of stuttering, casual aspects, identification, evaluation, treatment procedures for all age groups, maintenance of fluency, and stuttering treatment efficacy. Differential diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of other fluency disorders will be addressed. Students will learn specific evaluation procedures and intervention strategies that are evidence-based for working with preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and adults who stutter. Parent counseling, cultural considerations, attributes of effective clinicians, and stuttering support groups will be examined.

2 Semester Credit(s)

Crosslisted with: N/A
Laboratory/Experience Hours N/A
Prerequisite(s): N/A
Corequisite(s): N/A
Repeatable for Credit No
Core Course N
Grade Type LT
Typically Offered
Fall