Overview
Description
Disorders of speech rhythm and fluency. Emphasis on etiology, diagnosis, and methods of treatment in children and adults.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Must be an admitted degree seeking student in the Speech Pathology and Audiology masters program.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Must be an admitted degree seeking student in the Speech Pathology and Audiology masters program.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Must be an admitted degree seeking student in the Speech Pathology and Audiology masters program.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of characteristics and theories related to fluent and disfluent speech.
- demonstrate knowledge of developmental process of stuttering from childhood through adulthood.
- demonstrate knowledge of constitutional subgroups in fluency disorders and co-occurring language and phonological concerns.
- demonstrate knowledge of various classification systems for transcription of disfluent speech.
- demonstrate knowledge of interviewing and counseling, collecting diagnostic data, and determining the need for direct or indirect intervention.
- demonstrate knowledge of treatment approaches for prevention of early stuttering.
- demonstrate knowledge of treatment and adjunct approaches for management of chronic stuttering.