Courses and Other Educational Programs
Dr. Yaruss
has partnered with several organizations to make his training
materials available in a variety of formats, including
online courses and webinars.
Follow the links below go to the partners’
websites or to access the courses directly.
"A premier source of online information and continuing
education for professionals in the fields of speech
pathology..." Current courses include:
Provides strategies for listening and
responding to clients' needs, regardless of the
nature of their communication disorder.
Includes practice
sessions and scenarios so you will know
what to say and how to say it to help clients achieve their greatest success.
Teaches you to complete
reliable, valid counts of speech disfluencies.
Includes
practice sessions with streaming audio and tips for ensuring
accurate stuttering counts.
Teaches advanced problem-solving skills to help
clients who stutter overcome common roadblocks such as
anxiety and low motivation.
(By J. Scott Yaruss, William P. Murphy, and Robert W. Quesal.)
Provides strategies for listening and
responding to clients' needs, regardless of the
nature of their communication disorder.
Includes practice
sessions and scenarios so you will know
what to say and how to say it to help clients achieve their greatest success.
Based in part on a popular therapy guidebook by Yaruss and
frequent co-author Nina Reardon-Reeves.
Helps you address parents' concerns with answers to
commonly asked questions.
Based on the popular booklet for parents from the
National Stuttering
Association by J. Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves.
Helps you understand the experience of adolescents and adults who
stutter.
Includes guidance about how to help speakers
overcome the burden of stuttering, through desensitization and
fluency-enhancing techniques.
Offers
several webinars on stuttering treatment. Some are always
available on their website; others are available on a
rotating schedule. Any of these programs can be adapted to
your organization's needs, either for live or computer-based
presentation.
Practical Treatment Strategies for Preschool
Children Who Stutter (Two-part program; .4 CEUs total)
Part
1 addresses the
evaluation and diagnosis of preschool-age children who stutter, as well as the
development of treatment recommendations.
Part II
provides specific suggestions about treatment procedures to help
preschool children overcome early stuttering.
Practical Treatment Strategies for School-Age
Children Who Stutter (Two-part program; .4 CEUs total).
Part I addresses evaluation
and concrete strategies for helping school-age children improve their fluency.
Part II
provides specific suggestions about helping school-age
children improve their overall communication skills and guidance
about how to address the environment.
Ten Things SLPs Can Do to Help Preschool Children Who
Stutter (.2 CEUs)
Provides a broad overview of the
stuttering disorder and helps clinicians understand how they
can help preschoolers and their parents get the most out of
therapy.
Ten Things SLPs Can Do to Help School-Age Children Who
Stutter (.2 CEUs)
Explained the nature
of stuttering from the perspective of the
school-age child and prepares clinicians to work with children
and their parents.
Evaluating and Treating Adults Who Stutter (.2 CEUs)
Helps you feel
confident that you are providing effective treatment for
adults who stutter
"...dedicated to providing quality
educational opportunities for all SLPs." Two online programs are available in
their archives.
describes the
development of the OASES measurement
instrument and provides detailed training about the use and
interpretation of the tool in clinical settings.
provides key information that all SLPs
need in order to effectively evaluate and treat individuals
who stutter across the lifespan.
Podcasts providing an ongoing series of educational
programs about stuttering, with hosts Peter Reitzes and Eric
Jackson.
Describes the role of the Overall Assessment of the
Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES) in assessing
quality of life (and other topics).
Includes an overview of
research demonstrating the benefits of self-help / support groups for individuals who stutter.
Reviews recent research on factors that affect the
development of stuttering, including a
discussion of recovery
vs. chronic stuttering.
Describes how the World
Health Organization's ICF framework can be used in planning
stuttering treatment and evaluating treatment outcomes. |
