Stuttering in School-Age Children: A Comprehensive Approach to Treatment

Yaruss, J. Scott; Coleman, Craig; Quesal, Robert W.

doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0044)

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“…We allowed inclusion of participants with comorbidities because these are highly prevalent in stuttering speakers in general, and excluding those with comorbid illnesses would have impaired the generalizability of our findings. We evaluated stuttering severity on the day of MRI scan using the Assessment of the Child's Experience of Stuttering (ACES) for children [Yaruss et al ], and the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES) for adults [Yaruss and Quesal, ]. Stuttering severity ranged from mild to severe, with an average severity of 46.8, in the moderate range.…”

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Reduced perfusion in Broca's area in developmental stuttering

Desai

Huo

Wang

et al. 2016

Human Brain Mapping

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Objective To study resting cerebral blood flow in children and adults with developmental stuttering. Methods We acquired pulsed arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging data in 26 participants with stuttering and 36 healthy, fluent controls. While covarying for age, sex, and IQ, we compared perfusion values voxel-wise across diagnostic groups and assessed correlations of perfusion with stuttering severity within the stuttering group and with measures of motor speed in both groups. Results We detected lower regional Cerebral Blood Flow (rCBF) at rest in the stuttering group compared to healthy controls in Broca’s area bilaterally and the superior frontal gyrus. rCBF values in Broca’s area bilaterally correlated inversely with the severity of stuttering and extended posteriorly into other portions of the language loop. We also found increased rCBF in cerebellar nuclei and parietal cortex in the stuttering group compared to healthy controls. Findings were unchanged in child-only analyses and when excluding participants with comorbid illnesses or those taking medication. Conclusions rCBF is reduced in Broca’s region in persons who stutter. More severe stuttering is associated with even greater reductions in rCBF to Broca’s region, additive to the underlying putative trait reduction in rCBF relative to control values. Moreover, a greater abnormality in rCBF in the posterior language loop is associated with more severe symptoms, suggesting that a common pathophysiology throughout the language loop likely contributes to stuttering severity.

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Reduced perfusion in Broca's area in developmental stuttering

Desai

Huo

Wang

et al. 2016

Human Brain Mapping

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“…Specifically, it might seem paradoxical for clinicians to work toward helping clients modify disfluent speech behaviors to increase fluency while simultaneously helping them increase their acceptance of such behaviors. Throughout the history of the field, various practitioners have debated the relative merits of treatments focused on acceptance versus treatments focused on modification (for a historical review, see Bloodstein, 1993, Bloodstein & Bernstein Ratner, 2008; for a recent discussion, see Nippold, 2011;Yaruss, Coleman, & Quesal (2012)). Results from this study clearly demonstrate that it is possible for individuals who stutter to work toward both of these goals simultaneously and that the results of treatment aimed at acceptance and modification can complement one another.…”

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults who stutter: Psychosocial adjustment and speech fluency

Beilby¹,

Byrnes²,

Yaruss³

2012

Journal of Fluency Disorders

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“…These procedures are designed to be incorporated into a comprehensive treatment approach that also includes strategies for enhancing fluency, reducing the severity of stuttering, improving overall communication skills, and achieving other goals as appropriate for each child. 20,22 To demonstrate the ways that clinicians can implement these strategies, each step will be illustrated using the example of Jos e presented at the outset of this article.…”

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How Speech–Language Pathologists Can Minimize Bullying of Children Who Stutter

Yaruss¹,

Reeves

Herring

2018

Semin Speech Lang

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Stuttering can be a significant problem for children who stutter, but there is much that speech-language pathologists can do to help. This article summarizes six key steps, based on the work of Murphy and colleagues, that clinicians can take to minimize the occurrence and impact of bullying for children who stutter: (1) educating children about stuttering; (2) educating children about bullying; (3) helping children change the way they think and feel about their stuttering through desensitization, cognitive restructuring, and acceptance activities; (4) helping children learn to use appropriately assertive responses that decrease the likelihood of bullying; (5) educating peers and bystanders about stuttering and bullying so that they are more likely to respond in helpful ways; and (6) educating parents, teachers, and administrators about how they can create an environment where it is not okay to bully, but it is okay to stutter.

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Stuttering in School-Age Children: A Comprehensive Approach to Treatment

Cited by 77 publications

References 60 publications

Reduced perfusion in Broca's area in developmental stuttering

Reduced perfusion in Broca's area in developmental stuttering

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults who stutter: Psychosocial adjustment and speech fluency

How Speech–Language Pathologists Can Minimize Bullying of Children Who Stutter

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