CE Credit: 12 Hours (1.2 CEUs)
Target Audience: Speech-and-Hearing
Learning Level: Intermediate
Course Abstract:
This esteemed text, now in its 6th edition, continues to be the only existing work that offers a review of evidence-based knowledge about the etiology, nature, and treatment of stuttering. Since the last edition was published there have been numerous important advances in research on stuttering, particularly with regard to brain research and language development. This edition captures these new developments, without losing the historical information that makes it so unique. Cengage | 2008 | 552 pages | Course #120-05 Learning Objectives:
1. Identify 3 symptoms and 3 theories of stuttering
2. List 4 identifiable factors in the prevalence and incidence of stuttering
3. Differentiate between central neurological findings, motor abilities, and other physical processes of individuals who stutter
4. Describe personality factors and cognitive and linguistic abilities of persons who stutter
5. List developmental and home environment factors that should be considered in the assessment of persons who stutter
6. Describe the controversial phenomena associated with stuttering as a response
7. Distinguish between early stuttering and normal disfluency
8. Classify assessment and treatment approaches for working with individuals who stutter
About the Author(s):
Oliver Bloodstein is Emeritus Professor of Speech and former director of the program in speech-language pathology and audiology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. His career has been spent in research, teaching, and clinical work on stuttering and he has written extensively on the subject. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the recipient of its highest award, the Honors of the Association.
Nan Bernstein Ratner, EdD, CCC-SLP, is Professor and Chairman, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland at College Park. With degrees in Child Studies, Speech-Language Pathology, and Applied Psycholinguistics, she is the editor of numerous volumes, and author of numerous chapters and articles addressing stuttering as well as child language acquisition/disorders. Dr. Bernstein Ratner is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In 2006, she was presented with the Distinguished Researcher Award by the International Fluency Association. She is pleased to be joining with Oliver Bloodstein in this edition of the Handbook, since his work was the primary inspiration for her first research study and professional publication. She hopes someday to inspire others to the degree that he has inspired her. Accreditation Statement:
 This course is offered for 1.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
ASHA credit expires 4/13/2011. ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the quarterly completion report from the ASHA Approved CE Provider. Please note that the completion date that appears on ASHA transcripts is the last day of the quarter regardless of when the course was completed. |