Turun yliopisto
Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta
Käyttäytymistieteiden ja filosofian laitos
Logopedia
Åbo Akademi
Institutionen för psykologi och logopedi
Logopedi
Course syllabus for
Stuttering in children: Advanced course with focus on assessment and intervention
5 ECTS
Course code LOGO3102 Sx (University of Turku); the code of Åbo Akademi University will be given later
Course name
Stuttering in children: Advanced course with focus on assessment and intervention
Main field of teaching
Logopedics
Level
Advanced level
Grading scale
Fail, pass or pass with distinction
Departments
Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Åbo Akademi University, and Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, Logopedics, University of Turku, Finland
This Course syllabus is valid from Autumn 2011
Specific entry requirements
120 ECTS including both basic and intermediate studies in Logopedics or 30 ECTS in Logopedics from a Master?s program in health sciences plus a basic course on Fluency disorders.
Teaching will be in English. Therefore, competence in the English language is required.
Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- discuss and identify different types of speech dysfluency in children (normal/abnormal)
- discuss and evaluate the criteria that are relevant for the diagnostic assessment of stuttering in children
- reflect on and discuss of the goals and procedures for different types of intervention and treatment programs for children who stutter
Content
The course addresses controversies and difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of children who stutter.
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars and group activities, including practical training in the assessment and treatment of stuttering
Examination
Individually written essay wherein the course participant will reflect on and further discuss the issues that were introduced during the course. The paper should include theoretical information and justification (the rationale/clinical reasoning) regarding assessment and intervention with 10-15 references (recent literature, articles published in international papers).
Transitional provisions
The examination will be provided during a period of one year after a close-down of the course.
Other directives
Course evaluation will be carried out. Education language: English
Literature and other teaching aids
Preparatory reading:
Ambrose N. & Yairi, E. (1999). Normative disfluency data for early childhood stuttering. J Speech Lang Hear Res., 42, 895-909.
Einarsdottir, J. (2008). The effect of stuttering measurement training on judging stuttering occurrence in preschool children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 33, 167-179.
Einarsdottir, J., Ingham, R. (2009). Does language influence the accuracy of judgments of stuttering in children? J Speech Lang Hear Res., 52, 766-77
Einarsdóttir J, Ingham R. (2009). Accuracy of parent identification of stuttering occurrence. Int J Lang Commun Disord ., 44, 847-863
Einarsdóttir J, Ingham R (2005). Have disfluency-type measures contributed to the understanding and treatment of developmental stuttering? Am J Speech Lang Pathol ., 14, 260-273
Guitar, B. (2006). Stuttering. An integrated approach to its nature and treatment. (3rd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Additional articles will be included and introduced during the course.