"This course was very informative and cases presented were easy to understand. I gained so much new information and new strategies for working with clients."-SLP

Managing fluency disorders can be further complicated by concomitant diagnoses. In this one-hour presentation, Kathleen Scaler Scott, PhD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor at Monmouth University discusses a host of combinations and offers strategies for managing them. Dr. Scaler Scott uses a case-based approach to discuss the intersection of fluency disorders with concomitant diagnoses; stuttering, cluttering and atypical disfluency in Autism Spectrum Disorder; stuttering in selective mutism; and stuttering and cluttering in intellectual disability.

Learning outcomes: As a result of this activity, participants will be able to

1)    State two principles for evaluating fluency disorders in clients with concomitant diagnoses
2)    State three principles to best practice in managing clients with fluency in autism spectrum disorders
3)    State two treatment strategies for managing fluency disorders in intellectual disability.
4)    State one way to manage executive functioning deficits in the context of fluency disorders.
5)    Outline two treatment strategies for atypical disfluencies 

DISCLOSURES: Kathleen Scaler Scott has no financial relationship with the Stuttering Foundation to disclose. Dr. Scaler Scott has no non-financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Scaler Scott is the author of the book Fluency Plus: Managing Fluency Disorders in Individuals With Concomitant Diagnoses.

SATISFACTORY COMPLETION: Course takers must earn a passing score on a multiple-choice test in order to achieve satisfactory completion.