The transition to post-secondary life can be daunting for all adolescents, but it presents unique challenges for students who stutter. While most adolescents face adjustments in social, emotional, and academic spheres, students who stutter must also navigate the complexities of their speech difference in new and demanding contexts. Despite growing recognition of the general supports needed for the transition to adulthood, research on the specific experiences and needs of adolescents who stutter remains limited. In this podcast, Naomi Rodgers, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Ginger Collins, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Tim McCarren, M.A., CCC-SLP summarize the findings from focus groups comprised of high schoolers who stutter, their parents, SLPs working with high schoolers who stutter, and recent graduates who stutter in which they discussed the unique challenges of adolescents who stutter as they transition to adulthood. They also present the discussion guide developed from these findings, which can be downloaded from Additional References.

Disclosures: Naomi Rodgers, Ginger Collins, and Tim McCarren each recieved an honorarium from the Stuttering Foundation for this presentation. They have no non-financial relationship to disclose.