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CSD 4200
Introduction to Fluency Disorders

Cindy S. Spillers, Ph.D.
Spring 2012

Course Outline

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First Day Questions

Day 1

Unit I

Defining Fluency, Disfluency, and Stuttering

Week 1-2


 

A.

What's in a Definition

 

B.

Defining Fluency

 

C.

 Stuttering as a Speech Event

 

D.

 Stuttering as a Disorder


Readings:

Yairi and Seery Ch. 1

Video:

"The Doctor is in: Stuttering" 28 min. 

 

Unit II

Incidence and Prevalence of Stuttering

Week 3-4


 

A.

Explaining Incidence and Prevalence

 

B.

Prevalence Findings

 

C.

Incidence Findings

 

D.

Biological Factors

 

E.

Geographic, Cultural, and Racial Factors

 

F.

Clinical Subpopulations


Readings:

Yairi & Seery Ch. 2

Video:

"Americans Who Stutter: Speaking Your Mind"  22 min.

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Test 1

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Unit III

Onset and Development of Stuttering

Week 5-6


 

A.

Introduction

 

B.

Development of Fluency

 

C.

Onset of Stuttering

 

D.

Development of Stuttering

 

E.

Natural Recovery


Readings:

Yairi & Seery Ch. 3

Video:

"Identifying the Danger Signs"

Unit IV

Characteristics of Advanced Stuttering

Week 7-8


 

A.

Speech Disfluencies

 

B.

Accessory Behaviors (Secondary Behaviors)

 

C.

Emotional Characteristics and Cognition/Attitudes

 

D.

Physiological Characteristicsw

 

E.

Dynamics of Stuttering


Readings:

Yairi & Seery Ch. 4

Video:

"Danny and the Scatman"  27 min.

 

Unit V

Stuttering, Disability, and Modern Culture

Week 9-10


 

A.

Self-Concept and Stuttering

 

B.

Social Consequences of Disability:  Deviance and Stigma

 

C.

Modern Beliefs and Misconceptions about Stuttering

 

D.

Stuttering in American Media


Readings:

Public perceptions project 2001
Public perceptions project 2002
Johnson, Visualization of the Twisted Tongue

Video:

"Voice in Exile"  30 min.

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Test 2

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Unit VI

Evaluating Theories and Models of Stuttering

Week 11


 

A.

Differentiating Between Theories and Models

 

B.

Recommended Criteria for Strong Theories and Models

 

C.

How to Test Theories and Models

 

D.

The Etiological Puzzle

 

E.

Modern Theories in Historical Context


Video:

"Alan Rabinowitz:  Key Note Address to the Stuttering Foundation"

Readings:

Yairi & Seery Ch. 5

 

Unit VII

Psychological Based Theories of Stuttering

Week 12-13


 

A.

Psychoemotional

 

B.

Psychobehavioral

 

C.

Psycholinguistic


Video:

 "Transcending Stuttering "  28 min.

Readings:

Yairi & Seery Ch. 6
Scott,  "Communication disorders and temperament. "

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Unit VIII

Organic Theories of Stuttering

Week 14-15


 

A.

Genetics

 

B.

Brain Organization and Dysfunction

 

C.

Auditory Processing

 

D.

Motor Dysfunction

 

E.

Summarizing Organic Theories

 

F.

Putting it All Together


Video

"Genetics of Stuttering:  Discovery of Causes"  44 min.

Readings





Yairi & Seery Ch. 7

Alm, Stuttering and the basal ganglia
Alm, "Neurological incidents as background... "
Foundas, "Atypical cerebral laterality:  "
Foundas, "DAF and stuttering"
Kroll and DeNil, " Neural bases of stuttering..."
Scott,  " A look at genetic and neurological correlates of stuttering."

Drayna,  "Update on genetics research..."

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Test 3

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©2012Cindy S. Spillers. For concerns about this course contact the instructor at cspiller@d.umn.edu