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.

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 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

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

"Voice in Exile"  30 min.

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. "

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..."