Navigating challenging conversations in stuttering therapy across the lifespan

In partnership with the American Institute for Stuttering, this course is offered for 0.55 ASHA CEUs.

Navigating challenging conversations in stuttering therapy across the lifespan equips speech-language pathologists with counseling-informed skills to engage confidently in the emotionally complex conversations central to stuttering-affirming care. This course reframes tough conversations as therapeutic moments that support autonomy, participation, and long-term communication well-being.

Through case vintage, video roleplays, and group discussions centered around clients who stutter across the lifespan, participants learn practical strategies—including reflective listening, validation, open-ended questioning, and motivational interviewing principles - to address parental or client urgency, uncertainty, shame, avoidance, and internalized stigma. Clinicians leave with concrete language and tools to navigate difficult moments with clarity, compassion, and intention.

Presenters:

Heather Grossman, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF

Mark O'Malia, MS, CCC-SLP

Fee: $300 (before 5/15) or $350 (after 5/15)

Register with the American Institute for Stuttering.

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