Post by Charles Darwin University

Variability in an individual’s stuttering pattern has long posed challenges for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) when treating clients, but new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Michigan State University (MSU) has identified the gaps in clinical practices and how to address them. The study, which observed 143 SLPs who reported practicing and being certified in the United States, found clinicians consistently observed changes in a client’s stuttering from appointment to appointment, but generalist practitioners were more likely to rely on reactive management than their expert counterparts. Long-standing gaps in clinical education play a major contributing to factor to this issue, with more than half of graduate students in the US completing their training without acquiring placement hours specifically dedicated to stuttering assessment and treatment. Read more: https://bit.ly/4ewspuo