These articles show the breadth of topics relevant to the understanding and treatment of fluency and fluency disorders. The articles include topics on the impact of allergies on the sleep of children who stutter and using solution-focused principles to elicit perspectives on therapeutic change in older children who stutter and their parents.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• identify specific allergies for which children who stutter experience increased odds of occurrence, as well as the allergies that contribute to increased odds of insomnia in children who stutter
• describe how clinicians can use solution-focused brief therapy to prioritize small steps towards therapeutic change

Assessment Type
Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

Articles in This Course

1. Presence of Allergies and Their Impact on Sleep in Children Who Stutter by Patrick M. Briley and Sandra Merlo, published in SIG 4, Volume 5, Issue 6, December 17, 2020
2. Using Solution-Focused Principles With Older Children Who Stutter and Their Parents to Elicit Perspectives of Therapeutic Change by Naomi H. Rodgers, Ali Berquez, Julia Hollister, and Patricia M. Zebrowski, published in SIG 4, Volume 5, Issue 6, December 17, 2020