This SIG 4 activity is ideal for graduate students, clinicians, or educators seeking to deepen their understanding of less common presentations of disfluency, including acquired stuttering post-concussion and the word-final stuttering sometimes observed in both neurotypical and neurodivergent speakers. The first article presents a case study of an 18-year-old male who presented with acute onset stuttering following a concussion. The authors discuss potential mechanisms of acquired stuttering and present clinical outcomes for a person-centered treatment approach. In the second article, the authors describe how word-final disfluency differs from developmental stuttering and present clinical data using the Structured Awareness Therapy for Word-Final Disfluency (SAT-WFD) protocol to address word-final disfluency in both neurotypical and neurodivergent children.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• explain the rationale for using person-centered care in stuttering intervention
• describe the characteristics of word-final disfluency, and differentiate it from developmental stuttering

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. Acute-Onset Acquired Stuttering Secondary to Concussion: A Case Report by Kelsey Jo Wagner and Karen Hux, published in SIG 4, Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024
2. Word-Final Disfluency: Clinical Data From a Single Therapy Protocol by Vivian Sisskin and Samantha Wasilus, published in SIG 4, Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2024