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This month's featured "Sneak Peek" is from Practical Counseling Skills For Speech Language Pathologists. by J. Scott Yaruss Ph.D.

A 7th grade girl says to her SLP: "My classmates don't like me, and right now I don't like them! Why do they have to be so mean? They make fun of me—well, they make fun of my speech. I've been coming to speech therapy and I know I'm doing a lot better. Gee, they don't have to like me, but I wish they'd stop making fun of me". What do you say next?!?

An adult client with aphasia has been experiencing significant difficulties communicating with his spouse. Through the counseling process, you have helped him identify that he is experiencing anger and frustration toward her, in addition to loneliness and fear about his mortality. What might you do next in treatment and why?

"Counseling microskills" (Attending, Listening, Responding, Probing, Summarizing, Challenging, Brainstorms, Future-Oriented Probes, and Balance Sheets) help clinicians intentionally interact with clients in a supportive, helpful manner. Counseling is not just rote memorization of automatic responses; however, you will select specific responses to achieve your goals. Microskills come more easily to some people, but they can be developed through practice.

To learn more about how you can develop that practice sign up for our newest course, Practical Counseling Skills For Speech Language Pathologists. by J. Scott Yaruss Ph.D.

J. Scott Yaruss, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Congratulations to our newest author, J. Scott Yaruss Ph.D. who was recently presented with an ASHA Fellow Award at the American Speech- Language Hearing Association convention. Don't miss his newest course: Practical Counseling Skills for the Speech Language Pathologist. Watch for his upcoming course: Clinical Measurement of Stuttering Behaviors: A Practical Course.

Check out Dr. Yaruss' book co-authored with Nina Reardon-Reeves: The Source for Stuttering: Ages 7-17 and visit the website www.stutteringcenter.org for more information on Dr. Yaruss' current research projects.

Dr. Yaruss is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Co-director of the Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania. He conducts research on the onset and development of stuttering in preschool children, including analysis of linguistic and motoric source factors that contribute to children's production of speech disruptions. Dr. Yaruss's research also focuses on the evaluation of treatment outcomes for children, adolescents, and adults who stutter, particularly for those treatment approaches that involve counseling to help clients overcome their negative affective and cognitive reactions to their speaking difficulties.

Dr. Yaruss teaches classes on stuttering and counseling methods for speech-language pathologists and conducts workshops designed to help clinicians feel more confident in their ability to work with individuals with communication disorders. He has published more than 70 papers on stuttering and counseling in journals, books, and newsletters, and presented approximately 200 workshops and lectures at local, national, and international meetings.

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"Children Who Stutter and Their Parents" Workshop
.1 CEUs (Introductory Level: Professional area). Price: $29.00
Author: Gail Wilson Lew, M.A., C.C.C. -SLP

Practical Counseling Skills for Speech Language Pathologists
.5 CEUs (Intermediate Level: Professional area). Price: $110.00
Author: J. Scott Yaruss, Ph.D., C.C.C. – SLP ASHA Fellow

Stuttering Management: Indirect and Direct Therapy
.2 CEUs (Introductory Level: Professional area). Price: $60.00
Author: Dale Williams, Ph.D., C.C.C. - SLP

Coming Soon: Clinical Measurement of Stuttering Behaviors: A Practical Course
Author: J.Scott Yaruss, Ph.D., C.C.C. – SLP ASHA Fellow

Dale F. Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, OnlineCEUs.com author of the course Stuttering Management Indirectand Direct Therapy has a new book out called Stuttering Recovery: Personal and Empirical Perspectives.

This is a highly original and engaging book serving to not only educate readers on topics related to stuttering, but also to stimulate discussions between clinicians and clients. The author interweaves personal accounts of people who stutter with informational chapters highlighting up-to-date research on recovery-related issues such as therapy, support groups, listener reactions, risk-taking, and dealing with family members and significant others.

Reader-friendly and understandable, this book incorporates various perspectives to teach and illustrate the different aspects of recovery. Chapters are paired with stories presenting all sides of the recovery process — the humorous and serious, the uplifting and frustrating, the thoughtful and emotional, and everything in-between. The result is a text that is entertaining and instructive. Click here to order online.

The Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology Spring Conference is April 6 - 8, 2006.

Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Comprehensive Approach to Evaluation and Treatment with Shelley Velleman, Ph.D, CCC-SLP South Orange, New Jersey - April 28 & 29, 2006

2006 National Parent Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech, July 13 - 15, 2006 - Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

The National Stuttering Association's National Conference is June 28 -July 2 2006.

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