Cluttering in a School-Aged Child: Tackling the Challenges Step by Step.

The purpose of this article is to highlight and provide solutions for the complexities of the communication disorder of cluttering. The article includes a 12-part case study of a school-aged child who is referred for an evaluation due to decreased speech intelligibility. The case is woven throughout the article to illustrate all aspects of client management: initial referral, evaluation and differential diagnosis, treatment, and discharge.

Cluttering in the Speech of Young Men With Fragile X Syndrome.

Purpose: Cluttering is a fluency disorder that has been noted clinically in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS). Yet, cluttering has not been systematically characterized in this population, hindering identification and intervention efforts. This study examined the rates of cluttering in male young adults with FXS using expert clinical opinion, the alignment between expert clinical opinion and objectively quantified features of cluttering from language transcripts, and the association between cluttering and aspects of the FXS phenotype.

Cluttering symptoms in school-age children by communicative context: A preliminary investigation.

The objective of this study was to compare the symptoms of cluttering among school-age children who do and do not clutter in the contexts of monologue, conversation and expository discourse. A matched pairs design was used to compare cluttering symptoms according to the Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) definition of cluttering, a definition representing the core speech and fluency characteristics of cluttering agreed upon among experts. Cluttering symptoms (over-coarticulated words, normal disfluencies, abnormal pauses) in eight school-aged males with cluttering were compared to eight controls matched by sex and grade level in school.

Evidence-based guidelines for being supportive of people who stutter in North America.

While many resources, particularly those available on the Internet, provide suggestions for fluent speakers as they interact with people who stutter (PWS), little evidence exists to support these suggestions. Thus, the purpose of this study was to document the supportiveness of common public reactions, behaviors, or interventions to stuttering by PWS.Methods 148 PWS completed the Personal Appraisal of Support for Stuttering-Adults.

Preliminary study of disfluency in school-aged children with autism.

Background: In recent years, there has been increased identification of disfluencies in individuals with autism, but limited examination of disfluencies in the school-age range of this population. We currently lack information about whether the disfluencies of children with autism represent concomitant stuttering, normal disfluency, excessive normal disfluency, or some form of disfluency unique to the school-age population of children with autism.

Aims: This paper explores the nature of disfluencies in school-aged children with autism in comparison with matched children who stutter and controls.