Stuttering vs Cluttering
December 1-31, 2025
Members: $10
Non-Members: $60
Program materials will be distributed via email December 1, 2025
Description
Speech fluency refers to the physical characteristics of human speech, including speech continuity, speech rate, and amount of effort in speaking. There are normal variations in the level of fluency of each speaker, however, when the daily life of the individual is negatively impacted by the speech fluency concern, an SLP may be involved in the assessment and clinical treatment of the disorder.
Presenters
Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs, SLP, CCC-SLP
Learner Outcomes
The participants will be able to:
1. Describe the differential diagnosis of stuttering
2. Describe the differential diagnosis of cluttering
3. Develop and implement treatment plans for stuttering
4. Develop and implement treatment plans for cluttering
Agenda
20 minutes: Overview and Background
10 minutes: Questions and Audience Participation
20 minutes: Power Point presentation on Stuttering and examples
10 minutes: Questions and audience participation
25 minutes: Power Point presentation on Cluttering and examples
5 minutes: Questions and audience participation
10 minutes: Case Study Small Group Discussion
10 minutes: Information Sharing from Small Group Discussions
10 minutes: Conclusion, questions, and Wrap-Up
About the Presenter
Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs, SLP, CCC-SLP is a lifetime member of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. She has taught graduate courses in Fluency and Fluency Disorders, supervised stuttering clinics, and headed a fluency cohort in the Boston Public schools for the last 20 years. She has also presented seminars in fluency disorders in national and international conventions, and has addressed diagnostic and clinical aspects of stuttering in various publications.
Disclosure Statements
Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs, SLP, CCC-SLP
Financial: Lourdes is receiving an honorarium for this presentation.
Non-financial: Lourdes is a member of ASHA. She is a lifetime member of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. Lourdes heads the fluency cohort for the Boston Public Schools. She directs the clinical component of Camp Words Unspoken.
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Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities:
We want to provide the best learning experience for everyone. In compliance of the ADA, should you require any accommodation to fully participate in this training, please contact theoffice@mshahearsay.org or call 781-314-9517.
Continuing Education Credits:
Satisfactory Completion Requirements for ASHA CEU’s
ASHA CEU’s will be awarded after active attendance at the entire presentation documented by log in log out times, submission of a completed evaluation and submission of a completed assessment of learning. There is no partial credit. A link to the Assessment and Evaluation will be sent out following the program.
This program has been approved for ASHA CEUs.
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